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All is good now.   

I managed to reestablish communications with Chris Paz and got home yesterday from having him replace my bus bars.  We chatted during the process of dropping the battery, replacing the bus bars, and reinstalling the battery.  I learned a lot about the internals of the bike.  The next day I rode about 150 miles around the peninsula and charged at the Tesla Magic Dock Supercharger in Scotts Valley.  After some user error on my part I was able to initiate the charge and it started at 20kW.  I didn't monitor the whole charging process as someone came up to me and asked a lot of questions about the bike (not unexpected).  I was only going to charge to 80% but ended up charging to 85%.  That's not the first time I charged more than planned when someone comes up to talk about the bike.  Had lunch at Alice's Restaurant and I finished my ride with about 30% and no errors along the way.

Many thanks to Chris who made the whole process look fast and easy.  Even if I had the parts it probably would have taken me a week to do the same thing.

I checked out the ChargePoint CPE250s in Mojave and Brady’s (Inyokern) and found that both locations have been upgraded and will charge my ‘22 Eva Ribelle.  Hopefully the incompatibility problem with ChargePoint is now behind us.  I’m looking forward to again having expanded riding territory once the current heat wave in California is over.

I went for a ride this morning to check the ChargePoint chargers at Hwy 58 and Comanche east of Bakersfield.  They have been upgraded to .22 and charged my ‘22 EVs Ribelle with no problems.  I also tried a charger by Denny’s in Tehachapi and it worked OK as well.  There was a nice RIVIAN R1S on the second charger.

Later this week I should be able to check the ChargePoint chargers by Denny’s in Mojave and at Brady’s on 395 near Inyokern.  I hope to find .22 rolled out everywhere.  Now if the ChargePoint station owners can just keep their units repaired.

FWIW - On 7 April I rode my bike to the dealer to see about the extended batter warranty and to get the software updated.  I charged at a ChargePoint charger on the way.  The software had not been updated since the bike was delivered a year ago.  Two software updates were installed at the dealership.  The bike is now running FW 0.42, BDY 8.0.1, and DSB 251.  On the way home I tried charging on the exact same charger I had used earlier that day and could not initiate a charge after multiple attempts.  Fortunately there were level 2 chargers at that site so I was able to make it to some EA charges about 30 miles away.  The EA charger worked the first time.  I hope that someone at Energica and ChargePoint is working on this incompatibility issue.  Most of the CCS chargers in my area are ChargePoint.

Has anyone taken the Yamaha Champ School (2day) on a 21.5 kWh Eva Ribelle?  I only live about 30 miles from the Willow Springs Raceway where the class is being held.  I'm beginning to have track range anxiety and am looking into charging options.  It would be great to know if someone has gone through the class with their Energica and how much charge was used.

The only outlets which may available at the track are standard 120V 15A.  My original intent was to ride the bike down and back assuming there would be enough capacity for the class with whatever topping off I can get from the available outlets.  Trailering the bike down will save the charge getting there and leave me an out if I really run the bike down.

There are DCFC charges about 20 miles away on one of my routes home if I need some charge after the class.

The closest DCFC charger is 10 miles away in the wrong direction. I could run to the close charger during lunch and charge for about 30 minutes. 

Another option I'm considering is renting 240V 30A generator which ads expense and hassle but it may be the best way to go.

Any thoughts?