Review: Zero Electric Motorcycle In A Rural Environment

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Review: Zero Electric Motorcycle In A Rural Environment

<table cellspacing="0" align="left" border="0" width="110" cellpadding="5"><tr><td><div class="Pict"><img src="http://photos.imageevent.com/motorbiker/newspics4/Zero-0-0.jpg" width="100" height="66" title="Zero DS Electric Motorcycle 2013" alt="Zero DS Electric Motorcycle 2013" style="border:1px solid white;"></div></td></tr></table><table cellspacing="0" align="right" border="0" width="110" cellpadding="5"><tr><td><div class="Pict"><a href="http://www.zeromotorcycles.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://photos.imageevent.com/motorbiker/logos/Zero-Logo.jpg" style="border:1px solid white;" width="100" height="31" border="0" title="Zero logo" alt="Zero logo"></a></div></td></tr></table>#electric #Zero #Review #Motorcycle - For the next 10 days or so I will be riding a Zero electric motorcycle in my neck of the woods (Normandy). The DS model (Dual-Sport) is probably the best suited for here since I've got loads of small roads and tractor tracks to go through.<br><br>

But why is a rural environment different? Electric motorcycle are ideally suited for cities, since the motorcycles stop frequently for red lights or intersections, and every time you hit the brakes, it generates electricity, charging the batteries and thereby giving the rider more range. Speeds are lower in the city, so the battery consumption is not enormous. On the other hand, riding on motorways, usually what commuters do, drains batteries, and therefore the range is lower.<br><br>

Rural riding is a bit in between both types. The closest town for my bread & croissants to where I live (I live in the "deep" country") is 5 kilometers from my house (including a steep hill). The closest small city is 30 kilometers away and the closest big city is 70 kilometers (note: I make a distinction between small city and big city by the number of McDonalds they have: 1 = a small city, 1+ = big city)........... <br><br>

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