Let me start this post by providing immediately my answer to the question: electric bikes are expensive, but they do not care. Confused?
What I mean is that the price is high when compared with the bikes endothermic, but it is balanced by Operating economy unattainable for a traditional motorcycle.
It is true that when we read the lists there are of failure, and this is mainly due to their low prevalence, the fact that it is still not very common technology. Even at the beginning of motorsport was so if you remember. The houses they build electric bikes will be counted on the fingers of one hand, but the situation will change rapidly in the coming years.
The rise of electric cars will lead to lower costs (It is already happening) also for motorcycles. However the industry it wants to earn and no one will benefit, obvious, but there will be more competition, and when a market comes alive prices are lowered.
Farewell maintenance
Also remember that the electric motorcycle has a virtually zero maintenance, there are no elements which wear, lubricating oils, seals… On many without even the chain! And as Henry Ford said “all that there can not be broken”.
Change the tires and brake pads, the final transmission every 30.000 km and that's all.
No stamp duty and no drain on the gas station
Making brisk accounts, in the first 5.000 km I did riding the Zero DSR I saved, only fuel, about 500 Euro compared to my KTM 990 Adventure. The savings will gradually increasing because there is no chain to grease or oil changes to do.
Then there are the tax advantages: the stamp duty is not paid, you have no limitations to urban areas or traffic blocks and at this time are important course government incentives on the purchase.
Learning to cope in the long
Taking therefore accounts for example over five years it turns out that the electric motorcycle is already more convenient today than you think, I refer in particular to those models who are under the age of twenty thousand euro as the bike that I am using. The price remains very high price, but it can not say it is dear.
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