#139: Zero DS Electric Motorcycle Ride Review

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1. worst review ever listening to this guy piss bitch and moan about no engine noise ..wow wtf
2. If you hold the mode button in, paniers slide out so you can carry all the milk. Less than 150m range makes it nothing more than a gimmick to me and it has none of the things I ride a bike for other than 2 wheels not 4.
3. You earned a subscriber, made reviews funny and fun haha!
4. Well Andy , I said in the comments of the video in which I subscribed you reminded me of a ChaseOnTwoWheels from the U.K. type channel . I have now watched several of your videos and I have to say I think your more fun to watch . Please keep it up :)
5. I love the concept of an electric bike and the little one I have demo'd was great fun. I also work shifts so it wouldn't annoy the neighbors with early morning noise. The cost is outrageous though at the moment for what is basically a town bike, I could get a 125cc bike and run it for 5 years and still pay less than the RRP on a new KTM Freeride E
6. "Faster than a kid with pineapple Capri-sun" is quite possibly the best analogy I've heard today...I just need to find a scenario at work in which to use it....but Mark my words, use it I shall!!!
7. feels like a 250cc but goes like a 600cc 😯 but Im not sure about the range
8. "Some kind of a server-PC stashed away in it's innards" - brilliant! LOL.
9. Great review man. I rode one a few months ago and WOW, the off the line rush I'd get compared to my Vulcan 500 was such a rush. I hope to buy one end of 2016. Thanks for the review. Love the channel.
10. with driving licence??
11. What a great review, was chuckling the whole time.
    Regards Rangz Racing. Perth- Western Australia.
12. was watching your videos for sometime, couldn't decide if i want to subscribe or not, but after the flux capacitor comment i'm subscribing :)
13. This is the first video of yours that I've come across, and I subscribed within the first 30 seconds.
14. I have to admit, I think it looks great and it would be a great wee commuter bike. I agree with you that it wouldn't be ideal as my only bike especially because of the battery range and charging time.
    Another top notch review, very balanced and fair. On to the next one...
15. That was the best review I've watched in ages. Ride Safe
16. Dual Sport eh? I'm not so sure that this would go "that" well off road.
    But it would be a great commuter to jam across inner city parks and garden beds etc.
    No heated grips and no engine heat I am imagining as well?
    I think I like the look of the other one better.
17. Good review, Andy. I enjoyed it immensely.
    
    To answer your wonderings about the "Custom" mode: It is a user-customizable mode that enacts 4 parameters. You can set, via the mobile phone application, how much torque is applied at full throttle, the top speed, how much regen power is sent when you get off the throttle and how much regen is applied via the rear brake pedal.
    
    On my S, I have the off-throttle regen set to 15%, which roughly slows the bike at about off-throttle compression speeds. Rear brake regen is 82% which fits my brake-in-traffic preferences. Top speed is limited to 80 mph and torque is set to 80%. That gives me enough umph to get away from cagers and keep up in highway traffic and still keep enough reserve to avoid idiots.
18. Heated gear in total takes up something like 100 watts per hour - that's maybe a mile of range lost per hour that you run them on high heat. Same for LED headlights - the 50 watts per hour saved just isn't worth it.
19. Brilliant review mate! Had me laughing out loud :)