A friendly officer inquired where we were coming from. "Carmel Valley" we replied. And where were we headed? "King City."

I started by riding to the start of my 1000 mi (1609 km) journey atop the Grapevine. This was an inconsequential 500 mi (805 km) warm up.

This begs the question: Is there an electric motorcycle you can roll off the factory floor and successfully run an Iron Butt?

Brandon and I recently drove down from Monterey to LA on business. He rode an Energica Esse Esse 9 while I rode my Zero SR. One of the ma...