Zero Motorcycles
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Test ride a Zero electric motorcycle at your favourite biker café
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San Francisco-based electric motorcycle manufacturer Zero is kick-starting the summer with an eight stop tour across the UK, giving riders a chance to test ride the latest model range. The transition to electric is taking some time in the UK – but with Zero recently upgrading its battery tech, helping to make Zero’s newest models…
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Curtiss Motorcycles unveils its first electric bike – the ZEUS
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Oh my god. Look at this thing. Curtiss Motorcycles has just unveiled the ZEUS – its first all-new bike since the American brands big rebranding. It’s electric. And you might need to wash your eyeballs after viewing it. Presented at the 10th Anniversary of The Quail Motorcycle Gathering, the ZEUS is essentially an electric cruiser which…
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Zero Motorcycles offer buy-back due to risk of ‘thermal events’
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If you bought a Zero electric motorcycle back in 2012, you need to get in touch with your dealer as there’s a risk it might cause a ‘thermal event’. Don’t worry though, they’re offering to buy it back, or trade it in for a newer model. Zero Motorcycles is reporting a possible defect with the…
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Zero DSR Black Forest – touring on an electric motorcycle?
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Zero has introduced the DSR Black Forest, the first electric bike specially developed for the European market with significantly improved range for touring. Addressing one of the biggest challenges for electric motorcycle manufacturers, Zero Motorcycles has unveiled its new Zero DSR Black, making longer trips with an electric motorcycle possible, at last. According to Zero,…
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First Ride: Zero S
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The future’s bright, the future’s electric – and silent too. No longer a novelty, electric motorcycles seem more and more viable with each passing year, and each new model. With big names such as Harley Davidson, Victory and Energica joining the party, accompanying a raft of smaller manufacturers – things are really starting to heat…
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10% more range and six times faster charging for Zero Motorcycles’ 2018 range
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Additional upgrades for the 2018 model line-up include improved performance, updated colours and over-the-air firmware updates Zero has boosted its Z-Force battery’s energy capacity by more than 10%. For 2018, Zero introduces three new batteries and the firm claims that the ZF14.4, ZF7.2 and ZF3.6 batteries offer more range and better performance than any two wheel electric vehicle…
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Confederate Motors changes name and joins forces with Zero Motorcycles
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Confederate Motors has announced that it will clear the last of its current production line, before beginning development of an electric motorcycle with Californian electric motorcycle manufacturer Zero. That’s not all, Confederate Motors is moving away from its controversial namesake, in the wake of the recent riots in Charlottesville over a Confederate monument – rebranding…
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UK’s first Plug-In motorcyclist gets Government subsidy-backed bike!
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The first electric motorcycle to be bought with the new ‘plug in’ subsidy will be on the road from today (March 1st). The dealer, 21st Moto in Swanley, Kent, confirmed that 48-year-old Fred Murphy from Redhill in Surrey is the first customer in the UK to benefit from the subsidy, introduced by the Government’s Office for…
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Video: Behind the scenes on Deadpool (and the Zero electric motorcycle)
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Video: Behind the scenes on Deadpool (and the Zero electric motorcycle). So the digital edition of the excellent film Deadpool is now out there and one of the extras includes this story of the Zero motorcycle that was used as a moving multi-camera platform. It’s an interesting reveal into what goes into making the action…
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2016 Zero Motorcycles range revealed
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2016 Zero Motorcycles range revealed. Electric bike manufacturer Zero Motorcycles has released details of the new 2016 models in the US, including a 67bhp dual-sport machine. There are two new models and technical updates across the line. All new bikes feature internal 120-volt chargers, Showa suspension, J-Juan brakes, Pirelli tyres and Bosch ABS. New this…
