BEFORE I GIVE YOU THE LOW-down on Zero’s all-new electric adventure bike, even before I highlight the joys of riding it up and down Mount Etna in Sicily in near-silence, I need to ask you a few questions.
What is an adventure? Is it determined by its duration, distance covered, beers drunk or simply the memories it creates? An adventure for my eight-year-old son is camping in the back garden, less than 10 feet away from a warm house and power for his iPad. For some of my friends, an adventure means nothing less than pitching their tents at base camp on Mount Everest.
So, yes, this is an unusual way to start a road test, but it is worth considering the “adventure” label and the enormously wide spectrum of meanings attached to it. And if adventure riding to you means forays into Europe and even beyond, with vast mileages easily achieved each day, then I will not take up your time. Unless you plan your trip like NASA, it cannot be done on the new Zero DSR/X adventure bike.
However, that is not the end of the story. Far from it. Zero claim a range of 357 kilometres with a Power Tank (optional at £2,899 = Rs 2.67 lakh) when ridden slowly off
