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Rode to work this morning with the goal of maximizing mileage.  The trip is 17.7 miles, about 10 of which is freeway.  I kept my speed below 50 on the freeway, averaging I'm guessing 44.  (On this stretch of 101 from Marin to SF, you can do this without annoying too many people.)  Went easy on accelerations and did a "California Roll" through stop signs.  Arrived with 83% remaining, which means a range of 104 miles, a personal best.  Zero's rating is 81 miles.

Sorry I missed it.  It was a possibility up to the last minute, but then my wife's plans for taking the kids to a friend's house fell through, and I got bogged down in the usual toddler/baby weekend quagmire.  Kind of par for the course these days, but disappointing nonetheless.

I'll try to make it.  Normally on a Saturday I don't get 3 hours off from the rug rats but for this I might get permission.

I live in Larkspur so even with the S 6.5 I should be able to do the circuit on a charge.

I'm about to add a Moto Guzzi to my garage.  Happy to admit cult behavior when I'm in fact guilty of it.

The word "cult" is being used far too loosely here.  I don't know how someone can read this forum and conclude there is a "cult" at work.  The folks who regularly post here tend to be a very savvy and critical bunch.  I see none of the irrationality or abdication of critical reasoning that one normally associates with cult behavior (and which, just in case anyone needs an example, is so prominently on display in the current political state of this country).

My Zero is incredibly useful to me.  It does what I ask of it far better than a car, and ICE bike, or a scooter could.  It's ugly and devoid of personality.  There's nothing but rationality in my choice to ride it.  Nothing could be further from cult behavior.

penetrantic

That's not a word.  But it should be.   

If the original poster came here for fact checking, I hope he accomplished some of that.  His estimate that the range is 20-30% less than represented is clearly wrong, though we can't rule out that there is something wrong with his particular bike.

I don't really get the "advocacy," and "defense of purchase" comments.  I think the Zero is a great product.  I'm happy to tell anyone why.  If someone who doesn't even have a motorcycle license and just bought one pops up on the internet with a few obvious criticisms (the seat is thin, etc . . .), am i suddenly "defending my purchase"?  I don't think so.  I think I'm just continuing to describe a great product. 

Is it an unfair ad hominem attack to bring up the motorcycle license?  I don't think so.  If I was a potential investor, I'd want a review from an experienced motorcyclist, someone who has logged tens of thousands of miles on many different bike.  I'm making an assumption here, but my guess anyone like that has an M license.

Should anyone invest in an electric motorcycle company?  I have no idea.  They obviously haven't caught on to any great extent.  It's a shame, because having owned 3 of them I think they're the greatest thing since sliced bread.  I've spent a lot of my own money on them because in my mind there is no better way to commute.  I tell people this all the time because it's the truth.  And they're just getting better.  what's not to be excited about?

I rode my S 6.5 in to work this morning.  17.7 miles, of which 7-9 of that is freeway (sort of depends on what you count as "freeway").  Because I'm still feeling out the range, I've been keeping my freeway speeds at between 50-55 mph.  I arrived at work with 76% charge.

It was a bit warmer this morning than it has been, but still cool, low 50's, so range is at least slightly diminished du to that.

I can't tell if the original poster took the appropriate factors into account in his range estimates.  My S 6.5 seems to be tracking specifications.

The seat is threadbare.  It's an EV, so it doesn't need an all day comfortable seat.  I don't see this as a major fault.

Stock mirrors are not great, but that's true of a great many motorcycles.  I put on CRG diamonds and the problem solved.  Bike looks much less wonky now too.