| Motocross has never been seen as eco friendly in any | | | | miss it. The neighbours especially! A 4 stroke |
| way shape or form but that could all be about to | | | | motocross bike can be heard for almost 4 miles. It is |
| change. It has been seen across Europe now. Electric | | | | no wonder so many motocross centres round the UK |
| motorbike hire and ride centres are setting up letting | | | | have been closed down completely or are only |
| people get all the fun and exhilaration of motocross but | | | | allowed to open for a very limited number of days a |
| without the fuel consumption and oil use. The bikes are | | | | year. |
| very similar in every way to standard combustion | | | | Riding electric motorbikes is easy. There are no gears |
| engine motocross bikes. They look almost identical but | | | | so it is very much like a normal push bike. The back |
| something is just different. Then you start noticing key | | | | brake is on the handlebars, so all you have to do is |
| parts that are missing, such as fuel caps, exhausts and | | | | twist and go! |
| foot pedals. Instead you have a big black box housing | | | | The centres work like a quad trekking or go kart track. |
| the battery. | | | | You turn up, you pay your money, you get shown |
| Once the motorbike is switched on another two huge | | | | what your doing then assuming you meet certain |
| differences are spotted - there is no noise and no | | | | criteria you will be allowed to ride freely round a track. |
| smell. Whilst some will associate the noise and smell | | | | The tracks are littered with obstacles such as rollers, |
| with the fun and think it is a core part of it, many will no | | | | berms and small jumps. All abilities are catered for. |