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**SOLD** Thanks Denny!! 3600 one-owner miles, power tank installed at dealer when new, power port installed, has a semi-fresh set of one size up Michelin Pilot Power 2CT’s. Fully operational with no issues. Battery and Power Tank still under warranty. Located in the western part of NC. $12,900 $11,900. Thanks for looking!

I have a 2015 SR and I sure wish that I had waited. It overheats every time I ride it. Don't get me wrong I have enjoyed the heck out of it but that's a definite fly in the ointment for me. I got a fairly good deal but I would've traded that for the new motor in a heartbeat. Sure I would have lost 6 to 8 months of riding an electric bike but like you I had a KTM 690 that could've gotten me through that. Just giving another perspective.


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I'm a bit disappointed with the range. I can't connect from the house to my bike in the garage when it's about 3m away. Bluetooth should have a better range than that.

Tell me about it. I can't keep a connection with my bike directly below me in a basement garage. Literally directly below where I plug my phone in.


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@Low On Cash, does the Iris app alert you if there's an anomaly happening? This thread has me fearful of the possibilities. I have my bike in a basement garage and I assume with a battery the size of the SR's it could start a raging fire that could engulf the house in no time flat. So a heads up that something is wrong could be a life saver. I don't leave my bike plugged in when we go out of town but, I do leave it plugged in most other times.


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Reposting here just so it does not get lost.

Just to fill you in a bit more. EMW (electric motorwerks) has been avoiding our contact attempts for over a month now. They have a lot of our money and seem to have no intent to respond to us in any way.

I have heard from other people in the industry that this may be common place for them. And that some people are leaving the company because of this and similar behavior by the owners.

I really had high hopes for working with them, however it seems they were just out to take a lot of my companies money and pretty much all of my savings. I have put everything I had into this, and now that it has been their turn to deliver they have pulled several dirty tricks.

I have covered for EMWs mistakes a lot over the past year because I wanted to believe they could handle manufacturing the super charger for us, and because I thought they were good people. It really hurts my feelings that they would take advantage of me this way when all I want is to advance our industry.

I am a very trusting and honest person, and I will always give people more than one chance, some times too many more chances. It seems I protected EMW for too long taking the heat as digiNow to prevent them from getting a bad name. However it looks like that is exactly what they were counting on.

This was my first experience manufacturing a product at scale and it looks like I made a very bad choice choosing EMW, but I have learned a lot and will never ever be taken advantage of this way again. The world looks a lot less sunshiney knowing there are businesses out there like EMW that seek to take advantage of young entrepreneurs like me and my partners.

If anyone here has recommendations for the appropriate measures to take or can offer assistance I would appreciate your messages. Currently we are discussing going to the federal trade commission, and considering counsel for what I have been told will likely end up in a legal battle. Very depressing

The other side of this is that we do have a very small number of Super Charger V1 units left, @erik, im setting yours up tomorrow.

Super charger V2 details and specs along with full testing data will be released within 7 days. After that we will have detailed info on the dates for product arrival and will have a policy of full transparency. So far the V2 and manufacturer seem to be reliable and quality driven as well as able to supply our orders, which EMW was not able to do. Depending on the build a customer wants we currently should have enough to deliver 10 V2 chargers. With another 20 on the way, dates will be openly published and I will not be covering for anyone this time.

My apologies that I have not been more transparent about the issues we were having with EMW, I did not want to speak poorly of them and felt that it was my fault for choosing them. The combination of these lead me to not be as open with all of you as I could have. I promise not to let anything like that happen again.

-EC

I've been following this thread for quite sometime in hopes of purchasing one of these units. I'm a GM dealer and I love Volts, Zeros and I am eagerly awaiting the new Bolt. Electrics are the future. I'm also involved in a startup company in another industry and I have found out just how ugly and unscrupulous people can be. It's a shame there are so many dishonest people in the world but, it's a fact of life. Electric Motorwerks will never see a dime of my money for as long as I'm on this earth. I can promise you that. I'm sorry this has happened to you. Now having said all that I hope that you are being completely honest here too. If I were you I would hire the meanest, nastiest attorney that specializes in this area to represent you. Now. Yesterday. EMW is probably going to try and contact you now that you've made this public and make all kinds of promises to delay your actions but, don't even answer their calls. They've already told you what you need to know. You know it in your gut too. They're are hoping you won't put up a fight. Lastly, I hope to god you have your patents in place otherwise I can guarantee you they're going to try and steal your I.P. Good luck.


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I had planned on getting this setup done this weekend if it rained and by god it's raining. Anyway, I cannot for the life of me find the Sumitomo (I think that's the term) connector. I have taken the tank cover off but, I just don't see it. I see the SAE connector but I would like to plug and play and I'm pretty sure it's there somewhere. I have a Power Tank, does that require removing that connector? My power kit looks just like this one from Zero. http://www.zeromotorcycles.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=15_5&products_id=206

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I have looked at that link a lot. I have a power tank so I think I'll be able to connect via the aux port and plug into a 50A and plug the controller in for the fastest charge?

You should be OK with the aux port, but if you are putting it in the tailcase, you may want to use the controller connection instead. Both work great.

Here is a photo of me testing in Santa Barbara today via the aux port. I am using the onboard and a jplug from a charge point station. They are on average slower than many others, but the time to 100% seems reasonable. I generally only charge to 80% or 90%  anyway.

On phone otherwise would have put the image inline.

I think I'm confused on terminology and function. Are you saying that I'll be able to plug directly into the plug on the side of the bike (in the frame) and charge faster than using the Aux port (next to motor). I thought the connection on the side limited how fast you can charge whereas the aux port (connected directly to battery?) does not? Like I said, this is all foreign to me.