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Ah ok thanks so you can just unwind the banjo bolt slightly or something?  I'm not convinced the brakes need a bleed.  The bike is practically new out of the factory and I've rode it a few times, brakes feel responsive and fine.  I took the metal plate that guards the master cylinder off the bike to get to the cylinder so I can see the banjo bolt you refer to.  I'll dig around and see if I can also find some J-Juan nomenclature before I go fiddling with anything.

As much as I'd like LED headlights because I think they're more visible and provide superior beam pattern/strength, let's be realistic.  Your Zero headlight could run for almost 6 days straight before the battery ran out.  Heck, the bulb would probably die before then!  Halogen does have its advantages though;  it's arguably better in winter as it helps keep the headlight housing clear and frost-free.

Regardless of whether you run LED or Incandescent, turning off the lights completely is NOT something I recommend;  there is a noticeable improvement in visibility by having lights on during the day, and as bikers we need to be seen as easily as possible!

I can't see why.  The only times in memory we've had surges of power, the house' circuit breaker has tripped and protected everything.

Yeah it's too late now.  Zero is only interested in applying the 2017 range for the subsidy.  For those of you on the hook to get a Zero, it looks like the 2017 range will be your opportunity.

In other, unrelated news, I don't even have an A2 license.  Lol.  I'm going to be taking my modules 1 and 2 ON the Zero, possibly making me the first person in the country to pass their motorbike test on an electric motorcycle.  Should be interesting.

You might notice that whilst there is some more information, there's not much detail, caveats like "up to 20â„…" and no dates. Still encouraging though.

It's finally here:  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/plug-in-motorcycle-grant-eligibility  from the lion's mouth

Still no word on the amount, but pretty sure I read somewhere that it's 20% of the value of the bike up to a maximum of 1,500

Yeah, it does seem the OLEV is hindered by far too much red tape to do their jobs properly.  As for charging infrastructure, well, soon as we got our i3, we had to sign up for 3-4 different charging networks.  Now got a handful of charging cards for different services.  It is very daft.  I mean, it seems to me the big war is between CCS and Chademo.  We NEED some kind of standardisation, preferably CCS.  We also need a SINGLE card/scheme that works, by law, on all charging points across the country.

By the way, if anyone's in the market for an FXS, Streetbike have an ex-demonstrator FXS going for about 8 grand, and a DSR for just under 11.5 grand.  If you're waiting for the grant, you're taking a gamble.  If the grant doesn't come in, and Zero pull out, chances are you're going to be paying considerably more than 8 grand in the long run.

I would personally wait.  For all we know Zero could be keeping just as keen an eye on the situation as we are.  If they still believe something may yet happen, then  they probably aren't going anywhere.  For all I know they could be selling just fine.  Not only that, but I'm waiting for a look at the 2017 MR.  If the '17 bikes come with stability control, I'm definitely going to wait.  Considering we can get weeks of constant rain I REALLY can't wait for Zero to introduce MSC.