Electric Motorbikes in 2021 : 1st June 2021
As a motorbike rider I first became aware of electric motorbikes through the...
Electric Motorbikes in 2021 : 1st June 2021
As a motorbike rider I first became aware of electric motorbikes through the...
DC Fast Charging : 3rd August 2021
On 30th July an Energica Eva Ribelle rider called Zero Fun from Virginia, USA set off on a 6 day cross country trip...
Order to Delivery : 11th August 2021
I'd had some great pre-sales support from Alec Sharp at EEMC, so I phoned him...
First ride : 11th August 2021
For the first ride I went out into the Shropshire countryside...
Range testing : 14th August 2021
I went out for a ride to get a feel for how the range varies with road and riding style...
Water traps : 15th August 2021
First couple of rides under my belt, and now for the first wash...
Into Wales : 17th August 2021
Had time for a 100 mile loop out to Llanfair Caereinion today...
350 mile round trip : 25th August 2021
I needed to do a couple of days work in deepest Berkshire, so with a good weather forecast I decided to take the SR/S...
Handlebar risers : 30th August 2021
I have found that at slow speeds there's more weight on my wrists than I'd like...
Drive belt tension : 31st August 2021
The drive belt on the SR/S is almost maintenance free. Just keep it clean, and check the tension...
The economics of electric : 3rd September 2021
What I hear time and again is that electric cars and bikes are too expensive. And they are...
Fully Charged Outside : 4th September 2021
I attended the Fully Charged Outside event at the Farnborough International exhibition centre this weekend...
Osprey : 11th September 2021
I stopped in at The Crown in Brownhills, on the A5, to use the Osprey charger in the car park...
Headlight alignment : 17th September 2021
I finally got around to dealing with the misalignment of the headlights...
The Yellow Key : 26th September 2021
My Zero SR/S came with three keys, two black and one yellow...
Charging socket cap : 3rd October 2021
As I discovered the first time I washed the SR/S, the charging socket has very poor rain/water protection...
Kriega US-Drypack : 10th October 2021
I've been using Kriega US-Drypack soft bags on my Zero SR/S...
First service : 3rd November 2021
This saga began on the 26th of August. I'd returned from a 350 mile trip to Berkshire, and had reached the 600 mile interval at which the first service is due...
Last ride of 2021 : 15th December 2021
Through a combination of unseasonably warm weather and having to use up time off from work I decided to go out for lunch and a ride today...
Soft luggage : 31st December 2021
When I ordered my SR/S I had a top rack fitted. I didn't go for the Shad hard luggage...
Winter hibernation : 9th January 2022
Now we're in the season of frosts and gritting the roads the SR/S isn't going to get any use...
Hard luggage : 16th January 2022
I've had a slight change of heart, after being pretty sure that soft luggage was the way forwards...
Motorway miles : 27th March 2022
This week I took the SR/S for a work trip to Berkshire, a trip of 430 miles over 3 days...
Hydro charging : 2nd June 2022
At the Palé Hall hotel near Bala in Gwynedd there are six chargers...
Energica Experia : 12th June 2022
Energica have announced a new bike in their range, the Experia...
Touring tips : 1st July 2022
What makes my rides enjoyable only comes down to a couple of things...
Triumph TE-1 : 13th July 2022
Triumph have completed Phase 4 of their TE-1 electric bike project...
Firmware updates : 21st July 2022
Zero emailed to let me know that there were firmware updates available for the SR/S...
First pillion passengers : 14th August 2022
After almost a year of riding the SR/S this weekend I took my first pillion passengers for a ride...
Snapped belt : 25th September 2022
I've snapped the drive belt of the SR/S...