First Zero Type 9 lands in UK

The first production Zero Type 9 from Japan has just arrived at the company’s UK distributor Krazy Horse Custom Cycles in Bury St Edmunds.The £30,566, 1450cc fuel-injected Harley-Davidson Twin Cam-powered lowrider is a street-legal, production custom bike that meets all European safety standards including the stringent German TUV type approval. The prototype Type 9 was first shown at the London Custom Bikes Show back in January and what makes this bike technically different is the trick ‘four-link’ suspension system that retains the appearance of a hardtail. The system is much more minimalist than Harley’s cumbersome ‘Softail’ that aftermarket frame companies have mimicked for years. Rather than employ two laid-down shocks like the ‘Softail’, Zero use…

Bike Review ZERO DS Electric Motorcycle

We have all seen the movie. The opening scene flies from a grand panoramic view down to earth only to pick up the trail of two feet, dragging the hero, one labored step to the next labored step. The hero’s face now in close up, shows sign of anguish, dry cracked skin around the lips and nostrils. The dusty, sun-burnt skin with pleading, longing eyes that if moisture were present, would be filled with tears but only dust and flies fill the cracks. This is the death scene; there is no happy ending ahead; there is no hope… I am 200 yards from my house, uphill, and death has fallen upon me. My heart began…