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As it turned out the registration plate didnt arrive in time for the weekend pickup. By way of an apology the dealer (Alec at English Electric Motor Co) drove it round in person on his van after closing up shop for the day.

This turned out to be a lucky break for me as the weather has been ugly mix of rain and strong winds the past few days.

So I now have a very shiny new bike sitting clean and dry in my garage, and really looking forward to going for a ride tomorrow.

Hi Guys,

I hope to be picking up a new Zero DSR at the weekend and riding it back.
Its a 70 mile drive, mostly freeway (or dual carriage way as we call them locally) which is a bit tight on range. Should leave 8 miles spare :-)

Your the guys that would know, are Zero honest and accurate here?

My plan is to mount my cellphone on the handlebars and have it continually display the range home. If the range the Zero estimates is more than the distance home I can speed up. Less I slow down.

Its a trick that used to work well with my Vectrix and with that I didn't need to leave any margin. Aiming to get back with 0 miles remaining was fine - I think that works since the last bit of the journey is always urban and the slowest.

Is this a practical idea with the Zeros? How much spare range should I keep as a safety net?

Thanks in advance for any input.

Jeremy.