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Electric Motorcycle News / Re: Zero partners with Polaris
« on: September 30, 2020, 02:25:31 AM »
They did jack squat with Brammo, hopefully Zero fares better.
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Lightning / Re: Lightning Strike Unveiled
« on: March 29, 2019, 01:41:43 AM »
The top-line model is actually still a great deal, relatively speaking. Compare with the Zero SR/F. For $20k, you're getting 20 kWh battery, DC fast charging and 6.6 kW Level 2 charging. That's super impressive spec, before factoring in the carbon bling, etc. On paper, it's a winner. Hope they pull it off in reality.
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Zero Motorcycles Forum | 2013+ / Re: Trailer for towing a motorcycle (Zero, 415 lbs.)
« on: June 25, 2018, 06:23:42 PM »
There are lots of good small-bike trailers out there.
Kendon is probably as good as it gets, keep an eye out in various classifieds (I've had good luck on advrider), to get them at a reasonable cost: https://www.kendonusa.com/
I've used trailer in a bag for years, super light and cab be taken apart into component pieces, quality made-in-US stuff, but no longer made. Mine may be for sale soon (decided to go in the hitch carrier direction).
But yeah, basically and single rail trailer will work with your set-up. Almost any car is rated for at least 1000 pounds towing, but most will handle up to 2,000 pretty easily.
Kendon is probably as good as it gets, keep an eye out in various classifieds (I've had good luck on advrider), to get them at a reasonable cost: https://www.kendonusa.com/
I've used trailer in a bag for years, super light and cab be taken apart into component pieces, quality made-in-US stuff, but no longer made. Mine may be for sale soon (decided to go in the hitch carrier direction).
But yeah, basically and single rail trailer will work with your set-up. Almost any car is rated for at least 1000 pounds towing, but most will handle up to 2,000 pretty easily.
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Alta Motorcycles / Re: Redshift on Top Gear UK
« on: March 11, 2018, 06:15:46 AM »
Just caught the episode, man either they hired stunt double or Matt LeBlanc really rips on dirtbikes! Great exposure. The rest of it was kind of meh. Really with Ari and Zac Courts had their own Top Gear style show.
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Electric Motorcycle News / Re: Harley Davidson invests in Alta Motors
« on: March 01, 2018, 10:43:55 PM »
Whoah...did not see that coming. Harley's track record outside of their core competency is....not stellar. Best case scenario- Alta squeezes a bunch of cash out of the for R&D investment and comes out smelling like roses (a la MV Agusta). Worst case scenario- Buell part 2.
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Alta Motorcycles / Re: Agressive Pricing on Alta Redshift Models
« on: January 19, 2018, 07:44:43 PM »Thinking about purchasing the EX.I would imagine that other than the frame and electric drivetrain, all remaining parts are commonly sourced. Alta is a small company, it would be pretty sill to design those parts in-house.
I'll be the first and only owner in the area.
Worried about repairs, spare parts and updating the bike's firmware.
My Zero do need these things from time to time. Any known issues or dealer's maintanance I should know about?
In addition, are all parts Alta specific? For example, foot pegs, sprockets and so on? Do they share these components with other brands?
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Alta Motorcycles / Re: Agressive Pricing on Alta Redshift Models
« on: January 18, 2018, 08:44:31 AM »Whenever I see a huge drop in prices for new electric motorcycles, I start thinking about Brammo and Victory and then wonder what comes next.Having gone through the Brammo experience, yup this is exactly what I thought. Really rooting for Alta though, they seem to have a great product, hope there's enough of a market for it.
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Zero Motorcycles Forum | 2013+ / Re: Is 10% Federal Tax Credit Back?
« on: December 22, 2015, 06:53:13 AM »
Another explanation. Looks pretty clear that we're being punished for the sin of buying our bike in 2014. Fuck everyone who bought electric bikes that year in particular.
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20. Extension of Credit for Electric Motorcycles (sec. 183 of the bill and sec. 30D of thesource: http://www.kpmg.com/US/en/IssuesAndInsights/ArticlesPublications/taxnewsflash/Documents/tnf-x-144-15.pdf
Code)
Present Law
For vehicles acquired before 2014, a 10-percent credit was available for qualifying plugin
electric motorcycles and three-wheeled vehicles.317 Qualifying two- or three-wheeled vehicles
needed to have a battery capacity of at least 2.5 kilowatt-hours, be manufactured primarily for
use on public streets, roads, and highways, and be capable of achieving speeds of at least 45
miles per hours. The maximum credit for any qualifying vehicle was $2,500.
Explanation of Provision
The provision reauthorizes the credit for electric motorcycles acquired in 2015 and 2016
(but not 2014). The credit for electric three-wheeled vehicles is not extended.
Effective Date
The provision is effective for vehicles acquired after December 31, 2014.
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Zero Motorcycles Forum | 2013+ / Re: Is 10% Federal Tax Credit Back?
« on: December 22, 2015, 06:34:55 AM »So only purchases made in 2015 are eligible ? I purchased mine in 2014, just two months after the expiration of the previous tax credit. And looks like it won't be retroactive for the 2014 purchases.I asked this upthread and apparently it is indeed retroactive, just have to file an amended return. If anyone has link to the actual wording in the bill, it'd be pretty straightforward to figure out.
Ok, so here's what I found. It looks like the 2014ers get fucked right in the ass. What am I missing?
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SEC. 183. EXTENSION OF CREDIT FOR 2-WHEELED PLUG-INSource: http://docs.house.gov/billsthisweek/20151214/121515.250_xml.pdf
16 ELECTRIC VEHICLES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 30D(g)(3)(E) is amended
18 by striking ‘‘acquired’’ and all that follows and inserting
19 the following: ‘‘acquired—
20 ‘‘(i) after December 31, 2011, and be-
21 fore January 1, 2014, or
22 ‘‘(ii) in the case of a vehicle that has
23 2 wheels, after December 31, 2014, and
24 before January 1, 2017.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
2 this section shall apply to vehicles acquired after Decem-
3 ber 31, 2014.
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Brammo Forum / Re: Victory misinformation
« on: December 21, 2015, 07:43:27 PM »Not sure I follow. See my earlier post. Highways are range killers, city will get you 70-80 miles pretty comfortably, everything else is somewhere inbetween. When I towed it down to the Smokies and rode it hard in the twisties, I could exect about 50 miles realistically.So when people ask what is the range of your Empulse you say "40 miles" without specifying speed or any other factor?I always say it depends and explain it. Victory should do the same thing, especially considering they're selling the damn thing.
What do you explain?
I don't ride an Empulse so all I'm really looking for are some ballpark numbers from Empulse owners. I can estimate using the efficiencies I get on my Zero, but would rather talk with them about results from people who ride that bike.
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Brammo Forum / Re: Victory misinformation
« on: December 21, 2015, 08:29:19 AM »So when people ask what is the range of your Empulse you say "40 miles" without specifying speed or any other factor?I always say it depends and explain it. Victory should do the same thing, especially considering they're selling the damn thing.
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Brammo Forum / Re: Victory misinformation
« on: December 20, 2015, 10:49:44 PM »
At 70-75 mph 40 miles is actually pretty close in my experience. Closer to 70 on backroads or stop and go. So even at 10% increase, I think 50 miles would be the realistic highway range.
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Zero Motorcycles Forum | 2013+ / Re: Is 10% Federal Tax Credit Back?
« on: December 20, 2015, 10:15:41 PM »Richard you may have found a glitch in the system!!Just to clarify, if you purchased your bike in 2014, do you still qualify for the credit? I'm seeing 2015 and 2016. And I know the credit expired in 2013, so I'm just really hoping the 2014 buyers didn't fall into some kind of EV credit donut hole.But even so, an audit now wouldn't matter anyway because it passed. I'm on the board of the Electric Auto Association and talk to Jay Friedland from Plug in America often and unless I bumped my head this morning, I'm pretty sure for the past 2 years there hasn't been a federal electric motorcycle tax credit. But they were working on it, and got it! So this is great news! I haven't had the monthly board call yet, so this is the first I heard about it!! Thanks ctrlburn!
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Zero Motorcycles Forum | 2013+ / Re: 2016 FXS
« on: October 21, 2015, 03:36:13 AM »
I have 2 buddies that do trail riding on their DRZ400SM, one swaps wheels, the other just rides trails with street tires and does just fine. If you're sticking to forest roads and not doing any gnarly single track, the FXS might be the way to go.
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Brammo Forum / Re: 2014 BRAMMO EMPULSE R
« on: October 19, 2015, 05:56:50 AM »Manitou, what range are you looking for?Not sure I agree with that. Spec for spec, Brammo's nominal capacity is 9.3 kwh, while Zero's is 11.4. Price for the Zero S is $14k, while Zero SR is $16k. The J1772 Charge Tank is $2k extra. Meanwhile the Brammo has the fast charger built in, nicer components and the leftovers are selling for $12k. Now if we're comparing to the $20k Victory Empulse, then I'd have to give the nod to Zero, on price alone.
I reliably get 50 highway miles (40-65mph) on a charge on my 2013 Empulse R. The Victory Empulse TT should give you more range.
The just-announced 2016 Zeros with the J1772 Charge Tank (not available until Spring 2016), 13 kWh battery (the Empulse has 9 kWh), and claimed >90 highway miles of range at about the same price seems to be the better deal now.
Want to make an offer on my 2013 Empulse R EBoz Limited Edition?