What the DSR/X Is: the First Electric Adventure Tourer That Deserves the Name

In 2023, Zero Motorcycles launched a vehicle that had not really existed before: a full-size electric adventure tourer. Not an electric motorcycle with enduro styling and street tires, but a machine with 190 mm of suspension travel at both ends, a 19-inch wire-spoke front wheel with dual-sport rubber, 247 kg of curb weight, 252 kg of payload, and 225 Nm of torque.

At its introduction, sources noted that Zero had developed a new chassis, a new motor, and the largest battery the company had ever finefkmbfsiqqhaxtpqpddualvviuutwixkfblixswmbyhcsgfhxqlwbzwvph

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