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Back in 2006 when former NASA engineer and founder of Zero Motorcycles, Neal Saiki, decided to slot a rudimentary electric motor to a frame that wasn’t much more than that of a mountain bike, he probably didn’t envisage his California-based company to one day become the largest seller of premium electric motorcycles in the world. But it did. And not only are they selling a shed load of bikes, they are starting to sell plenty of them over here too. Last year, the European market overtook North America in terms of units sold.