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That EXRO stuff is pretty cool.  Closest analogy to I can come to ICE tech is Koenigsegg's free-valve technology.  They are dynamically changing the torque profile of the motor by leveraging their controller to activate different winding patterns in the motor.  The material i've watched states that the technology isn't a game changer on motorcycles, if I remember right they said 3-5% efficiency gain.  Their primary target market is heavy load EVs.  But - It'll be neat to see what that looks like on the Zero platform after some development.
I bought some of their stock.  I think they might be a good long term hold.

Quote from: TireFryer426 on July 30, 2020, 07:21:09 PM

You can program custom modes and have 1 loaded in the bike.  I think a lot of people just name it beast mode, and then set the power to 100%.
Thats more or less how I have my custom mode set.

You mean just the power slider moved to 100% and the other ones left at 0%?

I think you know what I meant.  Why would anyone set the power to 100% and the torque to zero?

Zero’s reliance on telepresence for troubleshooting has been a bottleneck for servicing, and generally bad as a requirement.

As an option, telepresence is a great idea for training and communication, but blocking a maintenance or servicing action on it just raises costs for everyone and clogs up service departments with bikes waiting on both the dealer and OEM tech to schedule availability.

Oh I completely agree.  My SR/F was an earlier bike, took delivery last June.  I was under the assumption that was exactly why Zero was doing it that way.  For training and to do some data collection before opening the flood gates.  I'm not unhappy with the service and turnaround I've had.  They had my bike for a few hours on the first service.  I just had the BMS and harness done under warranty, and I got the bike back in about two weeks. 

Are bigger dealerships impacted by it more?

On the SR/F it tapers.  It starts at 60%.
I've only run mine down under 10% once.  There is definitely a power cut at 60%, and if I remember right there was another at 20% and then it really pulled the power back at 10%.
Its definitely SOC where it imposes the limits, and as other have said its torque output and top speed.

I'm no where near that!  My daily is diesel truck, F-450.  Part of why I got the bike was not just fuel savings, but saving wear and tear on the truck.  Short trips just add unnecessary heat cycles and they are just harder on the truck.
So I figure the bike has saved me about $600 in fuel so far.  I have the SR/F and I'm just about to hit 3k miles.
Worked out it cost 2 cents a mile to operate the SR/F in electricity cost.  But then we have a 'special fuel' tax which pulls that out to 5 cents a mile.  (The tax was more than I spent on electricity, which I think is just madness).
Its not such a good deal when you add in tires.  I'll be on my third rear tire.  Last tire made it about 200 miles before it got a nail in it.

I have been thinking about piecing together a DIY solar system to charge the bike.  I think I know what I need, but does anyone have any good write ups or recommendations thats done it?

The only one I've seen was a guy that had his done in black. 

Kind of a funny side story.  Everyone over in the facebook group gave me a *ton* of shit over how I have my license plate mounted.  Its bolted directly to the plastic cover over the turn signal mounts, so its at an angle.  Police around here couldn't care less.

What they do care about...  is the fact that my registration says its a red bike.  I got pulled over as a courtesy to make sure the bike wasn't stolen.

Zero issues with my SR/F so far.