Welcome and let us know how you get on with your DSP. I'm in line for one here in the UK and it'll be interesting to compare notes. I'll try not to whinge too much about it! [emoji6]
OK it's time to compare notes now I have covered a 1000km. Took delivery of the bike on the 17th December And did an online permit to ride it to Work then to a vehicle examination for road registration and back home on 18th Dec 2015. While I am sure you were shivering in the UK Bonkers, most of us in the Southern Hemisphere were cooking and in my case it's been a series of 35degC and plus days. So the target was to ride the thing for 1000km and then review the process. Most rides have been of greater than 50km with several at greater than 100km. My habit of riding quickly has meant that by 100km I am getting concerned about the battery percentage. An 88km ride to Toodyay and back home on all open roads of 100 or 110kph meant I was left with 6%. Most other longer rides to show off the bike at friends places have resulted in borrowing 1 or two hours of power (when I say borrow I have no idea how I am going to return the power.) I have had no issues other than one loose bolt on the rear number plate bracket that I spotted in time and have resisted modifications.
I have measured the inline mains charging current at a little less than 6amps which was what I was expecting because we have 240voltsAC rather than the USA 110voltsAC and their quoted 12amps. As a result of this I have purchased a 5metre (16foot) computer cord rated at 7.5amps that I can fold up and store in the frame hole above the motor, it expands in the hole and grips in place nicely. The supplied charging cord is rather heavy and bulky and obviously is needed in 110volt markets.
I am normally a fair weather rider since migrating to Australia from North Devon in 1971 where my only transport was a Yamaha 80cc bike ridden in snow, rain and fog. So it came as a suprise the other day to ride through two hail storms on my way home and an alarming number of lightening strikes locally. Five of these strikes caused local bushfires all of which were quickly extinguished by the local East Gidgeganup, Gidgeganup and Wooroloo fire brigades (Good on you guys and gals).
Christened by others "Darth Pom" because it looks like the sort of thing Darth Vader would ride and whines like a Pom (local name of British Migrant) I prefer to call it Public Transport because I don't have to put fuel in it.
Bottom line it's been a great experience, I am looking forward to using it on a fairly regular basis and to cover some of the typical 40000km per year I drive. I have also decided to have a rationalisation of bikes and will be selling off a Christini DS 450 AWD, a Yamaha WR250, a Yamaha WR450, 3 Yamaha TY's and a Honda farm/postie bike thing. However I plan to retain two more Yamaha TY's (the 42nd oldest TY175B made and one of the 8000 fairly rare TY350 mono shock bikes as well as a delightful KTM Freeride 350. It's amazing what we collect as toys!!!!
Over to you Bonkers how are you finding your DSP?
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