An Electric Experience With All Season Motorsports

Sanjay and I had a real treat yesterday, after getting a special invite from Steven down at All Season Motorsports on 10 Ave.,S.W. in Calgary. Aside from a great selection of entry level motorcycles and lots of different styles of rental bikes, All Season sells the Zero electric motorcycle and let us take two of their models out for a spin around town. We had the DS and FX models, with the former being a sport bike and the latter being a dual purpose bike, with the higher stance that you expect on an all terrain bike. Still, the FX, which weighs in at a mere 130kg and produces 70 ft-lbs of torque with the equivalence of 44 hp, was so much fun to ride and has so much zip you can't help but smile when you twist the throttle.
There were several things that took some getting used to, that's for sure. There's some fun with clutches and gear changing, second nature for Sanjay and me, but we both did admire the seamless acceleration on the Zero bikes, with no hesitation in the throttle response no matter what the speed. Setting up for curves and twists in the road took some adjustments but, overall, the straight up throttle power was pretty cool. I also had a bit of an adjustment to make for the sound, which is so minimal that you start to wonder if the bike is running. At the first stop sign after leaving All Season Motorsports, Sanjay actually thought he had stalled the bike, which of course had us laughing!
Check out Blue Circle's Facebook page for the little video of me on the RS model, cruising around McMahon Stadium parking lot in what I referred to as 'stealth mode'. Silent as a ninja (the warrior, not the Kawasaki bike! haha)
Many thanks to Steven and the great crew at All Season for welcoming us and taking us out for a really fun and interesting test ride. Sanjay enjoyed the experience so much he is seriously thinking about getting an FX, a huge testimonial in itself!

Sanjay on the Zero DS

I started out on the Zero FX

No clutch and no gear changer

No exhaust pipes either!

Getting ready for stealth mode

Steven, from All Season Motorsports, and Blue Circle's Sanjay, pose with the Zero DS and Fx