My buddy has a Zero electric motorcycle and it is fun to ride but has limitations I am not ready to give up a gas motorcycle for. But first the price. He paid s

My buddy has a Zero electric motorcycle and it is fun to ride but has limitations I am not ready to give up a gas motorcycle for. But first the price. He paid something like $16-17k CAD for his bike. I bought my Honda for less then $2k and I can leave him in the dust all day long. The limitations I didn’t like were one range. It could not go long enough and are rides were short lived. We have beautiful open roads so it is easy to go 40km in one direction. You may not make it back if you went much farther. Second was it’s top speed. It could reach 140km/hr but it could not sustain that speed for more then a little bit then the battery management system would slow you down so then battery didn’t over heat. I know some will argue that the speed I mentioned is faster then any speed limit around but that is besides the point I can go to a track and race legally and that bike just doesn’t have it. Lastly the charge time. They sell the bike with the basic charger and it takes 10 hours to charge for about 85km range. They offer a fast charger but it was over $1000. I personally think they should have given all owners a fast charger I think the 10hr charge really takes away from the bike and after spending so much my buddy was hesitant to spend even more. The pros of this bike were it was silent. Also very zippy off the line. But still my gas bike from 1983 can kick it’s ass all day long. After owning it a few years he is now wanting to sell it and buy a Honda dual sport gas bike.