A news item at the bottom of page 7 in the November issue of
Motorcycle Consumer News reports that Edelweiss Bike Travel is introducing their "Zero Emission Alpine Backroads Tour for 2014". This famous and well established motorcycle tour company will be conducting a new motorcycle tour of the Alps using the latest range of Zero Electric Motorcycles. The 700-1000 mile tours consist of some of the most famous roads in Europe, with prices starting at $3,230. According to Rainer Buck, CEO of Edelweiss Bike Travel, the tour was born out of a desire to prove that electric motorcycle are ready for the real world.
Mr. Buck is quoted as saying: "In May 2013, our annual office and tour guide ride was scheduled. You cannot even imagine the facial expressions of our established tour guides as they stood in awe of the brand new Zero. Incredulous, skeptical, but - thank God - also curious. For three days they rode the Zeros over the passes of the Alps and the Dolomites, solo and with a passenger, in Sport and in Eco mode, in sunshine and in rain. It works and how! The decision was made; we had to do an Alps electric tour."
I bet touring the Alps on a Brammo Empulse would be even more fun.
