Todd A told me today over the phone that the new charger, which should get to me in the mail next week, will not be able to fit inside the bike. This leaves me in the undesirable position of always having to factor in the charger -- do I take it with me, do I leave it home? But after I decide to leave it home, if some change in plans comes up later I don't have any flexibility left to re-charge away from home.
Or, I could opt to always lug it around with me, but then I would always be worried it would get stolen or something. Furthermore, the charger is not the Zivan I thought it was going to be. I guess I will find out when it comes, but I think Todd said it was a 1500 amp PVA(?)-something.
Ideally, Todd should have warned me about this when we were determining what batteries to put in the bike. I'm asking myself, what would I have decided had I known about the external charger? I'm pretty sure I would have wanted those 60 ah batteries (it is their larger size that takes away room for the charger) even if it meant having to put up with an external charger. Today I went to the doctor, back home, back to work , and will go back home again on a single charge, and will probably have some left over. With 40 ah I might have been spending more time worrying about having enough juice to get back home than I will now spend worrying over charger logistics...