Last week at the Vetter Fuel Economy Challenge in Utah, Terry Hershner became the first electric motorcycle rider to win the challenge. With new modifications to his 2012 Zero S electric motorcycle, he easily finished the 172 mile route, at 2/3rds the cost of the closest finisher. In the fuel…
I neglected to post an update on Terry Hershner’s ride yesterday and today, so here goes. They’d made it to Houston yesterday, and today are in Louisana, but one last problem had to occur. At 10:30PM their time last night, the rear tire went flat. After getting repairs done –…
Last we saw of Terry Hershner last night had him going to a motel for sleep after SNAFU’ing his bike. This morning Terry posted the following update: Today in Austin I’m hoping to meet with the folks at ReVolt and do a custom electrical connection repair. In the meantime here’s…
Terry Hershner was doing pretty good, made it to Austin at a reasonable time today. But, then, Texas took its toll on his trip, and I suppose beating the record is now out of the question. On Facebook, Terry explained that they’d been at the Whole Foods charging and showing…
This morning, Terry Hershner appears to still be stuck in West Texas. When I went to bed last night he’d made it past El Paso, and was on the highway and looked like he’d make it to San Antonio or farther by morning. This morning we see the report below,…
It’s 9pm PST, 1 1/2 days into Terry Hershner’s trip in which he’s attempting to set a record for cross country electric motorcycle travel. The Facebook post embedded below was posted 5 hrs ago, from El Paso, his last status update a few minutes ago shows him now on the…
Overnight Terry Hershner and Bun Bun ran into a couple delays – an accident on I-10 that blocked the road for a few hours, and then strong headwinds that increased energy usage. Even with that improved aerodynamic fairing, riding directly into a headwind still takes up a lot of energy. …
Terry Hershner’s modified Zero S, in Craig Vetter’s shop Terry Hershner has taken a 2012 Zero S – the same one which Jeremiah Johnson rode in the 2012 TTXGP World Final at Daytona Beach (see the video at the end of an article I wrote on him) – and modified…
