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[Redblade]

The problem is, people will still complain about the range and charge time. The lightning solves both of those problems..for the most part. DC isn't perfect, but it is better than banking on the 12Kw. Making the SR/F with the Lightning Carbons battery, lvl 3 charging and selling it closer to 16-17k would probably have a lot of ICE bike riders consider buying it.

Or better yet, Tesla should just buy Zero and rebadge them. That would boost sales and give us access to all the tesla charging infrastructure.

DC would be the way to go if it were more common. That means 100% of the charger is on the street, not in your bike. Bike would be lighter with no on-board charger and no charging accessories needed, other than perhaps a high current DC charger at home.

But before you go for the DC charging, be sure you know where you can charge.

Elon Musk has already said that Tesla will NOT get into the motorcycle business. I heard he was almost killed on a motorcycle  and doesn't really care much for them from then on.

But for now, the J1772 AC outlets are perhaps the most common--and often free to use, especially here in the Reno area, but that means the charger must be in the vehicle (or carried).

But I don't find it to be a big deal, in most cases. The slower AC charging just means better planning is necessary.  And I kinda enjoy the forced breaks to charge, in many cases.

If I am going on a real long trip to the middle of nowhere, I will not consider any E-motocycle. At least not in my lifetime. Maybe someday they will have a very common DC standard for all EVs, which will make them much more popular.

Perhaps the sales of the SR/F will make Zero a larger company--and then be able to buy out Lightning and be even larger!

-Don-  Reno, NV

I'm hoping the SR/F does wonders for Zero, it seems like they sold a lot more than they anticipated. Looking forward to the future. Hard to trust anything Elon Musk says, he's kind of a nutjob sometimes. I doubt they will get into bikes either way tho....the lightning merger would be great.

[TireFryer426]

Dealer called today and said the bike shipped Friday.  They weren't sure if that meant it was on the truck Friday or if it got loaded today.  They are expecting it some time this week yet.

[BigPoppa]

Congrats!

[gstrub]

When mine was shipped on a Tuesday I couldn’t get it until the following Friday. It’s worth the wait!

[vinceherman]

I was told that mine was in transit on a Monday, with an expected (but not confirmed) delivery Friday.
It arrived at the dealership Friday and was available for pickup that day.
Unfortunately, I was out of town and did not pick up until the following Wednesday.
I have 444 miles on it so far.  :-D
I also have a bit of sunburn from riding it without my jacket this weekend.

[valnar]

One happy guy

Very nice!  ClevelandMoto is my local dealer too.  Regrettably due to other financial issues such as buying a new Furnace+A/C, I have to postpone my FXS purchase until next year.  'Here's hoping the 2020 year brings some new improvements.

[Bill822]

JUST GOT THE CALL!
It's READY!!!

[TireFryer426]

JUST GOT THE CALL!
It's READY!!!

Awesome!  I picked mine up Friday.  You are going to love the bike!

[alko]

JUST GOT THE CALL!
It's READY!!!

Awesome!  I picked mine up Friday.  You are going to love the bike!

That color blue looks a lot darker than any other pictures I've seen. I thought it was more of a powder blue that I don't care for. But it looks real nice in your pic. I guess I need to see one in person.

[Naked]

So, June has come and gone.
Anybody in Group A not have their bike?

[GaryArt1]

JUST GOT THE CALL!
It's READY!!!

Awesome!  I picked mine up Friday.  You are going to love the bike!

That color blue looks a lot darker than any other pictures I've seen. I thought it was more of a powder blue that I don't care for. But it looks real nice in your pic. I guess I need to see one in person.

He vinyl wrapped his bike.  Looks like he did an awesome job of it too.  The stock blue is much lighter.

[GaryArt1]

So, June has come and gone.
Anybody in Group A not have their bike?

So I guess my answer has to be Yes and No.  As the end of June was approaching I started getting concerned and wrote Zero directly.  I found out my dealer made a "mistake" when he told me I was in Group A and I am actually in Group B.  Only saving grace is Zero confirmed I am one of first bikes in group B and it should be soon.   I wasn't happy with the dealer.

[Bill822]

I'm in group B. Got mine today. First one in Texas. Dealer also has a 2nd one for delivery.

[Jarrett]

That Eurosport?

It was weird pulling up and seeing three SR/F's sitting out front today.

[TireFryer426]

That color blue looks a lot darker than any other pictures I've seen. I thought it was more of a powder blue that I don't care for. But it looks real nice in your pic. I guess I need to see one in person.

What Gary said.  Its a vinyl wrap.  I really didn't like the two colors it comes in.  I know its super nerdy, but I bought the HJC carbon helmet with the Cars 3 Jackson Storm livery on it.  That color matches the secondary color in the helmet really well.  The plan is to black out all the bright silver pieces to tie it in to the helmet even more.  And then I'm going to figure out what kind of graphics to overlay.
But I've got to take a step back and probably redo the vinyl wrap in plastidip.  There are some complicated shapes that don't wrap well, the front fender being the worst of them.  Looks great from a few feet away, but up close there are some flaws that i'm not happy with.