The Electric Motorcycle Thread

[R3DS!X]

Yeah I agree the new Zero looks really slick.

Never seen or heard of J Juan brakes though.. Which other motorcycles have those? Are they any good?

I've got a j juan rear master cylinder on my triumph. I'm sure they aint Brembos but probably work.

 

[Butch]

Did you say electric....

Lightning just sent a email peak at its 150 Mile Range, $13,000 starting concept/prototype.

Engineering Porn to me . Yet, I have a hard time believing that they are using those manufacturing methods on a $13 K electric motorcycle.

Could this be it?
https://www.motorcyclenews.com/news/2017/december/top-electric-motorcycle/

 

[BillyBob48]

Could this be it?
https://www.motorcyclenews.com/news/2017/december/top-electric-motorcycle/

No, that's the $40K LS-218.

 

[dittoalex]

Depending how much throttling occurs when riding aggressively I might be picking one up. The 100lbs lighter than the energica is hard to argue with.

What range are you expecting when riding aggressively?

 

[dittoalex]

Yeah I agree the new Zero looks really slick.

Never seen or heard of J Juan brakes though.. Which other motorcycles have those? Are they any good?

They're decent but not great. I don't think the SR/F will have one-finger brakes, given its 8.75 score on Brakes from the motorcycles.com review.

 

[BillyBob48]

You might not need much brake with regenerative braking.

 

[HadesOmega]

You might not need much brake with regenerative braking.

That's true I hardly use the brakes on my Empulse. I think you can increase the regen with their app also. I felt the the regen wasn't enough regen for me when I rode the Zero bikes though but I never got to mess around with the app. The only place I really needed the Brembo brakes on the Empulse is the track I could easily outbrake the Zeroes.

 

[R3DS!X]

You might not need much brake with regenerative braking.

The regen braking on the Zeros isn't anything to write home about. You still need to use your brakes for sure. Also regen is only for the rear wheel, so getting good braking from regen is not gonna happen.

 

[R3DS!X]

What range are you expecting when riding aggressively?

It aint so much range im worried about. I just don't like the bike cutting out on power because of either the battery percentage or overheating.

 

[LectricBill]

Ruh roh:

https://electrek.co/2019/03/14/disastrous-fire-consumes-all-electric-motorcycles-in-motoe-races-future-uncertain/

 

[HadesOmega]

Yeah there's a whole thread dedicated to it. They're going to rebuild everything and reschedule because they are badass Italians

 

[Killroy1999]

Yeah I agree the new Zero looks really slick.

Never seen or heard of J Juan brakes though.. Which other motorcycles have those? Are they any good?

My 2015 has a J Juan Brakes. 1 Finger braking. I never complained about power and I'm a aggressive street rider. I use to track day 600s.

Some people complained about 1 vs 2 front rotors. I never fount it to be a issue. The new SR/F has 2 rotors to make them happy, but now they complain about the extra weight.


I had a peek of the SR/F today and the industrial design of the bakes is really nice. Mine are very generic parts.

 

[kuksul08]

Yeah I agree the new Zero looks really slick.

Never seen or heard of J Juan brakes though.. Which other motorcycles have those? Are they any good?

The XR has them... well, sorta. Look at the brake lines

I have seen a number of the new Zero bikes riding around. They look great, at first glance I keep thinking it's something Japanese. From the front it reminds me of a Monster. But it still has a smallish appearance - I thought one of them was a Grom til I saw the side view.

 

[Killroy1999]

The XR has them... well, sorta. Look at the brake lines

I have seen a number of the new Zero bikes riding around. They look great, at first glance I keep thinking it's something Japanese. From the front it reminds me of a Monster. But it still has a smallish appearance - I thought one of them was a Grom til I saw the side view.

The SR/F is bigger in many ways compared to my SR.

My SR has 250/300 cc size tires - The SR/F has 600 cc size tires
More brake rotors.
More storage in the "tank" area

 

[Butch]

I heard on NPR this morning that some Marin folks have a big problem with electric bikes... haters. Haters with money. Admittedly, some of us riders are assholes.

 

[Krooklyn]

I heard on NPR this morning that some Marin folks have a big problem with electric bikes... haters. Haters with money. Admittedly, some of us riders are assholes.

What was their reasoning?

 

[U26A1]

What was their reasoning?

Pretty sure this is "e-bike" as in "electric bicycle".

I think a lot of places are afraid of stuff like the Stealth Bomber, but this is talking about the CA definition of class 1 ebikes, which is literally:

312.5. (a) An “electric bicycle” is a bicycle equipped with fully operable pedals and an electric motor of less than 750 watts.
(1) A “class 1 electric bicycle,” or “low-speed pedal-assisted electric bicycle,” is a bicycle equipped with a motor that provides assistance only when the rider is pedaling, and that ceases to provide assistance when the bicycle reaches the speed of 20 miles per hour.

But yes, it's generally a lot of hand-wringing without understanding the underlying tech.

 

[Krooklyn]

Pretty sure this is "e-bike" as in "electric bicycle".

I think a lot of places are afraid of stuff like the Stealth Bomber, but this is talking about the CA definition of class 1 ebikes, which is literally:



But yes, it's generally a lot of hand-wringing without understanding the underlying tech.

Within the MTB community itself there's a lot of push back on the e-Bikes, so can see how Bay Area communities would be against them. I see no problems with Class 1 e-Bikes being allowed on MTB trails, but since I don't live up near Mt. Tam my input doesn't really matter much.

 

[Junkie]

and a lot of Marin-ites hate MTBs too

 

[Farmer John]

If any one would like to see the new Zero SR/F San Jose BMW will have two bikes here at our shop today (3/20) after 5:30.

We are having Zero reps hold a seminar from 5:30 to 8ish...



San Jose BMW/Vespa Zero

1990 West San Carlos

San Jose, CA. 95128

408-295-0205