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    a Powersports 12 BY ERA DYER // ( ~ The Amazing Silent Speedy Electric Dirt Bike 42 Septomber 2019 ZERO FX ZF7.2 gs | imate) pee sagniey: wane. | 39 highway Fonoue | at 70.mph 46 at 4,200 xpm 8S mph | 289 1b social media, the Rockingham traffic situation is a disas ter. The Friday night crowd coming to the first-ever Epicen Festival, a three-day concert in rural North Carolina, has overwhelmed the local roads, leading to backups miles long. I scored cheap tickets for the next two days, but I'm wondering if Pll end up spending my week end idling in gridlock with angry Korn fans. So on Saturday morn- ‘ng, Thead to the venue to do.some recon, armed with perhaps the ideal vehicle for this mission: the Zero BX, an electrie dual-sport bike. [igure iff get stuck in pave- ment-bound traffic, 1'lljust find path through the woods. That's the theory of thedual-sport—it'sa dirtbike witha license plate, The FX, ike Zero’s streetbikes, is seary-quickoffthe ine. Its stats are unlike anything you see from an internal combustion engine. Interms of horsepower, the FX is like a healthy 450-ce dual-sport. But it makes more torque (G8 Ib-ft) than a Dueati 959 Panigale, and all that torque hits at 0 rpm. Get too bold with the throttle, and it's like doing a clutch drop from 10,000 rpm. Which is something to bearin mind when youven- ture off;pavement. Youean light up the rear tire on the road, so whiskey throttleon the dirt is going tobe like drinking from a fire ho Fortunately, the FX has an eo mode, which dulls the vio- lent throttle response. On the road, ithelps you recapture more energy anytime youslow down, 30 aswithelectricears, you get more range in stop-and-go traffic (91 smiles) than at steady-state eruis- ing. 1 near the venue, about 2: from home ind point is ilstrated as T mil and see the charge pull over a couple miles from the gate and stop to contemplate the range situation, when aco: certgoer rides upon askatchoard. He's wearing a Hawaiian shirt and a Roman gladiator helmet and ppears to be both sunburned and, generally speaking, burnt. the store, he says. “Irode out to ‘~ ‘Normally, 1'd be happy tolet aguy in Ben Hur-meets-Jimmy Buffett garb grab the back fender and Marty MeF! gency lane, butin this case Ihave greatexcuse. ly it down the emer ” Tsay, point On the return, I take it easy onthe throttle, and at home real- ize that the range indicator was perhaps pessimistic— still have 20 percent battery remaining. 1 plug in, figuring that by the time the concert kicks into gear that night, I'll be fully charged and ready to return. As it turns out, thunderstorms lead to an early cancellation of that night's per formances, but it’s a moot point because the Zeroisn'tyetready—a full charge using a regular wall outlet takes a painful 9.7 hours Youcan cut that dawn to 1.8hours ifyoudeploy the maximum of four external chargers, but it would be nice if Zero just added a faster Level 2 charge port, as itdoes on other bikes. The battery capacity is less of an issue off-road, since trail work tends o involve the sort of speed variation thathelpsmax- imize the regenerative braking. So on Day 3, did Ifinally make my pilgrimage to the festival? No. Instead of riding the Zero into the maw of everlasting grid- lock, Trode iton my favorite twisty roads. [took itdown some trails. Teaughtair in afield. I grabbed a ‘messenger bag and rode it tothe local growler store. Imade excuses just pare fun—asmooth, silent, righteously ing to the charge indi this cent, soT'd better head home.” Completely unperturbed, he toride, because the FX replies, “That's metal” givesme gt i quick preview of the future of fist-bump, and skatesoff tothe —

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