I've said it before, and I'll keep saying it until I'm blue in the face: the hottest segment of the motorcycle market right now is electric dirt bikes. Everywhere I go, no matter what state I'm in, I see The Youths™ and others on these small, inexpensive machines. And I can't help but smile.
They are, to me, perfect little get-arounds. Cheap, lightweight, and easy to get behind, they're the easiest way of getting into motorcycling right now. I know that absolute fact will wrankle some of my colleagues who are die-hard gasoline freaks, but get in, losers, we're going 21st-century motorcycling, and the kids are gonna be all right. In fact, they're showing us the way forward.
But while they're not the first to capitalize on this push—Sur-Ron, Niu, and other startups have absolutely dominated in recent years—Zero Motorcycles is the first of the legacy motorcycle manufacturers to do so with the brand's XB and XE electric dirt bikes. And they're finally getting delivered to customer hands, which is perfect timing as these could be Zero's most important motorcycles to date.
