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[Richard230]

I am really impressed with your ride Rotoiti. I have ridden that route (usually the reverse of your trip) many times on my IC motorcycles and I would not have thought that I could do it on my Zero. Getting from Highway 1 to 35 is quite a climb. I am going to have to give it a try myself. Thanks for the report.

[Biff]

Are we making the mileage on a single charge a friendly competition?

[rotoiti]

Are we making the mileage on a single charge a friendly competition?

I sure hope to become a member of "over 100 miles on a single charge" club one day

[Lipo423]

Not a big deal. Get yourself with the ZF9 behind a truck that goes at 45 mph for over 100 miles and you are done 
Seriously, I believe it can be done, but being very, very, conservative with the throttle...and top speed.

[blake]

I'm just a few days into new ownership, but I can already tell that the difference in power consumption between 60mph (97kph - which is what I did limping home after low battery thing started flashing) and 80mph (125-130kph?) that I was doing earlier, where I was losing a bar every few exits on the highway (in an urban area where the exits are fairly close together). I've heard cars consume 20 percent more fuel at 120kph vs 100kph. Now I can see why if the impact is that dramatic on a bike with smaller mass and surface area (or maybe not smaller surface area relative to mass??).

I think it would be fun to see how far one could go on a charge in eco mode anticipating traffic to avoid jackrabbiting, etc in low traffic doing the whole hyper miler thing... as long as I had a good friend with a trailer standing by to give me and my bike a lift home! ;-)

[Richard230]

I am firmly convinced that I could travel the Zero claimed 114 miles of the ZF9, if I could ride around 35 miles per hour on level ground with not too many stops and starts.

[protomech]

I am firmly convinced that I could travel the Zero claimed 114 miles of the ZF9, if I could ride around 35 miles per hour on level ground with not too many stops and starts.

Might be worth a try over a weekend. 3+ hours of low-speed riding might be tough to swing, but if I didn't recharge between sessions I could probably map out a long-range route in 4-5 sessions and see how it goes.

[emotofreak]

Some guy I know just did 142 miles on a stock 2012 S ZF9. He claims he could have gone farther 

[Richard230]

That is impressive. I guess if you ride slow enough you too can go 142 miles on a single charge.   

[ColoPaul]

The best part is around the 4 minute mark where he drives past the nude beach.   

[dkw12002]

So, if you were about to run out of battery, you could go 15 mph or so on the side of the road and ease on home. Nice to know. It beats pushing the bike.

[protomech]

Yep, you can probably squeeze 15+ miles out of a bar at 15 mph.

Pushing the bike does blow. I had a BMS fault last night ~5 miles from home, thought I would push it home. I called a tow truck 0.5 miles later.

[Biff]

No doubt pushing a 300lb motorbike 5 miles is tough work.  But remember if the bike is on, the "off throttle" braking will be enabled making it harder to push (and the couple Watts that you are pushing into your battery will not extend your range )

[Lipo423]

When I was a teenager a friend & I pushed a 150 lb. bike for about 20 miles!!
What a experience...

[rotoiti]

I did a ride last weekend; through the Santa Cruz mountains and then around the Bay and back through the Dumbarton Bridge. 81 miles, 11 bars gone. I rode 5.5 miles out of those 81 "on empty" but did not manage to deplete the battery completely (yay). I was mainly keeping under 45 and used eco mode throughout but had two stretches (about 5-6 miles total) of a highway ride with speeds up to 65 mph. I think it's a pretty good range achievement.