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Fuel Cost of Riding a Zero Electric Motorcycle Compared A Previous Bike

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  Here is a pic of my Zero getting a free serving of Go Juice at one of two ChargePoint stations in Lowell, MI. People ask about the price of electric motorcycles all the time. At first, the price can seem a bit high. I just turned over 9,700 miles on my 2017 Zero DSR.  I bought it with 1,400 "demo" miles on it from Boondox Motor Sports in Caledonia in 2018. It was about $13,000 with the added cost of luggage and the windshield.  I paid a similar price for this BMW Rockster a few years that I enjoyed for several years. I like to tell people that the only motorcycle that makes less noise than a Beemer is my Zero. Now comes the fun part. According to my Zero App - the cost to fuel my DSR is about .01 per mile. The app lets you plug in your cost of electricity in order to figure such things. So, according to the App, my expense to travel 9,700 miles has been $97.00. My Rockster averaged 38 mpg, which works out to 255.26 gallons to cover the same miles. It burned premium fuel of