Exclusive: Zero Debuts New ‘SR’ Electric Motorcycle, And I’ve Been Riding It

Exclusive: Zero Debuts New ‘SR’ Electric Motorcycle, And I’ve Been Riding It

The 2022 Zero SR electric motorcycle is built on the same platform as the SR/F and SR/S but looks ... [+] bit leaner and meaner. Electric motorcycle maker Zero has taken the wraps off a new top-line street bike, simply called the SR, and I can take the painter's tape off the tank since I've been tooling around on it in public for a couple of weeks now ahead of their big reveal this morning. But the bigger news from Zero is their decision to make the SR - and the SR/S and SR/F - upgradable, but not in the traditional parts-swap kind of way. Instead, the SR, SR/F and SR/S will be able to give users extended battery life, more horsepower and myriad other upgrades via the Zero app and through smartphone-based over-the-air updates through Zero's Cypher III+ operating system and the new Cypher Store. Indeed, a close examination of the battery pack on the SR shows it labeled as the "ZF 14. 4+," and that little "plus" means owners can buy their way to more battery capacity - up to 17. 3 kWh - without changing out the battery packs. But there is also a new optional hardware