Can anyone remember those little men waving their cute arms up and down as they passed swiftly across the screen on their way to destroying your virtual house at the bottom of the display? Oh yes, hours of fun were, er, wasted, as one tried to get the ultimate bragging rights of the chest inflating “highest-score”. Indeed I was captivated, like millions of others, with this particular video machine that spawned our modern world of interactive gaming but depressingly I never achieved the “highest-score” status in my local pub – shame that.

It’s just after 8pm, I’ve just finished my dinner and the sun is still out. Where am I? Ever heard of a place called Ascari Race Resort? No? Well it is a privately owned circuit situated in the southern part of Spain, in a place called Ronda.

There’re a lot of things that irritate me in our modern world and nothing has ‘rubbed my rhubarb’ lately more so than the ridiculing one gets when they see you turn up on a ‘mere’ electric bike. Ha! “What’s that silly little thing you’re on today Bill?”, is the sort of comment you have to get used to on the Zero SR. Yes, I agree, at first sight it does look like a ‘silly little thing’ until you leave wherever and follow the ‘fossil fuel brigade’ up the road and disappear into the distance at a ridiculous and slightly comical rate. So let me just clear one thing up here, nothing I’ve ever ridden can prepare you for the shock (excuse the pun) of the performance virtues of this amazing motorcycle – quick, you’ve no idea until you experience the voltage up your bum of the Zero SR.