I really feel sorry for Vectrix. They were a very early (and perhaps the first) practical, freeway-legal, production electric "motorcycle". They did a lot of hard work, and spent a lot of money, getting their product to the market. But the price was higher than the market would bear at the time and selling it though car dealers (at least that is what they did in San Francisco) never worked out. In the U.S. car dealers just don't like the type of customers motorcycles attract.
Then they sold the scooters (in the Bay Area) through Marin BMW, where I went for my first and only test ride. I was quite impressed with the Vectrix's performance, handling and innovations, such as the throttle design. But a year or two later the Marin BMW motorcycle owner had run the business into the ground and that was the end of Vectrix around here to my knowledge (and BMW in Marin County).
Later I saw a few articles about Vectrix, but I can't recall ever seeing one on the road or reading about a local Vectrix dealer.
Motorcycle Consumer News tested a new Vectrix VX-1 LI+ in April 2012 and seemed to like it. But I never heard much after that, such as where they were being sold. My guess is that the new Vectrix company suffered from lack of steady funding and perhaps poor management. Maybe they will return, but I wouldn't put any money on it unless they are picked up by a major (Japanese?) motorcycle company that wants to jump start their entry into the EV field.
