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Badness

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« on: August 17, 2018, 11:50:21 AM »
Hey guys new member, but statistically a dinosaur.
Saw my first E-bike the other day at the local shops and waited till the guy came out and assaulted the poor bugger with a million stupid questions.
I have ridden nearly all disciplines of motorcycling except ice racing and yes I'd give it a go !
I ride only HD's now and for the last 30 years it has been mostly HD's and just a few Honda dirt bikes here and there as well.
I ride an 18 FXBB ,don't know if that's a dirty word around here yet ??
My next bike will be an E-bike so I am here to basically "tech up" hard out and meet a few people who own these bikes to find out more.
Cheers.
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Erasmo

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« Reply #1 on: August 17, 2018, 05:22:31 PM »
Welcome! The best way to experience it is to take a test ride.
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« Reply #2 on: August 17, 2018, 05:56:43 PM »
Quote from: Erasmo on August 17, 2018, 05:22:31 PM
Welcome! The best way to experience it is to take a test ride.

Yep & try as you may, you'll still reach for that clutch lever a time or two :)
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« Reply #3 on: August 17, 2018, 06:11:58 PM »
Cheers guys .
Yea I'll bet you do reach for the clutch lever a bit right , so what happens when you go back to a regular bike ?. I rode a Husky 390 Auto once that was weird.
Man a test drive here in Australia could be a bit too hard,thinking of just buying one and shipping it over, I'm on here to work out which one to get.
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« Reply #4 on: August 17, 2018, 08:00:37 PM »
Quote from: Badness on August 17, 2018, 06:11:58 PM
...what happens when you go back to a regular bike ?

I haven't done it, so I can't speak from experience, but I doubt it'll be a problem. You don't forget one language just because you learn another.

Even after all these years, I'd be willing to bet that I could jump into a stick-shift car and still feel right at home.
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« Reply #5 on: August 17, 2018, 08:12:01 PM »
Agreed... I think the muscle memory is actually stored across two different brain paths ;D ... in my experience, the *first* time you switch from one to the other can come with a bit of brain stutter, but after experiencing that the first time, I've never really had it recur on subsequent switches.
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« Reply #6 on: August 17, 2018, 08:38:12 PM »
Quote from: Badness on August 17, 2018, 06:11:58 PM
Cheers guys .
Yea I'll bet you do reach for the clutch lever a bit right , so what happens when you go back to a regular bike ?. I rode a Husky 390 Auto once that was weird.
Man a test drive here in Australia could be a bit too hard,thinking of just buying one and shipping it over, I'm on here to work out which one to get.

I have a Zero and also 5 IC motorcycles. I ride them all at least once a week and I have no problems with muscle memory when it comes to reaching or not reaching for the clutch. It has just never happened to me. Each motorcycle is so different that I automatically switch from one brain mode to another.  ;)
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« Reply #7 on: August 18, 2018, 05:43:52 AM »
Guys it was just a trivial observation about the clutch ,I drive an auto car but yea anytime I drive stick I have no worries.
Yea I've been riding for over 40 years I think after an Ebike I'd find the clutch again .
All good , cheers.
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« Reply #8 on: August 19, 2018, 08:52:02 AM »
Well, the good news is that perhaps you can go electric and remain a Harley guy!  Harley is coming out with an electric called the LiveWire.  Check it out.
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« Reply #9 on: August 19, 2018, 01:47:17 PM »
True that Willie true that.
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« Reply #10 on: August 21, 2018, 05:48:52 AM »
> ...what happens when you go back to a regular bike ?

Don't worry about it, the high rpm gas-engine whine will trigger the shift-up behavior, and lugging will trigger shift-down behavior.  And when you are back on electric, you'll get used to the absence of those things.

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« Reply #11 on: August 22, 2018, 11:09:41 AM »
Cheers Togo , the Livewire is going to be a mid 19 model ,but not sure if that's in my country or not yet.
Might have to wait till 20 but yea , I want it.
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« Reply #12 on: August 22, 2018, 05:14:21 PM »
Quote from: Badness on August 18, 2018, 05:43:52 AM
Guys it was just a trivial observation about the clutch ,I drive an auto car but yea anytime I drive stick I have no worries.
Yea I've been riding for over 40 years I think after an Ebike I'd find the clutch again .
All good , cheers.

I picked up my 16 DSR in May of last year and have put about 18k miles on it to date. 
I still have an ICE bike for the occasional useage that can't be accomplished with the limited range of the Zero. 
When I switch rides, I don't have much issues on the ICE but when going back to EV I find myself covering the "Phantom" clutch lever ;D
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« Reply #13 on: August 24, 2018, 07:18:16 AM »
There you go.
Can these bikes coast with the throttle chopped(off)?
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« Reply #14 on: August 24, 2018, 10:23:10 AM »
Yes, in custom mode.
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