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The Electric Motorcycle Thread

sk8norcal said:
is this something recommended by the manufacturer?
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I don’t have the manual in front of me but it goes something like:
  • Discharge to 0% every 10-15 charge cycles
  • Charge to 100% every 15 days

I may be off on the exact number of charge cycles/days but that’s the gist of it.

I just get in the habit of every couple of weeks, draining until it goes into limp home mode and charge it back up to 100% before going back to an 80% pre-set SOC.

Gives me an excuse to go have fun on the weekends. ;)
 
Does the Energica have a way to set the charge to a certain percentage? I don't remember seeing anything like that.

Supposedly if you charge it to 80% all the time you will get more cycles out of the battery. If you are not going to ride the bike for a while like more than like 3 weeks you should leave it around 80% SOC.
 
HadesOmega said:
Does the Energica have a way to set the charge to a certain percentage? I don't remember seeing anything like that.

Supposedly if you charge it to 80% all the time you will get more cycles out of the battery. If you are not going to ride the bike for a while like more than like 3 weeks you should leave it around 80% SOC.
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Yes, in the bike’s menu, you can set the maximum SoC in 5% increments. There’s also a long term storage mode setting if you’re going to have the bike sitting for an extended period of time.
 
dittoalex said:
I accounted for Energica being 25% less efficient than the Zero S platform due to larger tire size and chain drive and worse aerodynamics.
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25% ?!

That's a lot more than I would expect. How did you come to that conclusion? SOC is really not a perfect science.
 
I do know temperature greatly affects your range. I use my Light Bee for door dash so I'm costantly range testing it. My best was 49 miles in the summertime at bike lane speeds! That's pretty incredible. Then it's gotten cooler recently and I'm struggling to getting it to 40 miles now.
 
Lightfighter v2.0

Hey, all! Been lurking here for awhile, finally getting around to posting. I've set up a blog site to chronicle my adventures with our Lightfighter electric race bike and thought some here might find it interesting. I know HadesOmega has posted about the bike from our race at Laguna with version 1 of the bike. Rennie Scaysbrook recently rode the bike and posted his video review on YouTube. Check it out...

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Read more at my blog site here: https://www.lightfighter-racing.com/

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Great to hear from you Brian was wondering what happened to the Lightfighter after the pandemic. It was great watching Troy pass all those gas bikes that day. Looks like it's coming along nicely. I like those winglets so cool!

Some pictures I took of the Lightfighter at Laguna Seca:
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Fixed the video link:
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I got to take the Empulse out to Buttonwillow recently and man it handles so good, it's a great track bike until the battery overheats and needs a charge. That track eats up the battery fast.
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Check this out guys what a charging nightmare Electrify America. But I'll tell you this I called Energica up and I guess they had my number already because they knew I was calling them and they were able to get the bike running again over the phone. If I had called Polaris up and told them hey my Empulse isn't working I don't think they'd be much help.

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If you want to watch the whole adventure it's in this thread right here:
https://www.bayarearidersforum.com/mini/showthread.php?t=547458
 
HadesOmega said:
Great to hear from you Brian was wondering what happened to the Lightfighter after the pandemic. It was great watching Troy pass all those gas bikes that day. Looks like it's coming along nicely. I like those winglets so cool!

I got to take the Empulse out to Buttonwillow recently and man it handles so good, it's a great track bike until the battery overheats and needs a charge. That track eats up the battery fast.
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Thanks for posting the photos of version 1 of the bike at Laguna. Glad you like the wings. It's just a requirement for race bikes these days... :laughing

The Empulse was a nice handling bike with some great suspension and brake components. I last rode/raced an Empulse back in 2017 at Sonoma when I won the eMoto Supersport race there. My bike was a bit modified though... ;)
 
Oh, I got another Alta yesterday
 

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Yeah no thanks that would take all day on the Empulse.

How many Altas do you have Butch? This has got to be the 4th one?
 
HadesOmega said:
Check this out guys what a charging nightmare Electrify America. But I'll tell you this I called Energica up and I guess they had my number already because they knew I was calling them and they were able to get the bike running again over the phone. If I had called Polaris up and told them hey my Empulse isn't working I don't think they'd be much help.

[YOUTUBE]ksCrvh57gD8[/YOUTUBE]


[YOUTUBE]YwzD-1Lv8uk[/YOUTUBE]


If you want to watch the whole adventure it's in this thread right here:
https://www.bayarearidersforum.com/mini/showthread.php?t=547458
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Electrify America has a bad reputation for broken chargers, but months ago I heard on a podcast that they were trying to correct the problem. The CEO/president was saying that they have a hard time being compatible to every vehicle and need to find every EV to test charge - something like that.

Electrify America was created by the penance for VW's diesel emission scandal, but now they have to be self sustaining.


Yeah, CCS connectors are big and bulky. One thing that Tesla got right.
 
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Killroy1999 said:
Electrify America has a bad reputation for broken chargers, but months ago I heard on a podcast that they were trying to correct the problem. The CEO/president was saying that they have a hard time being compatible to every vehicle and need to find every EV to test charge - something like that.

Electrify America was created by the penance for VW's diesel emission scandal, but now they have to be self sustaining.


Yeah, CCS connectors are big and bulky. One thing that Tesla got right.
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I think it depends on the the output of the station. The 150kw one is HUGE! The 50kw one is like half the size. I'm not sure how fast the chargpoint one was but it was even smaller. I think it's dependent on how much output the cable has. The Energica only charges around 20kwh so it's kind of overkill to use a 150kw one, but hey when you gotta charge you gotta charge.

But yeah the Tesla supercharger connectors are small however the cable is pretty thick still. I think the superchargers were like 100kwh+, it's crazy how much power goes through it.
 
HadesOmega said:
I think it depends on the the output of the station. The 150kw one is HUGE! The 50kw one is like half the size. I'm not sure how fast the chargpoint one was but it was even smaller. I think it's dependent on how much output the cable has. The Energica only charges around 20kwh so it's kind of overkill to use a 150kw one, but hey when you gotta charge you gotta charge.

But yeah the Tesla supercharger connectors are small however the cable is pretty thick still. I think the superchargers were like 100kwh+, it's crazy how much power goes through it.
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The new 250kW Tesla superchargers actually have a pretty thin cable somehow.
 
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