This is THE best commuter bike | 2023 Zero DSRX 1 Month Review

[@W4ffl3Games]

At the Zeros price point, I just feel like there are many other bikes that would make better commuters for less

[@philipe.9466]

I mean at that price point, literally MOST bikes would be a better commuter. Calling a 25k $ bike the best commuter is just such stupid statement

[@MrLou8888]

At that price point I've lost inerest and I'm out.

[@MisterNotSpanish]

The dsr/x isn't a commuter to begin with.

[@gmy33]

Energica experia

[@uttamgala7186]

Agreed. Why would anyone drop that kind of money on a commuter..

[@AaronHuffmanPerson]

OC! I'm seeing a lot of hate. I like Zero as I've had the 2020 SR/S. This is a premium bike, out of reach of most people. The value proposition goes better if you put a ton of miles on it a year, dont have to stop at a gas station on a daily commute, don't have to worry about any service having to do with the engine. The ideal part of an electric anything is that it will save you money in the long term but requires a substance amount of money upfront. The bad parts is that they are an anti right to repair company, the brakes could be better(don't use them much but I want them good for emergencies), there was a time when they were actively shipping out bikes that would fail to start if it was wet in certain parts which is terrible, there is no CCS for fast charging due to the lower voltage of the battery/drive system. All of that aside, the bike rides exceptionally well and if I wasn't burned from my last experience, I'd get another one. On to the Energica Experia for me now!

[@ricosebeke1105]

please test the other zeros as well :) they dont have to be that much in detail but just to get to know the differences

[@ImTheShrey]

I own an Ultraviolette F77, I got to say since it runs on chain drive you feel more connected to the power delivery and grounded. Range anxiety is not that big of an issue after a while you get used to planning your rides. Pro tip is charging it everyday or every so often even if it's not drained enough.

[@shastamite2]

Sadly the Ultraviolette F77 is not in the US.

[@ImTheShrey]

@@shastamite2 tough luck.

[@Twongo]

That was an excellent 9 minutes worth of information.

[@kevinmair7571]

I thought I had put a comment but failed miserably. Anyway, have you watched Marc Travels, he is on a Zero SR/F (I believe) Travelling from Europe to New Zealand. Seems to find chargers in the weirdest places and not a CCS bike.

[@DapperxDan]

Hmm highway commuter maybe. For city commuting I would say the zero Fxs or Fxe is better

[@keaneu4456]

I agree with Waldo, terrible bike. If you are in the city and commuting short distances you can get some peddle assist E-bikes for a hole lot cheaper and you can also take some off-road shortcuts.

[@hawkmasters11]

I just got my 2023 zero dsrx on sale for 15k brand new. It was originally marked down to 18k but zero gave me a berter deal through the dealer!

[@BatisChannelYT]

Daaaamn! From 24k to 15k?? AWESOME!

[@mrdygga6]

The Zero (and most other electric bikes) can offer some great prospects as a commuter bike but price and practicality negates the issue. On the commute, or to use it on the weekends (to utilise that sporty handling) there are cheaper options out there. Some folk have rightly complained about lack of support in servicing and being held to ransom on feature locking/unlocking. When you pay that much for your transport, you deserve better. It is simply not enough to rely on nice styling and good handling (as quoted above), when those features (and more) are available elsewhere. It doesn't take a month to work this out- the impracticalities outweigh any good points and the Zero would be deleted when compiling a list of bikes to test or buy.

[@ThePresidentofMars]

Biggest thing for me is price, for 20k there are plenty of bikes u can buy with all the extras included.

[@gmy33]

Enervica experia .. same price more than enough range . Fast charging

[@googletropcurieux8670]

Commuter bike very fun. Worth the cost

[@lcdubs7847]

How could you not think that onboard storage would be a big deal? Honestly, I'll never understand how anyone can wear a back pack on a bike. Why carry gear on your pack when the bike van carry it for you?

[@spencerlucas5835]

Uk that bike is £21000 to travel 100miles is not what I'd call decent, my previous bike that got totaled cost new £4099 with a real world range or what i could get out of it was 240 miles riding sensibly now, this is what i call fricking awesome.

[@BatisChannelYT]

Please do not say that to regen the motor spins the other way... it hurts

[@Zee216]

it can be found on sale right now for 18-20k

[@gmy33]

Really ?? .. so its true what they say ... all ebikers who rode zero are changing to energica inatead of zEro s new models

[@tacmedic5211]

How about an app to control the bike settings?

[@jdl1276]

yeah i figured by now zero would have come a long way in design... they should be creating the future, but i see the same design elements that they started with and the range hasn't improved much overall. i think motorcycles will be the final holdout on the "electric conversion". the car platform has it's benefits but motorcycle riders are WAY more in tune with the "machine" than typical car drivers. when a rider throws his leg over a bike, it's mostly about the "machine" experience, i don't know if that can be replaced.....

[@dsofe4879]

Ah yes... a 20k bike to do the job of a scooter. Honestly I have no idea how Zero haven't gone bankrupt yet

[@AaronHuffmanPerson]

We need someone to compete with Energica, competition drives innovation!

[@TheKingsapostle]

"I do wanna give zero props" zero props given

[@stelkurtain_tm]

yikes... how much did Zero pay for this one?

[@ArmaMoto]

I third this

[@chaseontwowheels]

It's interesting that this comment comes up anytime I'm authentically excited about a product. I'll say it again as I always do. We don't get paid for our bike reviews other than KZbin ad revenue. Sorry for liking the bike.

[@EfferusZangetsu]

@@chaseontwowheels You can like the bike, but saying stuff like "best commuter bike" immediately triggers warning bells for any normal person. Ask yourself who actually commutes on bikes and what are their priorities, how much money they have available to buy their bike. And then ask yourself how much this bike costs and how many other bikes offer comparable performance/features (and instant torque that ev´s offer isn´t high on the list for commuters) for muuuuch less money, put reliability and ease of service into the mix, and then you will see where cunbad8´s comment is comming from. Bikes like this are playthings for people with a lot of cash to burn and nothing more.

[@F0KS3Y]

​@@chaseontwowheels I think you should expect this type of comments when you do a video like this, dude. The whole "petrol vs electric" theme is still quite sensitive on its own. To add to all this, calling any bike "THE best" is very triggerring, I think you've thought about it when you were typing the title of the video. And if we're talking about the bike itself, ummm... I really don't get it how this one is even a decent commuter. The only benefit of this compared to, I don't know, a small naked bike, is that it's electric, but that's it. In my mind it is not enough to be called the best. DSRX is an adventure bike, not commuter. Even Zero company themselves has some bikes much better suited for commuting - it's their street series, models like S or SR. Just a bunch of questionable statements in this video, that's why people can say stuff like that in the comments. And hey, you're doing an amazing job with your CFMOTO 800, can't wait to see this tank in action!

[@stelkurtain_tm]

​@@chaseontwowheels It's fine to be excited about anything, let alone a bike on this channel. But with all of the problems Zero has had as a company and with their bikes... calling it "THE BEST" at anything feels disingenuous. There's really NOTHING you can get that's better than this $20k OTD bike with all the associated problems that come with Zero? Times like this when I especially miss the 3D days of simple motovlogging

[@paulm1237]

Motorcycles as a Subscription Service! That's what we're all looking for in a bike isn't it?

[@AaronHuffmanPerson]

They ended the unlocks due to backlash

[@BatisChannelYT]

@@AaronHuffmanPerson AAAALL the subscription? I saw that there is available for some bikes

[@AaronHuffmanPerson]

@@BatisChannelYT last I saw, the new ones come with all the unlocks and they just upped the price. Things might have changed in the last 6 months. For the size of company that Zero is, they can't take so much bad press.

[@deanhodges2360]

OC, Mt07 with an exhaust,best commuter

[@Waldo1122]

Overpriced, terrible range, refuses to allow customers to do their own maintenance, refuses to train dealerships properly on how to work on them, the list goes on. Zero is a terrible company.

[@TheAnnoyingBoss]

Electric just sucks so badly man. Its wild the system is trying so hard to groom us to electric but theyre all just terrible and overpriced at the same time

[@Waldo1122]

@@TheAnnoyingBoss Electric doesn't suck, just look at the Tesla Plaid gapping anything that dares to race it for 150k. And now the fastest motorcycle is an electric motorcycle by Energica. Sure it doesn't have sound, but Europe is making sound illegal anyway. One of Honda's top selling motorcycles is the DCT GoldWing, people are sick of operating a clutch hence quickshifting is sought after, three wheelers are popping off because operating 5000 things at once is annoying. My point is electric is the future, but Zero isn't apart of that future.

[@gmy33]

Totally agree !! Speaking from experience .. though lots of pwople enjoy zero s too .. i did as well when it worked ... would never reccomwnd one indeed terrible company

[@zyonsdream]

Exactly what Zero have you owned?

[@Waldo1122]

@@zyonsdream Don't need to be scammed into buying one to know it is a terrible purchase. The numbers speaks for itself.

[@Smallbore2wheels]

OC: Range anxiety AND Zero on the same video? Man, this one is not as funny as the triple vlog with Dan and Moto though 😂

[@keithkamps77]

Chase I love you but there will never be an electric in my stable especially at that price. If you want that cubby get what i have, 2020 Honda NC750X fully manual that only cost me 8grand out the door.

[@polartsang]

Lets 1/4 the price and half the range and its a good commuter.

[@Steen6319]

Pricetag on this bike is "TO HIGH" I did look when it was new, but the price to pay for it, really?

[@SD07BIKER]

you should get walters zero fx for a test'

[@snohwk78]

Wish they could donate that demo bike to me after. Would be great for my commute.

[@bmagada]

Seafoam green btw

[@dearbulls]

Not best for 20k. Maybe if it's asking 10k

[@cs-xd9gy]

I commute 64 miles a day. It's not going for a week without a charge. Stupid right side cruise control... The person that designed must not ride motorcycles.

[@nephilymbass1]

I feel like these bikes should be priced much lower than they are considering range is so limited. I guess it makes some sense if you live in city. But out here in NC when you get on a bike the first thing you want to do is get away from the cities and get out on the country and mountain roads. Electrics basically limit you to the areas you really don’t want to be riding bikes in to begin with.

[@amfitness5598]

25K is way too much for a commuter bike…unless you are a wall street investor on Billions 😂. They need to do this for 10K…until they do electric motorcycles will be that asterisks on motorcycles sold chart.

[@donderstorm1845]

FXE is closer to that at 14k. a lot less range but fine for city commuting and short highway trips. 14k is already a lot for commuting imo. electric motorcycles are so expensive.

[@gmy33]

Nonsence lots of people byy 20k motorbikes . And if you use it as a ommuter you save a lot of money .. also buy it for your company and its halfprice ...

[@amfitness5598]

@@gmy33 like I said as a commuter bike. Not some fancy cruiser or super sport. To me a good commuter motorcycle is something like the Honda 750 NC DCT. A lazy man’s bike that you can buy for under 10K and be a good all around town motorcycle without excelling at any one thing. Until electric bikes can accomplish this for under 10 grand it will be hard to reach the masses bc there are so many other good options. I would love to own an electric bike as a commuter one day. So I’m definitely in that target demo just unwilling to pay all that money!

[@Jig1saw]

Yammie Noob (Papa Yam) already gave the Zero bikes a no-go! They are terrible as you never really own the bike due to being submissive to the proprietary features of Zero. They can also shut off your bike at any time. There's also too much reliance on the company. 👎🙅‍♂️

[@pauljefferies9087]

Man. Listen mister. You might believe the rest of the human race has all the time in the world to try to figure out the difference between this bike and that one, but no. Get to the differences and improvements , or expect the potential customer to say, I don’t have time for this.

[@abracing199]

Zeros anti consumer practices have turned me off of them forever.

[@ArneAsada69]

So much EV hate in these comments. Sure the price and range are terrible but maintenance is super low. Just keep an eye on your tires condition. This bike isn’t for everyone. However if it fits your criteria as a fun around town commuter you as least have to seriously consider it.

[@gmy33]

Please pay attention .. its more zero hate here than ev hate .. all by former zero owners who will never buy zero again .. just a tail of history .. electric enthousiast who where let down by a company

[@addallservices]

How is Groundclearances?

[@PelleyJ]

I'm honestly not excited for this EV take over plan that'll roll in 2030, the idea is great, and I understand it, but the feel of a motorcycle cannot be replaced, I'm sorry but I'm going to continue with contributing to global warming until companies can find a way to replicate the feel of a gas powered bikes to EV Bikes

[@diredevil1]

First?

[@danolivet8346]

Chase are you serious? Their "pay for already installed features" plan is absurd. Sure hope you mention that. It's a huge part of zero ownership. Not a great company to put your name on.

[@PaddyLectric]

There is no „pay for already installed features“ feature on this bike. It comes fully equipped and fully usable.

[@danolivet8346]

@@PaddyLectric so they stopped charging for heated grip activation? Fast charging? Features that the bike already has but we're previously locked behind a paywall?

[@PaddyLectric]

@@danolivet8346 Jep. Cypher store is only active for the entry model, the SR. All the other 3rd gen bikes come fully unlocked.

[@hometownhooligan6100]

Just making sure everyone knows this is no longer a thing. The bike comes fully unlocked. It's also 18k right now

[@danolivet8346]

@@hometownhooligan6100 but that make it on that they did it in the first place

[@driftx2]

I cant stand this ev revolution