ZEV6100 AND 5100
TRAIL & UTILITY
Riders are calling this bike "a 2 wheel pickup truck""an electric Harley", "the electric cruiser"
The world's first street legal electric trail and dirt road motor scooter! This bike is fully road legal and can take to the pavement and serve as a commuter bike. This bike has more battery capacity than many electric cars with 4.32 Kwh in the 5100 model and 5.04 Kwh in the 6100 model for the maximum possible range in any electric motor scooter made in the world.
More Range than any existing electric motor scooter or production electric motorcycle such as Zero or Brammo. Even more range than the promised, but not yet in production $9,995 Brammo Empulse 6.0 or the $11,995 Brammo Empulse 8.0 But you can buy a ZEV today, not a promise for next year.
Cruise the back roads and trails in silence. Go to your favorite fishing spot. Enter lands that are normally restricted from use by internal combustion engines and the fire hazard of a hot exhaust. Come upon game without scaring them away. Hunt from your vehicle (in states where permitted) in silence. Commute to work and haul what you need to and from the job on the large load platform. Boat and RV owners can charge the bike at their dock / camp site and use the bike to haul in supplies or be off loaded to land at destination points for exploring without the handling of gasoline.
A big soft seat and lots of leg room for that long ride.
The bike was originally conceived as a delivery vehicle and for Police. It was was built rugged with unusually large OD frame tubing at 1.65 inches.
This is not some little toy scooter. The wheelbase is 60.62 inches. That is .62 inches longer than a Harley Sportster 883 or 1200cc. and 5 inches longer than a Honda CBR1000RR wheelbase. That long wheelbase gives the rider radically better stability than short wheelbase traditional scooters, while the light weight and low CG of the bike makes it very easy to handle compared to motorcycles.
The large seat rear section flips up and locks to become a backrest. This also reveals a heavy duty load rack that can haul your gear and work equipment, you outboard motor, or just hauling home your trophy deer. Equally at home on the pavement, the load carrying ability of the Trail allows boxes and other bulky items (or a briefcase) to be hauled easily. The space between the side bars measures 15 X 15 inches (38 X 38 cm)
This unique bike has two lockable storage boxes along the sides of the rear for smaller items. The seat has an unique sliding function that allows it to move fore and aft about 6 inches to adjust for leg and arm lengths of various riders.
The buyer can have semi knobby tires or the less rough street tires at his option. The front fender can be a raised at the buyer's option. (The white bike shown has the raised front fender position). The motor is sealed against water and the motor controller is mounted up high just under the seat. The full digital instrument panel has only a hall sensor and magnet down at the dirty end. No dirt and water intrusion problems. Forget getting dirt clogged air filters. An electric motor does not lose power to altitude like gasoline engine. It is no wonder that among the first bikes sold were ones for British Columbia, Colorado, and Africa.
Do not worry about getting stranded on some back road with this bike. It has the largest battery capacity of any electric motor scooter on the market with 4.32 Kwh (5100 model), 5.04 Kwh (6100 model) capacity lithium battery. On dirt roads in testing the 5100 model bike was able to run distances of 70 miles / 113 km. The 5.04 Kwh capacity Model 6100 has run 85 miles / 137 km in dirt road testing. ZEV also offers controllers for the motors in different amp ranges so that the owners can obtain even more range if they do not need exceptional torque. This option can stretch range to 100 miles in certain conditions on the 6100. Put this huge battery capacity in perspective. The battery pack in a Toyota Prius is only 1.6 Kwh. So the Model 6100 has a battery pack 3 times larger than the Toyota Prius car in terms of capacity.
Speed - 50 mph for the Long Range model 5100
- 58 mph for the higher speed model 6100
- 63 mph for the high speed option motor.
This bike has a special, extremely high torque electric motor for maximum hill climbing ability. Torque 248 Nm (183 lb ft) as the standard motor. The model 6100 model uses this same motor, but the customer has the Option of a higher speed motor that yields to 63 mph / 101 Kph at the sacrifice of some torque. If your terrain is mostly flat or rolling hills, this option allows more speed and a range gain. Compare the 183 lb ft of the Trail motor to that of even the $13,995 Brammo Empulse with an advertised 59 lb ft of torque.
What differentiates the 5100 from the 6100 is the battery capacity which allows longer range and higher speed in the 6100. The larger battery capacity in the 6100 makes this vehicle heavier than the 5100. The 6100 weighs 394 lbs reducing its payload to 365 lbs (760 lbs vehicle gross weight). This bike can still then carry two 183 lb riders. The 5100 weighs 334 lbs and can carry a 425 lb payload.
For more views of the bike, here is a link to our YOUTUBE slide show http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pGF13Ga1Sc
AVAILABLE IN ANY COLOR OF YOUR CHOICE
5100 LONG RANGE
MSRP $5991
less 10% federal tax credit $599
NET PRICE $5392 AFTER TAX CREDITS
less- all state, and local rebates, incentives, and credits) See incentives page.
6100 MAXIMUM RANGE
MSRP $7,526
less 10% federal tax credit $752
NET PRICE $6,774 AFTER TAX CREDITS
Current delivery time:
Approximately two weeks if on a dealer showroom floor.
90 days if factory direct. 
