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[squirreljihad]

I'm lucky enough to live and work in Yosemite, and just bought a SR/F last week. This is my first electric vehicle, my 10th motorcycle. Besides the belt snapping on me at mile 205, I find the bike to be a complete joy to ride, and I look forward to adding the power tank to it when it becomes available.

I'm lucky enough to get free electricity at my little Half Dome house, and there's a level 2 charger across the street that I can use whenever I want for free. Kinda nice.

Anyway, I just wanted to introduce myself and throw out an invite to anyone who might be visiting the park to stop by and say hello.

[BigPoppa]

Sorry, I’m a few hours from Yosemite but welcome anyway!

It’s a couple of hours away from you but a few of us are meeting up in Elk Grove this Saturday (https://electricmotorcycleforum.com/boards/index.php?topic=9233.0). If it’s doable for you, you’re more than welcome to stop by and say hi.

[Doug S]

So tell us how it is living life in hell? You poor soul, having to live there, and with free electricity!

[Richard230]

I passed through Yosemite in 1964 with two other friends. We were all riding new Honda Super Hawks at the time. Not too crowded back then. 

[Richard230]

Here is another photo from our trip through Yosemite.  Note the lack of visitors. This was at the end of June.

[DonTom]

I'm lucky enough to live and work in Yosemite, and just bought a SR/F last week. This is my first electric vehicle, my 10th motorcycle. Besides the belt snapping on me at mile 205, I find the bike to be a complete joy to ride, and I look forward to adding the power tank to it when it becomes available.

I'm lucky enough to get free electricity at my little Half Dome house, and there's a level 2 charger across the street that I can use whenever I want for free. Kinda nice.

Anyway, I just wanted to introduce myself and throw out an invite to anyone who might be visiting the park to stop by and say hello.

Welcome!  Do you know what caused your belt to snap?  Do you have ten motorcycles now, or do you mean you have had ten? I have a buddy who is on bike number 73, but the most he has owed at once is four.  I own nine right now (listed below) , and I may soon have my tenth bike. I never get rid of them. I still have my 1971 BMW R75/5 that I purchased new back then. All are licensed and insured and run at least as well as they did when new. I rotate the ICE bikes as much as possible, but most of my riding and driving (by far) is on electric.

-Don-  Auburn, CA

[squirreljihad]

No clue as to the cause of my belt failure. I was using about 1/4 throttle at the time, accelerating from a stop to make a left turn, maybe doing 20 or 25 mph. Smooth pavement, sunny day. Nothing that I can think would cause any undue stress on the bike whatsoever.

I'd ridden the bike about 100 miles the day before, with one full-throttle blast in one of the tunnels here in the park, and had no indication that the bike was out of sorts.

This is the 10th moto I've owned - I have the Zero and three others at the moment.

Love the historic photos of the park posted by Richard230 - so cool! I could post some pics of the park taken last summer during the Ferguson fire. I was one of about 25 people left in the park after it had been evacuated. Trippy to go around and see everything utterly abandoned.

[Richard230]

No clue as to the cause of my belt failure. I was using about 1/4 throttle at the time, accelerating from a stop to make a left turn, maybe doing 20 or 25 mph. Smooth pavement, sunny day. Nothing that I can think would cause any undue stress on the bike whatsoever.

I'd ridden the bike about 100 miles the day before, with one full-throttle blast in one of the tunnels here in the park, and had no indication that the bike was out of sorts.

This is the 10th moto I've owned - I have the Zero and three others at the moment.

Love the historic photos of the park posted by Richard230 - so cool! I could post some pics of the park taken last summer during the Ferguson fire. I was one of about 25 people left in the park after it had been evacuated. Trippy to go around and see everything utterly abandoned.

Here is one more that you may recognize. Note the lack of traffic. 

[DonTom]

No clue as to the cause of my belt failure. I was using about 1/4 throttle at the time, accelerating from a stop to make a left turn, maybe doing 20 or 25 mph. Smooth pavement, sunny day. Nothing that I can think would cause any undue stress on the bike whatsoever.

I'd ridden the bike about 100 miles the day before, with one full-throttle blast in one of the tunnels here in the park, and had no indication that the bike was out of sorts.

By any chance when you were at full throttle the day before, did you hit a bump or have the back wheel go off the ground while the throttle was held open?  When the rear wheel retouches the pavement, it can cause  a lot of strain to the belt and perhaps break right then or  in a day or so after. Belts do not always break the same instant that they are overly stressed.
 
I always reduce the throttle over bumps and anything that does not look smooth ahead.

Of course, there can be other causes such as a small rock getting between the belt and sprocket. That can even happen while on pavement. Hard to guess what happened in your case.

Was there ever any  noticeable belt noise?

-Don- Auburn, CA