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So the Charge Tank in Europe currently still has a J-plug input while Mennekes is the standard here. No problem with 99% of the chargers that require to use your own cable anyway but quick chargers have the Mennekes lead already on the charger.

There are L2-L1 adapters:



But they are a bit bulky as you can see. I found this adapter



Which has the perfect form factor but as you can see is the wrong way around. Has anybody ever spotted a compact L2-L1 adapter like above?

A lot of us have windscreens and other fairing pieces attached to the bike. Helmet buffering is a bit of a problem on my fairing and as far a I know most windscreens are pretty loud.

An old solution are those lips(or the new version of them but vortex generators also seem to work pretty good, and you can play a bit more with them and also install them on the lower parts of eg. a dustbin. They are widely used on aeroplanes and race cars so the idea behind them seems legit.

This article also mentions it: https://canadamotoguide.com/2016/05/04/motorcycle-aerodynamics/

A bag of them shouldn't cost more than a few euro so I'm considering ordering a few models to see what works best.

Your thoughts?

It took some time but it was quite the experience

Just a short video about the flatpack charger made by Wijnand:

I've looked a bit around for 3th party panniers because the standard Givi ones are a bit meh. Problem are the racks, I can order a decent kit of panniers and fit it to the existing rack, which can be potentially costly.
Then I realised that side bags do exist and are much more universal because you can hang them on the seat. Does somebody have experience with large side bags?

Brians topic about a battery cosy inspired me to see if battery heating would have effect in the winter.

I ordered a 25x35cm heatmat and it does slide in nicely between the pack and the frame. For now it seems to have a bit of effect, even though it's only 15W but I guess the motorcycle cover helps keep the heat in.
I started around 16:00 and the temps were 8/10°C, before I went to bed 9/10°C and the next morning it was 10/11°C.
There is something going on at least, this might be a solution if your Zero lives in an unheated garage

So I'm figuring out how to fit these damn Superchargers so I can finally start touring long distances on my bike.

Water cooling is a bit op in my new situation and I got a set of fans coming in soon, but after a few rides with all the components in my top case the weight balance did feel a bit iffy and weird in corners.

So, panniers might work better? Earlier this year I spoke to the guy behind Stahlkoffer, a company that makes bespoke aluminium cases and racks:



Gave them a call and they can make and mount double bottomed panniers for my DS. Sweet, just make some holes for the fans and cables and you're good to go.


But then I remembered the thread about mounting SC's in the skid pan:


In which Terry mentioned that the pan works as an excellent heatsink and before the chargers reached thermal cutbacks the bike was pretty much filled up.

I think you know where this is going:


Of course the chargers should either face down or the false bottom should be sufficiently thick to absorb enough heat before radiating to the rest of the case and the cables need waterproof connection to the outside world etc.

So, using metal panniers as both mounting and heatsink for 6.6kW of raw charging power on each side, crazy or feasible?

Please comment, since I got this lightbulb moment I can't get it out of my head!

I noticed that the forum is having a few problems with downtime lately. Can somebody in the loop explain what's going on?