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I have a 2020 SR/S with 38,000 miles. The original belt got a hole punched in the middle by a small rock after riding about 10 miles on a muddy gravel logging road. I kept going to avoid backtracking 30 miles. The road turned back to pavement and I thought I had gotten away with it but on inspection later I saw the damage. It didn't break. That was at 4,000 miles. Then at about 25,000 miles I rode on fresh Chip Seal and rocks were flying furiously so turned around but the belt snapped before I got back to clean pavement. I had the old damaged belt as a get home spare and just rolled that on without loosening the rear axle nut and rode home. You only need to remove the inner fender and disconnect the inline connector to the rear tail light and remove a couple of wire ties. The third belt is still on there. My feeling is that the belts are strong enough but easily damaged by road hazards. The belt will not stretch so it snaps if anything hard gets under it. Avoid gravel !!

In the console you can get the lowest cell voltage under "status". Divide the pack voltage by 28 for the number of cells to get the average cell voltage and compare it to the lowest cell v. Sure, it's not like having the highest and lowest but it seems that's all we get. Good enough to get a general idea of cell balance. My 2020 SR/S with 28,000 miles is like 4 mv.

Could you possibly just be hearing the normal buzzing of the drive belt caused by resonate vibrations at certain low speeds? Did your bike make this vibration since new? It happens at low speeds under 25 mph. When I accelerate there are two speeds that always cause this sound. If I speed up a little or slow down a little the sound goes away and above 25 mph there is just an even whine from the belt. This is perfectly normal and there is nothing you can do about it. Wheel balance usually causes a shaking and usually happens around 55 mph but can happen at other speeds. Do your handle bars shake? If you disconnect the belt the motor is almost silent and has no vibration. Ear plugs and a full face helmet are all you can do. Adjusting the belt to the lower end of tension might help but the belt will still make noise. Good luck.

If you get a bike that barely makes your trip you will be cycling the battery almost 100% every day. What do you do when you lose 5% of capacity? Or when it is 40 degrees, and your range is reduced? You will have to charge at some point during the day. If you are trying to avoid that why not get a bike that can do 120% of the milage you need? That way you could do the 90 miles a day for many years before the range dropped to 90 miles. You might pay more now but the battery will last allot longer! An Energica SS9 would probably work. I test rode one recently and liked it. Maybe someone with an SS9+ can chime in

No, that's not me at the library. I have a blue SR/S. There is a pic of my bike at Don's Market in Santa Ysabel though.
I use an adapter I built to run external chargers on my Vectrix and on my previous Brammo Empulse and whatever. I have shut down a couple of charge stations also. There is always some level of anxiety when I use DCF chargers. I have had to resort to level 2 a couple of times and the Spark is only a 3000 watt OBC. Keep a book in the car, ha ha

Thanks for the pics! I'll be going near there in a couple of weeks and it would be fun to stop by for a tour. I'll give them a call.

On my Chevy Spark the silver metal thingy is the latch for the CCS handle when DC charging.  It should have nothing to do with AC charging. Maybe it was stuck or something. I'm in Borrego Springs and have been using that charge station at the library on my Zero. The Spark has had a history of not working on EA BCC brand chargers. They got that fixed but now it doesn't work on EVgo. There are EVCS level 3 chargers in Oregon that won't work on the Spark either so sadly, Energica isn't the only EV with compatibility issues. I think Level 3 comunication is much more complicated than Level 2. You can spoof a level 2 station with just a small diode and resistor. Some people say just the resistor will do it. I can charge my standup scooter on a level two charger, lol.

The Vectrix electric scooters did this all the time because of a poor design of the connection to the phase wires on the controller. Mine did it and I smelled the burning plastic before any real damage was done. I cleaned everything up and bolted it directly to the lug and it seems fine. I would just make sure the bolts are tight and that the connection is not getting hot and you are probably fine. Good luck!