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General Discussion / How often do you hear batteries are a fire risk?
« on: December 04, 2011, 04:32:33 AM »
But we never seem to hear that petrol is a fire risk for some reason I still don't understand
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General Discussion / I Love it
« on: November 14, 2011, 04:37:21 PM »
I was filling out a survey and they had a box for "any other comments about the survey or electric motorcycles" and as I filled it in I just kept adding little thoughts. More and more and couldn't stop. Looking at what I'd written I thought I should share it with the community.
Maybe you want to eliminate my responses. Firstly I'm in Australia. Secondly I'm a "true believer". I love the simplicity of an electric compared to the massive complexity of a fourstroke. I love the lack of engine braking. I love the instant power. I love the way I can jump on and ride with no warming up. I love not spending my weekends tearing them apart and fixing or replacing worn, dirty or burnt parts. I love knowing it's always full whenever I jump on. I love being able to head off early for work and I don't wake my neighbours up. I love the cool sound. I love never having to leave it at the dealers for a service. I love the lack of vibration that lets me see if it's a taxi or a cop car in the mirror. I love being able to pull away knowing it won't stall or starve for petrol. I love never having to carry spare spark plugs. I love never having bottles and bottles of used engine oil that I need to drive out to the waste centre "one day". I love knowing that my dog or the neighbours kids won't burn themselves on the exhaust if they run up to me as I get home.
Maybe you want to eliminate my responses. Firstly I'm in Australia. Secondly I'm a "true believer". I love the simplicity of an electric compared to the massive complexity of a fourstroke. I love the lack of engine braking. I love the instant power. I love the way I can jump on and ride with no warming up. I love not spending my weekends tearing them apart and fixing or replacing worn, dirty or burnt parts. I love knowing it's always full whenever I jump on. I love being able to head off early for work and I don't wake my neighbours up. I love the cool sound. I love never having to leave it at the dealers for a service. I love the lack of vibration that lets me see if it's a taxi or a cop car in the mirror. I love being able to pull away knowing it won't stall or starve for petrol. I love never having to carry spare spark plugs. I love never having bottles and bottles of used engine oil that I need to drive out to the waste centre "one day". I love knowing that my dog or the neighbours kids won't burn themselves on the exhaust if they run up to me as I get home.
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General Discussion / Does anyone think there's a social media campain against us?
« on: November 11, 2011, 03:50:41 PM »
We're such small fry it seems impossible that anyone would spend any money trying to spoil our fun, But...
Has anyone else noticed that every time a story appears in the motorcycle press that allows comments, most are positive but there is always sprinkled through them a scattering of misinformation. People are posting very specific information that's completely wrong. My previous experience with the internet is that I've disagreed (sometimes very strongly) with people and people are sometimes very selective about the facts they quote or place very different interpretations to me but it's rare to see people just lying. I can't think of any actual examples of bare faced lies apart from these threads which are full of them.
=:)
Has anyone else noticed that every time a story appears in the motorcycle press that allows comments, most are positive but there is always sprinkled through them a scattering of misinformation. People are posting very specific information that's completely wrong. My previous experience with the internet is that I've disagreed (sometimes very strongly) with people and people are sometimes very selective about the facts they quote or place very different interpretations to me but it's rare to see people just lying. I can't think of any actual examples of bare faced lies apart from these threads which are full of them.
=:)
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Zero Motorcycles Forum | 2012 and older / Zeros below list price in Victoria
« on: March 15, 2011, 02:12:35 AM »
http://www.bikepoint.com.au/all-bikes/results.aspx?Ns=p_IsPoa_Int32|0||p_RankSort_Int32|1||p_HasPhotos_Int32|1||p_Make_String|0||p_Model_String|0||p_YearMade_Int32|1||p_PriceSort_Decimal|1||p_PhotoCount_Int32|1&N=1432+604+1430+1429+1428+4294955892&TabID=2207444&keywords=&Nne=15
It's not clear who, but some dealer in Victoria is advertising 2010 DS/S for 10000 dollars plus on roads which is over 2000 below list (I paid list for mine)
=:)
It's not clear who, but some dealer in Victoria is advertising 2010 DS/S for 10000 dollars plus on roads which is over 2000 below list (I paid list for mine)
=:)
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Zero Motorcycles Forum | 2012 and older / DS review
« on: March 07, 2011, 04:02:15 AM »
Trail Bike Adventure Magazine has just hit the shelves with a review of my Zero DS. The Mar/Apr 2011 edition. Five pages in the mag. Well balanced. Points out the short comings of the bike, (brakes, weirdness, range, handling off road) and the good things (silent, almost maintainence free, handling on road).
=:)
=:)
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Electric Motorcycle News / Zero DS review on Motorcyclist.com
« on: December 10, 2010, 06:16:39 AM »
http://www.motorcycle.com/manufacturer/2010-zero-ds-review-90186.html
Very good review. Picked up stuff that no other reviewer (nor the factory) has noticed like the issue with the back brake. Just a couple of days after it appeared on the blogosphere.
http://zerods.blogspot.com/2010/11/odo-412-no-riding-today-for-second-day.html
=:)
Very good review. Picked up stuff that no other reviewer (nor the factory) has noticed like the issue with the back brake. Just a couple of days after it appeared on the blogosphere.
http://zerods.blogspot.com/2010/11/odo-412-no-riding-today-for-second-day.html
=:)
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General Discussion / Newby intro, Zero DS owner
« on: November 30, 2010, 03:31:54 AM »
Hi all. Just thought I'd say hello and intro. Been interested in electric motorcycles for a decade and was always making plans to build but my lack of any perceptible skill always prevented me. Just bought a Zero DS and it's far far far better than anything I ever imagined creating myself.
Cheers Jason =:)
Cheers Jason =:)
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