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I notice that the UK price for fxs and the Sr/DS range as increased by £1000. Quite a considerable amount for no advancement of specifications upon the previous year. I think I am now out of the market for a Zero and look with interest at the rapidly expanding Chinese offerings.

A huge leap forward in design as the srf is I do feel that Zero missed a trick or two that would have increased it’s appeal to more customers. The fixed sporty ergonomics loses riders like me who are older and who like a more relaxed riding position. If they replaced the foot operated rear brake with a left hand brake lever they could have made an adjustable footrest ( it could rotate around the current fixing plate). An adjustable handlebar would also be nice . Triumph and BMW and others have a height adjustable seat - a very simple design - why not the srf? 225 kgs is a considerable weight to move backwards, surely a reverse gear is easy to programme into an electric motor? These are very  cheap features to incorporate into a design but very expensive to fit aftermarket.

I have never ridden an electric bike but can see myself getting one very soon. I am wondering what is happening when you stop on a hill - can you hold the bike by giving  a just little power to the motor -like when you slip the clutch on an ICE? Is there a danger of burning out the motor by not applying  enough throttle to take up drive to move the bike forward?