Newlands Corner hosted Zero motorcycles on Sunday 17th and gave anybody who wished to, a test ride on one of their all electric bikes.

Andy Gale of Redhill took  full advantage as he was intrigued to see what he thought of them. Andy tells us, "Anyone who knows me well, will know I like my bikes loud, so I wasn't expecting to like  E motorbikes, but given the opportunity to try one out I jumped at it . It was a totally different experience, silky smooth and effortlessly responsive. They have two modes, eco with a  range of  100 miles and a sport mode with a range of 50 miles. Sport mode is a real grin, but until they can get better range it would only work as a commuter bike. And at 15k that's a lot for a commuter. If you ever get the chance to try one I really recommend it,  even us old petrol heads will get off it smiling".