FIRST RIDE
TAKE CHARGE
Atop speed of 95 mph. A 137-mile range. A one hourrechargetime. Those
are the stats that really count in
considering the substantial leap
forward made by the 2013 range
of electric bikes manufactured in
California by Zero Motorcycles.
Zero’s 2012 models already
represented a major step up from
its previous products that had
kicked off its streetbike produc-
tion in 2009, with their measly
43-mile range on the American
EPA’s suburban riding cycle of-
BY ALAN CATHCART
PHOTOGRAPHY BY KEVIN WING
THE ELECTRIC ZEROS TAKE
ANOTHER STEP FORWARD
FOR 2013
