Australia’s Grid Cycles know electric bikes are a blast. They know they’re damn quick, they know they’re simple, and they know they’re hilarious fun to ride. But they’re also aware that they’re unappealing to many grizzled bikers—and they want to change that.
“We want to get people excited about electric motorcycles,” Grid’s Tom Gilroy says. “But I could be told about the benefits and performance specs all day and it still wouldn’t get me excited.” So he and the team went about remodeling this 2016 Zero SR to melt hearts as well as rubber—with a particularly Australian twist.
Grid Cycles are no strangers to electric bikes. A month back we featured their electrified KTM Freeride, a featherweight enduro with a retro bend.…