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 on: Today at 11:43:20 AM 
Started by Specter - Last post by MichaelJ
This PIN issue only affects Energicas with the keyless feature, correct?

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 on: Today at 11:34:34 AM 
Started by beatmaster - Last post by jotjotde
@JJ: Good idea, but:
https://www.energicamotor.com/en/warranty:
>>... Otherwise, It can only be activated within the first 12 months from the date of first registration. ...<<

Im in 36th month from registration...  :(

That page you are citing is referring to the NORMAL policy regarding warranty extension.

I was referring to a (maybe one-time) PROMO running until May 31st!
https://www.energicamotor.com/en/extend-your-ride/

Quote: Enjoy an additional 2 years of coverage for your Energica bike. This exclusive offer is available to all Energica customers who have purchased a motorcycle from our range less than 3 years ago.

So, if you are really interested in that warranty extension, I suppose to call your dealer. As far as I understood, they have to download data from the vehicle and send it to Energiga (until May 31st), so you would have to pay them a visit within the next days.

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 on: Today at 10:08:54 AM 
Started by victor6.7y - Last post by ESokoloff
That's a lot of miles, and a lot per year. How many other parts have you gone through, like belts, brake rotors? You're regularly only using 40-50% of your battery, have you had many times when you've needed to use more or do you think you could have coped with a 7.2 model all this time (although of course having less power as it wouldn't have been an R model)?

Also if you're going off the number of cycles shown in the app then I don't think it means full charge cycles (0-100%), I don't think anyone knows for sure what it means. At most you'd get what, 140 miles to a full charge? So you'd be looking at over 400 cycles for 60k miles.

I only mentioned components that failed as the OP was wondering about reliability, not consumption of expendable consumables.
But to answer your question, yes plenty of tires, belts, pads, & even a rear rotor. 
I should have mentioned that I’ve replaced the swingarm bearings (forgot the miles so guessing at 50k(ish) as they had become notchy.
Oh, I also had the front sprocket replaced as I blew it out attempting to get through a 10” or higher mud flow that I didn’t see (heavy rains in the local mountains heading into work at 0dark:30 one stormy morning)

As far as charge cycle count: it’s my understanding that it’s the amount of times the charger has been able (in my case enabled via timer) to obtain 100% or very near it.
As I limit my typical SOC I’ve only charged this battery to full (or close to it) only 12 times in 3 years/33k(+-)  miles.

In theory a 7.2 battery may have been able to get away with that size but at the time I purchased (used) 6.5 was the smaller battery & that provided wouldn’t work & would wear out much sooner having to use practical all the capacity every day. 
Besides, I justified the elevated cost (compared to ICE) by being able to charge at work for the lions share of my needs (that strategy changed when the original battery wore out).


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 on: Today at 06:00:41 AM 
Started by Specter - Last post by Specter
Thank you for your inputs @Demoni.
Yah the foot, I already have it as in as I can, always 'remember' to pull it back in turn 8 when it scrapes  8) but even plastered to the bike still occasionally drag it.  Now that my speeds are faster, I am approaching that turn a bit different (actually let's be honest, and say more correctly) so unless I miss the setup on 7, should be able to get that one with a lot less lean angle needed and circling the drain on it so badly, Ill be starting my apex touch more centered instead of rimming it.  Ill try adjusting peg position however riding the bike higher is pretty much out of the question, im barely touching the ground at idle as it is now, that is NOT really a good  option at this point unfortunately.  Ideally at stop I like to be flatfooted with the bike, not on the balls of my feet like I currently am.  Just a little uneven ground and things can get challenging keeping the bike up.

Using the arms, with hard regen, it's kind of a given, the regen takes the place of braking.  A few of the experts have made that comment, wow you are shifting your body weight really hard, which my reply is, whether you are using regen or brakes, it's the same thing, ..YES it IS a different way of riding, and you are used to braking, I learned using Regen Braking, but once you DO learn how to use it, you learn how to feather it, JUST like you'd do with your brakes, you don't grab a handfull of brakes, you gently ease in and off it, need to learn the same with the throttle, a little to slow a little or maintain your current speed or a lot to slow faster,  way off to basically apply your full rear brake, almost fully.  Ive discussed this a bit with Stefano and can understand now why he prefers braking over regen, that's the way he learned, and how he rides his other bikes, it's one less thing to have to learn and eventually master.  He's good at it the old fashioned way, so why reinvent that?  Me now, Ive basically taught myself to ride with the regen, so lets see if I can master it.  Don't get me wrong, I do know how to apply the brake properly and am getting a lot better at being gentle with it, especially with those sensitive monsters!, but regen is just one less hand movement / input to have to manage IMO.  Gloves occasionally can get in the way of braking if they are not perfectly on your hands.

Ill re check the rule on selfie sticks. I KNOW your camera has to be hard tethered, will check on the stick, I think a stick in back aiming forward would show you everything you really need to see TBH.  Id really love to see my real lean, to ME it feels like Im way off the seat, leaning way over, but I bet it's not, and it's not like you can just look down and check when you are that leaned over, that'd probably end up a bad day for you heh.

Aaron

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 on: Today at 05:35:06 AM 
Started by victor6.7y - Last post by stevenh
I had my 2016 DSR for 3 years and never had a problem, traded it for my 2020 SR/F (purchased in 2019).   The only problem with the SR/F (big one) was a battery replacement last year, but that has turned out well so far (new battery has been great so far).

Steve

 6 
 on: Today at 05:31:23 AM 
Started by Specter - Last post by Specter
I find that when I don't have my key, when you get the first key not in range message upon startup, release the button and then  hold it in again until it recycles and then it should give you the pin entry screen.  Sometimes it'll lock up for a bit and just hold the button in for 20 seconds or so (pain in the ass really is) and it'll recycle and should give you the pin screen.

Hopefully in a later update they fix this so that if key is not in range it pulls up this menu first thing, without having to retry or play button games, because it never fails that all of the sudden it starts pouring and here my nappy ass is, stuck in the downpour trying to get the bike into the garage without the damned key which is inside and up in my bedroom or somewhere NOT easily grabbable  :(

Aaron

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 on: Today at 03:52:55 AM 
Started by Richard230 - Last post by DonTom
…While I will use the OBC when away from home, when charging at home I now use Zero's Delta Q charger, which doesn't produce as much power and still gets pretty hot as you find out when you touch its cooling fins.
;)

Delta Q. Doesn’t that require using the Anderson connector on the right side of the bike which is such a PITA to access?
I have mine go to a "Y" cable that stays on the bike. Very easy to use.




-Don-  Portola, CA (DSR/x ride--getting a free charge at the Chalet Lodge)

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 on: Today at 03:14:52 AM 
Started by Richard230 - Last post by MVetter
Delta Q. Doesn’t that require using the Anderson connector on the right side of the bike which is such a PITA to access?

Wrong Anderson. The one on the right is the SBS50BRN. The Aux port, on the left that the Delta Q uses, is SBS75XBRN.

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 on: Today at 01:56:16 AM 
Started by Richard230 - Last post by TheRan
On the left side and not that hard to access on a 2014+. If it's something you were going to be doing often you could always unbolt the connector and move it to a more convenient location.

https://zeromanual.com/wiki/Accessory_Charging_Port

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 on: Today at 01:29:50 AM 
Started by Richard230 - Last post by droidish
…While I will use the OBC when away from home, when charging at home I now use Zero's Delta Q charger, which doesn't produce as much power and still gets pretty hot as you find out when you touch its cooling fins.
;)

Delta Q. Doesn’t that require using the Anderson connector on the right side of the bike which is such a PITA to access?

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