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[DonTom]

In my daughter's case she didn't recharge her Zero after her last ride and it only had about 20% SOC when the power went out.

In the SF Bay Area, which areas have no power? I thought they would only turn off the power in places with lot of trees (such as Auburn).

-Don-  Reno, NV

[Crissa]

[In the SF Bay Area, which areas have no power? I thought they would only turn off the power in places with lot of trees (such as Auburn).

So that's anywhere in the hills on the peninsula and east bay - even some sections of San Jose were turned off near the end of Capital Expressway.

My town went out, but not this time, but there's also no wind this time.  Saturday, power went out in Santa Cruz down to Pacific Ave, taking out all on the west side of the street.  It was super windy then.

In my daughter's case she didn't recharge her Zero after her last ride and it only had about 20% SOC when the power went out.

Aww, bad luck.  10% is enough for me to get to Santa Cruz, tho not back from it (uphill is at least 15% plus I need a floor to have enough volts to get up the hill).

Today I went to San Jose SOC 98%->54% in 36F weather (it took off a couple % to start), then charged back up to 98% and went back home, added about 15% charge then went to the DMV for my spouse's driving test, then the beach, then to Santa Cruz and charged from 45% back to 95% before arriving home at 76% which was the most I've ever consumed to get from Santa Cruz to home; temperature and lack of traffic I think is to blame, I was going 40-60mph the entire way home.

We have power still, but at 76% I'm not going to plug in unless I'm planning to go over the hill.

-Crissa

PS, at least I'm getting pratice!  And I now know I need to wear fuzzy pants at 36F.  Although in my defense, I didn't know it was under 40 when I went out...

[Richard230]

In my daughter's case she didn't recharge her Zero after her last ride and it only had about 20% SOC when the power went out.

In the SF Bay Area, which areas have no power? I thought they would only turn off the power in places with lot of trees (such as Auburn).

-Don-  Reno, NV

My daughter lives in Marin County, where the power was off starting Saturday at 5pm.  I think it finally came back on last night, according to news reports.

In my case, my power went off without warning at 8:15 Saturday and came back on Monday at 3:30pm. During that time my Comcast internet service was off as was my cell phone service.  Apparently both of those systems in my area did not have any backup power. 

[DonTom]

My daughter lives in Marin County, where the power was off starting Saturday at 5pm.  I think it finally came back on last night, according to news reports.

In my case, my power went off without warning at 8:15 Saturday and came back on Monday at 3:30pm. During that time my Comcast internet service was off as was my cell phone service.  Apparently both of those systems in my area did not have any backup power. 

Yeah, I noticed the same at my place in Auburn, where the AC power is still out at this time. MY cable modem and router and other stuff are  on  UPSes, but it does no good when the other end of the cable has no power.  But with my Spot Messenger and In-Reach, I will still have satellite communications in case of an emergency or whatever.

However, I simply go back  to Reno when it looks like the power will be out there, as I did the last couple of times. I make sure I have more than enough gas in vehicles to get back and also keep more than enough charge in my Tesla to get back here to Reno which is only 99 miles door to door.

BTW, I watched the "Campfire" documentary on TV last night. Everything that could go wrong, did.

-Don-  Reno, NV

[Richard230]

I just found out that my daughter is still without power.  While much of her area has had it's power restored and is not under a "Public Safety Power Shutoff", apparently a power pole that serves her street fell over and needs to be fixed, which is expected to take until 7pm tonight.  In the meantime she is going to another city's library to perform her internet job as her company's complaint department.

[Crissa]

Our power went out at 8:30 Saturday and came back at 7:30 Monday.

We weren't included in today's safety shut-off.

Comcast seems to have about 90 minutes of power at any particular node (those boxes with the red/green lights on them) and Sprint seems to have less at the tower.

I should call and get them to credit me for a couple more days without service.  They really should have a generator up there!  If we have an earthquake, power would be off-off like this.  And that's unsafe.

-Crissa

[DonTom]

My power is still out in Auburn. I expect it not to be on again until around 1600 hrs today, when the Red Flag Warning is expected to be over with for the Auburn area.

I can easily tell from here when my power goes off and on. Several different ways. But the first is my wireless thermostat sends me an e-mail that it has lost connection to the internet. Since it is not on a UPS or anything, it's very instant, within a minute or so.

Most of my other stuff (security cameras, cable modem, router etc) are on a UPS that will last many hours if there is still service on the other side of the cable.

Alarm system works by cell. But I don't know if the cell sites in that area are still on or not, after this many hours of no juice.

I am glad I don't have to deal with all that BS here in Reno. Here it is Nevada Energy, not PG&E.

I will probably head for Auburn tomorrow as I expect the power to then be back up.

-Don-  Reno, NV

[Crissa]

You don't have the terrain in Reno that's the problem, nor the legal system putting liability upon the power transmission system, nor any real complaints if you scraped the biologicals from the power paths, nor the less-than-a-year regrowth time for the tinderbrush.

Reno is a desert, and it constantly has these risks.

-Crissa

[togo]

> > In the SF Bay Area, which areas have no power? I thought they would only turn off the power in places with lot of trees (such as Auburn).

> So that's anywhere in the hills on the peninsula and east bay - even some sections of San Jose were turned off near the end of Capital Expressway.

On the peninsula, when I looked at the map recently, almost all the areas were west of I-280, except for Hillsborough/Skyfarm area.  I looked at some topos and satellite maps, and the only thing that stood out for me about that was that there was a big wooded golf course area, and I think it has those papery trees, so the westbound winds maybe could catch and fan a flame up the canyon?  There are some high tension cables between 101 and the bay, I know.

[rajron]

Hi;

Wanted to introduce myself rajron here, (Ron) new to the forum and thinking of getting a Zero.  They seem to be the bike that would suit my wants and needs for my suburban life here in the Phoenix area.  I don’t anticipate any long rides, >100 miles just something to ride around in our valley.  Currently I have a Vespa which I’ve had for the last ten years, it’s getting a little old, 30k miles and is ideal for the riding I do except it is weak on freeways, it can go 75 – 80 mph but that is max, no reserve! We go fast on our freeways here so I am almost always near max keeping up with traffic so I avoid freeways when I can.
Will be sticking around the forum to see what you all have to say about Zero bikes, currently the model I’m looking at is a used DSR ZF 14.4.  The wife said it was okay to get, I just need to justify the money for myself – retired with a fixed income.

[Crissa]

They seem to be the bike that would suit my wants and needs for my suburban life here in the Phoenix area.

Well, as long as you're just feeding it electricity and tires and brakes it's a pretty cheap bike to maintain.  The premium over another bike is alot like the fuel cost.

I'm not sure I'll lower my gas spending enough to justify the electric bike in total, but certainly the premium over a gas bike.

Zeros are also weak on freeways, but in a different way:  They halve the range.

In Phoenix I think a few have said to make sure to carry some sort of shade cover to keep the sun off the dash and battery, as there's no active cooling so it can overheat sitting still.  But if you're from Phoenix, you probably already know that
https://electricmotorcycleforum.com/boards/index.php?topic=9536.msg83843#msg83843
https://electricmotorcycleforum.com/boards/index.php?topic=9124.msg79097#msg79097

There's also this thread, about how to set the torque for new riders:
https://electricmotorcycleforum.com/boards/index.php?topic=9557.0
Of people who have tried Zeros I've talked to, that seems to be the number one thing that scares them away if they're already a rider - that instant torque and learning to control it.

-Crissa

[grinfactor06]

Hey guys n gals.
Just wanted to introduce myself. Hi, I'm Jim.
I'm here to learn basically. I'm a tech in a bike shop in the UK. We recently took the ZERO brand on so im trying to learn all i can about the bikes. 
I will help out whenever i can, but like i said, im new to this so be gentle with me. 
Cheers, Jim

[Doug S]

Hey guys n gals.
Just wanted to introduce myself. Hi, I'm Jim.
I'm here to learn basically. I'm a tech in a bike shop in the UK. We recently took the ZERO brand on so im trying to learn all i can about the bikes. 
I will help out whenever i can, but like i said, im new to this so be gentle with me. 
Cheers, Jim

Have you ridden one yet? The most important thing about electric bikes is how freakin' fun they are to ride, and you won't learn that from us. Throw a leg over one. Or two. Or all of them.

[SkyYeti]

Hi all,

Just a quick hello from me.
Been watching the electric bike scene for several years and when the Zero SRF appeared I knew my wallet was in trouble 
Took one for a test ride in August and put a deposit down straight away.
Picking it up on Saturday, can't wait 

Oli

[Richard230]

Welcome and congratulations, SkyYeti.  Enjoy your SR/F and this forum.