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[princec]

I get 100 miles from the SR/F, same sort of riding behaviour, which tallies pretty well as the battery is exactly twice the size.

At what average speed? I think I can get more than 100 miles range from my 7.2 KWH battery at a steady 20 mph.

or 25 miles max range (or less) at a steady 80 MPH.

Just ordinary not-breaking-speed-limits sorts of speeds, mixture of 30, 40, 50 and 60mph roads.

Cas

[Fran K]

I have made it half way.  Since it is getting an excellent grade, will I find the following topics covered if I watch it to the end.

How safe is it?  How easy is it to have the rear wheel spin faster than road speed and by how much does this occur.

Run the thing down until it won't go any more and then charge it up using a meter (kilowatt or similar) and report how much is useable.

I suppose to be excellent grade for my curiosity, how easy does it push compared to a normal bike in neutral.  My bike takes a lot more effort to get moving from a stop of course brand x.

Nice view of the scenery arond LA.  Considering what is available now and the fact the Zero offerings are void of reduction gearing (quiet) likely a good choice.

I am dissapointed, was hoping for a re design or upgraded version with the way to take off the belt, traction control, and two battery modules.

Rain performance of the fender?

If you need to ride in the rain much, I wouldn’t get an FXE. You’ll want traction control. I don’t ride it in the rain, but on dry pavement, I have to try to get it to spin out. Compared to my Griso, the FXE is like a feather, very easy to push around the garage. You really should go test ride one, but again I don’t think it’s a great choice for rain with no traction control and considerable torque.

I did go for a test ride on an FX in 2017.  They only allowed it to be in eco mode and had a lead rider to follow.  I ended up getting the ktm and using tires that staying off pavement is best.  The video shows black pavement, well here with the rain, snow and freezing there are cracks.  Like the video says or implies in my case, for the price the cracks got through to the rider a lot.  I might have bought one special order from the owner, but he had sales staff.  Actually, the shop Mark's Motorsports I know an employee who says it is changing owners.  It was Triumph as well which seems sort of common for Zero.

After riding in the rain and watching the water come out of the front fender and blow back, I would have to see to believe a ride not by plan in the rain would be soaked from the knees down in how long.

I did watch the rest of the video and it is 60% of the time good.  The bike had been washed between the time he went beside the railroad tracks and the next segment of him standing and talking.

Can one really talk and ride without wind noise like he does?

[senormisterioso]

The stock FXE front fender looks great but after riding in the rain and slush road grit is thrown straight up into the lower triple steering head bearing, not ideal. Maybe the folks 3D printing the swingarm plug covers could do a lil splash guard since theres only $$$ carbon fiber front fenders aftermarket ive found so far.

I rode up a steep iced over driveway yesterday and there was no drama, excess wheelspin or any weird feelings due to not having TC it was just gentle consistent throttle on stock tires.

Safe is as safe does and slow is smooth and smooth is fast.

Overall perfectly fine to ride  in the rain. 

[mdjak1]

Speaking of FXE, this photo is directly from Zero's website.   What is wrong with this picture?

[senormisterioso]

It says 7.2 on the side when it should be 5-6ish?

[mdjak1]

It says 7.2 on the side when it should be 5-6ish?

No.  That's not it.  The bike has a  7.2 kWh maximum capacity battery.   Nominal capacity is 6.3 kWh but every EV has that issue.

[DonTom]

No.  That's not it. 

Is the rear brake disc missing?


-Don-  Reno, NV

[senormisterioso]

It sure is good eye    Along with the front brake pad too!

[DonTom]

It sure is good eye    Along with the front brake pad too!

I also noticed the front, but I wasn't as sure. It didn't look quite right in the front brake caliper area, but since I know nothing about the FXE model, I couldn't be sure what I was looking at in the front. The rear was a lot more obvious.


-Don-  Reno, NV

[mdjak1]

Yes, no rear rotor.   I think the front brake has something weird going on with it too but no where near as wrong as the lack of a rear rotor.