Electric Motorcycle: Zero Motorcycles Unveils the SR-X Concept

With the new SR-X concept, Zero Motorcycles and Huge Design aimed to shape the outlines of tomorrow’s sport bikes. Of course, maintaining the electric motorization, which makes the uniqueness of the models marketed by the American brand.

The SR-X is the result of a collaborative effort between Zero and Huge Design, an industrial design firm based in San Francisco. The two partners have previously worked together, notably on the concept that foreshadowed the FXE. With the SR-X, they present their interpretation of what a sport motorcycle, or even a racing bike, might look like in the future. The concept adopts the technical basis of the SR/S. It also shares its 17.6 kWh lithium-ion battery and its ZF75-10 motor unit. Originally, this motor delivers a continuous power of 54 hp and can peak at up to 110 hp. Zero Motorcycles does not mention any increase in power for this concept. Generally, technical questions are carefully ignored. More than a rolling laboratory, the SR-X appears to be an aesthetic manifesto, a motorcycle that showcases the stylistic directions Zero might follow for its future models.

A Zero Showing Its Innards

The side fairing, rather enveloping at the front, stops abruptly in the middle of the motorcycle, leaving the rear part exposed. Through this choice, Huge Design wanted the technical components to remain clearly visible, highlighting the sporty dimension of the SR-X and giving it a touch of additional beastliness. The radical appearance of the bike is also a sign of good aerodynamics, even if such considerations are entirely secondary on a concept.

“With this motorcycle, we are trying to define the contours of a new high-performance subcategory with electric propulsion, something between a streetfighter and a track bike with some fairing for aerodynamic performance and the ‘naked’ spirit of the roadster,” summarizes Bill Webb, director of Huge Design.

The Zero SR-X seems a bit too exclusive to have a future on the commercial level. Moreover, Zero Motorcycles does not once mention a possible market launch.

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