“Electric motorcycle” and “street legal electric motorcycle” are high-volume US searches, and they mix mopeds, pit bikes, and real street bikes. A titled motorcycle has a 17-digit VIN, DOT lighting, and insurance. A 72-volt dirt toy with a headlight is not that.
Zero Motorcycles (Santa Cruz) and LiveWire (Harley-Davidson’s EV brand) are the two names with US dealer footprints. Energica and a few others appear as premium imports. Range claims are highway-sensitive: 70 mph and cold weather cut the number you saw on the window sticker.
Home Level 2 charging is the ownership model. Public CCS or J1772 adapters exist on some bikes; plan around overnight charging, not gas-station habits. Service is inverters and batteries, not valves — but body shops and wrecks are a different insurance conversation.
Compare used Zero FX/SR and LiveWire Mulholland inventory against a used Japanese 650 if commuting is the job. Quiet and instant torque are the product. Cross-country touring is still a charging map, not a tank.