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[RickSteeb]

Still waiting to find out when the accessories I ordered will be in; the SR is in stock already...  I may have to take delivery and return for the power tank etc later.  I'm anxious!

[RickSteeb]

Hey Rick,...How long do you have to wait to pick up the new bike?

Got a call today; about 12 hours from now!  =D

They're delivering it at 0915 tomorrow morning!

[oobflyer]

Wow - that was fast! Congratulations! Where will you ride today?

[RickSteeb]

First ride on the SR logged 114 miles on the trip odo, got home with 4% showing on the charge indicator.  Went up over Mount Hamilton, up to Livermore, and came back via Calaveras road.  Got some range anxiety when in Livermore with 29% remaining... just tried to keep it slow, going 40MPH on the shoulder of WB 84 for a time. 
[Might have had more power reserve if I hadn't verified the 100MPH capability on that nice straightaway on Mines road...] 

Very Happy Customer!

[oobflyer]

Sounds like fun - I've ridden through that area many times on my gas bike(s) - someday I'll have an electric bike with more capacity and I'll join you!

So you did this ride without the 'Power Tank'? Did you trade-in your 2012 Zero?

[Richard230]

In 1962 I rode that route on a Vespa motor scooter, Rick.  You wouldn't believe how much things have changed along Mines Road.  In those days you saw nothing but cows, a few streams and grass.  It might as well have been 1880.  I was worried about my 2 gallon tank running out of gas then too and was very happy to make it to Livermore.  While put-put and blue smoke were cute, it is nice to be traveling on the road less traveled in serene quiet - if only the straight-pipe H-Ds and sport bikes weren't out there now too.   

[RickSteeb]

Sounds like fun - I've ridden through that area many times on my gas bike(s) - someday I'll have an electric bike with more capacity and I'll join you!

So you did this ride without the 'Power Tank'? Did you trade-in your 2012 Zero?

Have the power tank; not enough restraint to make that loop without it, I think! 

Used to make that loop on my various ICE bikes over the years, but it's been a long time.  Used to come home from I-5 / Patterson that way in my beloved Chevy X-11.  Nice twisties, and a lot of fairly new pavement!