I just did one of my longer rides on my 2020 SRF Premium, basically a big triangle, about 300 miles or so, with the first part on slower back roads and the return on the freeway. Definitely a good learning experience, and ended up at most of my charging spots with less than 10 miles of estimated range. On my last leg to my house, I ended up having to stop at another charging station to make sure I had enough charge - then ended up not being able to charge because the battery was too hot - assuming this is why, it was right after coming off the freeway I didn't have any other options so just sat around until it would finally charge about 30 mins later (and it started charging at like 0.3 amps and slowly increased for the next hour). Anyway, my generic rule of thumb has been 1% SOC per mile - depending on speeds and how I'm riding this can be more or less - but it was primarily surface streets for the last 13 miles, so I charged to 15% SOC. On the way back, there was a detour and I managed to get lost and ended up at 0 % SOC and range - and figured I'd ride it as far as I could, but probably was going to have to push it or get a tow. I made it back to my house, and ended up riding about 2 miles at 0 SOC - so my question is this, how much range do you really have at 0 SOC? And is there something I can do to maybe increase the accuracy of the SOC? I've seen people mention riding the bike to basically 0, but just wondered how they did this exactly? Just driving in circles in a parking lot or is there ideally some easier method?
Any help or insights would be appreciated... I will say the back road portion of the ride was awesome on the SRF - the lack of sound is actually very cool on the windy roads I was on, and the lack of vibration I think made the overall ride much more enjoyable. And I had just added the Corbin saddle, so I'm sure that helped as well.
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