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[DonTom]

Perhaps I will try to make it, but I may not be able to. Don't know yet. I could be stuck here in Reno past that date, with other things I need to do here.

But I wold like to make it if I can,  I just received this email:

Don, happy new year!

We're having an event on Saturday January 18th for BMW, KTM and Energica !

Energica will display the 21.5kWh bikes at our Livermore location. They'll have the Ribelle, Ego Plus and Esse Esse 9 Plus bikes. They're early pre-production editions that you can see and sit on and compare to the 13.4 kWh bikes. Laurence and Stefano (and maybe Chris-electric bike mechanic wunderkind for Energica) will be there to talk about Energica too.

I hope you can attend and have a cold drink and talk about motorcycles(hopefully I will be able to chat too!).

Have a great day!

Arlie Ray Blackshear

Adventure Agent

CalMoto Livermore

BMW KTM Vespa Energica

   V A N D E R H A L L

952 North Canyons Parkway

Livermore, CA 94551

Ofc: 952-583-3333 Direct

Sales:925-583-3300 ext 3

Text: 408-478-8042

arlieray@calmoto.com

-Don-  Reno, NV

[BigPoppa]

LOL...I need to talk to Arlie about his form "letter". I will probably go but I don't know exactly what time of day I'll be there and I'll only be there about an hour at the most.

It's part of a larger open house for CalMoto, so not just an Energica event:

CalMoto Livermore
952 North Canyons Parkway
Livermore,

94551
USA
Join us on January 18th for an Opoen House event at our consolidated locaton in Livermore. we will have live demonstrations for BMW Ambassodor Shawn Thomas, Product demonstrations, food, prizes and an awesome Sale! See you then!

[2014ZeroSR]

Don,

Thanks for posting the heads up.

I see the time is 1000-1600 per their website event calendar.

I expect to be there.

[DonTom]

I think I will be able to make it also, I will just have to rush back to Reno within a couple of days.

I expect to be there in the afternoon as I will have more than 100 miles of a ride from Auburn.

I will take an ICE bike for that trip from Auburn to Livermore. Probably my Moto Guzzi.

I have my Energica here in Reno and a lot of snow is coming over the summit on Thursday.  It will probably be wet and  icy  on Friday.  I will go between here and Auburn with four wheels and from Auburn to Livermore on two wheels.

Up to two feet of snow is expected at Downer  Summit before Friday. I expect they will have to close I-80 to all traffic sometime on Thursday. But after that, it should stay dry up there for a while and I shouldn't have any trouble coming back to Reno.

-Don-  Reno, NV

[2014ZeroSR]

Hours for CalMoto's open house: their 'Event Calendar' lists 1000-1600.
Energica's email earlier this week advised 0900-1600.
Likely 0900 won't happen but 1000 is a sure bet.
Show up before 1000 and you'll probably have to hang out till 1000.

[DonTom]

Hours for CalMoto's open house: their 'Event Calendar' lists 1000-1600.
Energica's email earlier this week advised 0900-1600.
Likely 0900 won't happen but 1000 is a sure bet.
Show up before 1000 and you'll probably have to hang out till 1000.

Well, I won't get there that early. But I will be there for sure. I expect to be there in the early afternoon. It's a 135 mile ride from here, according to my GPS and I probably won't leave all that early.  I will show up on my Moto Guzzi. It has a full 8.5 gallon tank and is all ready to go.

-Don-  Auburn, CA

[BigPoppa]

The shop itself opens at 9am so it’s possible Energica will still be there at 9am and the rest of their open house events will start at 10. I plan on being there around 9am since I have to get back home by 11.

[Richard230]

I figure about 9:30 for me. I'll be wearing my red "Chain Gang Inmate #230" hat.   

[DonTom]

Looks like I will miss all of you guys as i have not yet left, but I expect to leave in around a half hour from now, so I could get there by around 1100 hrs depending on traffic and such.

-Don-  Auburn, CA

[Richard230]

A few pictures from today's event.  I got bored and left at noon after lunch was served.   

[Crissa]

Shiny pictures!

How was the layout of the new place?  Seems really inaccessible from the map.

-Crissa

[Richard230]

Shiny pictures!

How was the layout of the new place?  Seems really inaccessible from the map.

-Crissa

The shop location is very easy to get to. It is just off I-580 in Livermore, via the Airway off-ramp.  Personally, the interior of the dealership looks kind of disorganized to me.  I have seen better layouts.  What was interesting to me was that about 2/3 of the building is occupied by the Parkwest Casino. 

[DonTom]

A few pictures from today's event.  I got bored and left at noon after lunch was served.   

You probably left a few minutes before I got there. Your photos came out a lot better than mine, so I will not even bother to post mine. I was using my backpacking camera, which isn't the greatest for such photos.

It was very cold going down I-5, in the light fog. The warmest area of the entire ride was when I got close to Livermore.

Anyway, I sure learned a lot about the Energicas today, which I will share in various messages in this section a bit later. Mostly about the design changes. I think I got the answer to every question I could think of, between the two batteries, the Ego stalling and much more, that I will put in related sections later tonight.

BTW, those who purchased a Energica in the last year (as I did)  will get a letter in about a month how they will give $2,000.00 more back in a trade in to the bikes with the 21.5KWH  battery, to make up for the price differences.

BTW, while it is possible to put the new battery in the older bikes, it is not worth the trouble. The main cables will need to be changed, so they do not offer such. It would cost more than just upgrading to the newer bike.

The reason the new battery is lighter is because the older battery was over-engineered. They put in a lot more casting in the older battery, about 25 lbs of it that they discovered later wasn't really necessary. The new battery cells weight about the same as the old cells, but they are different cells. And the layout is different, more of the weight down lower.

Also, my bike has an 80 amp fuse inside the battery and is a big  hassle to change. The newer battery has the fuse (now larger, perhaps 100 amps, but they were not sure)  behind a cover that just requires removing a few screws to replace. There was a problem with some chargers blowing fuses, by them starting the charge at 75 KWs or so. A charger FW problem, but in Europe, not here. They do have one bike from the USA with a blown main battery fuse, but they have not yet determined the cause.

-Don-  Auburn, CA

[MVetter]

Current fuse is 90 amp I heard. Cool info!

[DonTom]

Hours for CalMoto's open house: their 'Event Calendar' lists 1000-1600.
Energica's email earlier this week advised 0900-1600.
Likely 0900 won't happen but 1000 is a sure bet.
Show up before 1000 and you'll probably have to hang out till 1000.

Were you the guy I met there today, who was wearing a  hat?

Does your Zero have a "San Jose" license  plate holder, that I saw in the parking lot?


-Don-  Auburn, CA