Range anxiety has long been a key concern for motorcyclists considering the switch from gas-powered engines to electric alternatives — especially among adventure riders, who often venture far from established infrastructure. But if a Guinness World Record set in late March is any indication, winning the fight for real-world range remains a top priority for e-bike manufacturers.

Meet the TS Pro, a commercially available electric motorcycle from Finland-based Verge Motorcycles that recently set a new World Record for the “Longest Journey by an Electric Motorbike on a Single Charge,” by officially covering 193 miles in city conditions — with a seven percent of battery life remaining at the end. “That means that the bike could have gone on even further,” said Verge CMO “but the team decided to stop to ensure the reliability of the data after [riding] for 16 hours and breaking the record.”

The record-breaking ride took place on March 22, 2025, in London, with an unmodified TS Pro navigating traffic conditions “typical of a big city,” says Verge. Piloting duties were shared by Sam Clarke and Sara Sloman, both well-known advocates in the UK’s electric vehicle community, while a crew including a World Record official ensured that all aspects of the attempt adhered to Guinness’ verification standards, including continuous tracking, battery monitoring, and route validation.

Although city riding typically favors battery efficiency due to regenerative braking and steady speeds, a similar range could potentially be achieved off-road, depending on terrain, elevation changes, and traction conditions.

Even if the style of Verge TS Pro isn’t your thing, there’s no denying it’s a head-turner, thanks largely to its striking engineering. Most prominently, the TS Pro features a hubless rear wheel with the electric motor housed inside the rim, freeing up the space beneath the “tank” for battery storage. Resulting output is a claimed 137 horsepower and 738 lb-ft of torque, which allows the bike to accelerate from 0 to 60 mph in just 3.5 seconds. That puts the Finnish bike cleanly in the territory of the impressive Stark Varg e-dirt bike from Spain, and its 764 lb-ft of torque. 

Verge has largely kept the technology of their 20.2 kWh battery underwraps but claims the TS Pro can achieve a range of 217 miles in the city, which would outdo the claimed 179-mile city range of a standard DSR/X, Zero Motorcycles’ adventure-intended e-bike. Highway range of the TS Pro drops to a claimed 124 miles, although it also shadows the DSR/X’s 107 mile limit.

We saw some of the e-bike-as-adventure-mount issues unpacked in 2020’s Apple TV+ series Long Way Up, featuring Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman as they undertook a 13,000-mile journey from Ushuaia, Argentina, to Los Angeles, California, over 100 days while riding Harley-Davidson LiveWire electric motorcycles.

That expedition highlighted both the promise and the challenges of long-distance travel on electric motorcycles, especially when it came to charging access and range limitations. On the Harleys, the riders could manage a best-case range of up to 146 miles in the city and about 95 miles in mixed conditions (based on Harley’s published specs at the time), but the ongoing struggle to stay charged didn’t always make for the best riding — or viewing — experience.

The fact that the Verge World Record was performed with a GWR Official Adjudicator on hand allows transparency into what is truly achievable on an e-bike, whereas claimed miles per charge (or hours in the case of dirt machines) almost always fall short in real-world testing conditions. 

While extending range is paramount for e-moto makers, what might be even more meaningful to buyers is a bike’s capability for rapid charging. In a significant move for infrastructure convenience, Verge became the first motorcycle manufacturer to adopt compatibility with Tesla’s North American Charging Standard (NACS) back in 2023. This compatibility means Verge riders can access Tesla’s extensive Supercharger network, significantly broadening charging accessibility and convenience for long-distance riding.

On one of the Tesla Superchargers (DC fast chargers), which are becoming more and more abundant in the U.S., the Verge TS Pro can be charged from 0–80 percent in a remarkable 35 minutes. A Zero DSR/X, for example, can’t use the DC fast-charging network at this point, and instead relies on Level 2 AC charge points, which Zero claims will charge its standard model in about 2.7 hours. Verge e-motorcycles can alternatively use the Level 2 network as well. 

“This record is a concrete demonstration of what our unique technology and proprietary architecture are actually capable of,” said Laukkanen. “For us, this is first and foremost a symbol of setting bold goals, reinforcing trust, and being able to show the reliability and performance capabilities of our solutions in a concrete way.”

Verge Motorcycles was founded in 2018 by Henri Vahakainu and Juha Pekka Rintamäki in Finland. Their flagship model, the Verge TS Ultra, is known for its high torque, extended range, and quick acceleration, and has already made its mark in the electric motorcycle space.

“This world record is an amazingly proud moment for the entire Verge team,” noted Laukkanen. “We have been developing the efficiency, drivability, and features of our motorbikes for years, and we wanted to show the world that anything is possible.”

The TS Pro e-moto used for the World Record setting ride, is available to U.S. customers, starting at $29,900, through Verge’s two new retail locations: one in Century City (Los Angeles) and the other in Santa Clara, California. 

The record set by Verge should not be confused with the standing Guinness World Record for “Greatest Distance by Electric Motorcycle on a Single Charge” which was achieved by Jean Francois Reumaux and Nathanael Maury in Laos in 2023 using a heavily modified prototype equipped with an oversized battery pack. That one-off machine traveled a whopping 418.18 miles on a single charge. The record for that run differs from the Verge accomplishment in that the TS Pro was an unmodified production model, rather than a custom machine. 

Author: Jamie Elvidge

Jamie has been a motorcycle journalist for more than 30 years, testing the entire range of bikes for the major print magazines and specializing in adventure-travel related stories. To date she’s written and supplied photography for articles describing what it’s like to ride in all 50 states and 43 foreign countries, receiving two Lowell Thomas Society of American Travel Writer’s Awards along the way. Her most-challenging adventure yet has been riding in the 2018 GS Trophy in Mongolia as Team AusAmerica’s embedded journalist.