Introducing America's first all-electric MotoX track
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Cleaned-up Zero MX rental bikes wait in the shop for hire
The Dark Green facility offers riders 1,400 meters (0.869 of a mile) of dirt track, hops, table tops, camel backs and doubles
There's still an awful lot of dust, but no tailpipe emissions, from the Zero MX electric bikes used at Dark Green
The track can accommodate up to eight riders at any one time
Cornering and kicking up dust on a Zero MX electric bike at the Dark Green track in Penrose, North Carolina
The track opened in late October 2011 and was designed with the help of experienced MotoX riders to try and make sure that beginners and experienced riders alike would get something special from a visit
The location for the first all-electric Motocross track in the U.S. is said to have been chosen simply for its pristine beauty, sitting within a few miles of the Pisgah National Forest and the DuPont State Forest and coming with stunning mountain views
Riders can take along their own bikes - so long as they're electric - or hire Zero bikes from the shop on site
All the fun of MotoX without the annoying clatter from a two-stroke engine
Novice riders can take lessons at the track but the bikes are said to be easy to ride as a conventional bicycle, except there's no pedaling and they're just a tiny bit faster
The 2011 Zero MX as used by Dark Green Motorsports (Photo: Zero Motorcycles)
The 2011 Zero MX as used by Dark Green Motorsports (Photo: Zero Motorcycles)
The 2010 Zero MX as used by Dark Green Motorsports (Photo: Zero Motorcycles)
The 2010 Zero MX as used by Dark Green Motorsports (Photo: Zero Motorcycles)
The 2010 Zero MX as used by Dark Green Motorsports
Article Summary
Ask anyone who lives near a MotoX park for one word to describe it, and that word is most likely going to be "noisy." There is one track in the U.S. which is very neighbor-friendly in that respect, however. On the face of it, the Dark Green Motorsports track in Penrose, North Carolina might seem like any other, with all the thrills of hops, table tops, camel backs and doubles, but there's no volumous clattering from a two-stroke engine to be heard at this 1,400 meter (0.869 of a mile) dirt bike park – all of the Zero MX bikes available for rental at Dark Green are 100 percent electric.
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