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Richard230

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Ribblle in the wild
« on: January 12, 2026, 08:37:49 PM »

Yesterday I saw a beautiful 2023 Energica Ribblle parked in the Sky Londa market parking lot across the street from Alice's restaurant. The owner said that the bike has 30K miles on the clock and has performed flawlessly since he bought it now. It sure looked in perfect shape to me. It has been a while since I have seen an Energica, or Zero for that matter, around Alice's on Sunday morning when I go there for breakfast. Photos attached.
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Re: Ribblle in the wild
« Reply #1 on: January 13, 2026, 12:40:01 AM »

Yesterday I saw a beautiful 2023 Energica Ribblle parked in the Sky Londa market parking lot across the street from Alice's restaurant. The owner said that the bike has 30K miles on the clock and has performed flawlessly since he bought it now. It sure looked in perfect shape to me. It has been a while since I have seen an Energica, or Zero for that matter, around Alice's on Sunday morning when I go there for breakfast. Photos attached.

"Ribblle"..?? I assume you mean "Ribelle"..??

That is a very nice bike by the way...."Tri Colore" with Ohlins suspension too, top of the range RS.

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When I die, I wan't to go peacefully in my sleep like my Grandfather....not screaming like the passengers in his car.

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Re: Ribblle in the wild
« Reply #2 on: January 13, 2026, 12:48:52 AM »

Yesterday I saw a beautiful 2023 Energica Ribblle parked in the Sky Londa market parking lot across the street from Alice's restaurant. The owner said that the bike has 30K miles on the clock and has performed flawlessly since he bought it now. It sure looked in perfect shape to me. It has been a while since I have seen an Energica, or Zero for that matter, around Alice's on Sunday morning when I go there for breakfast. Photos attached.
Do you take your Zero to Alice's? If so, where do you charge it up these days?


I have my 2017  Zero DS with me here, my lightest electric motorcycle that I carry on the hitch of this motorhome. I charge it at 6.5 KW, and there are 7 KW  ChargePoint  stations right here at the RV Park right behind this motorhome.


I have been here for a month. Mostly nice warm weather for riding. It was 75F here on Christmas Day.  A great area for Zeros, also AC charge stations in the towns of Bisbee and Douglas, AZ. 12 miles in opposite directions to either.


-Don- SE AZ



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Re: Ribblle in the wild
« Reply #3 on: January 13, 2026, 06:23:25 AM »

That "E" sure looks like a "B" to me in the picture of the bike.

Don, I am not riding my motorcycles any more as my driving license has been revoked by the DMV on the recommendation of my doctor because I passed out once while driving my car. He said that I was too old to be driving. I had a hearing with the DMV and argued that there are a lot of people driving who are much older than I am, but the DMV examiner was not willing to go against my doctor's recommended. I then tried to get a second opinion from two other doctors in Kaiser and neither of them will willing to contradict my doctor's opinion.
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Re: Ribblle in the wild
« Reply #4 on: January 13, 2026, 09:02:15 AM »

Richard, what kind of meds are you on?
See if you can get a doc to maybe say it was a bad reaction and the dose is changed, med changed, condition not there anymore etc.
Even simple shit like lisinopril that most the world seems to be on, can make you dizzy if you dehydrate. so it's not a stretch at all to say this and it might get you back on the road.
Don't give up yet, let's approach this from a different angle.

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Re: Ribblle in the wild
« Reply #5 on: January 13, 2026, 11:49:48 AM »

Don, I am not riding my motorcycles any more as my driving license has been revoked by the DMV on the recommendation of my doctor because I passed out once while driving my car. He said that I was too old to be driving. I had a hearing with the DMV and argued that there are a lot of people driving who are much older than I am, but the DMV examiner was not willing to go against my doctor's recommended. I then tried to get a second opinion from two other doctors in Kaiser and neither of them will willing to contradict my doctor's opinion.
It seems to me that "Passing out" is the issue, not your age. And without knowing more facts "passing out while driving" is very serious no matter what your age is.


What you should be trying to prove is that you will not pass out again. And NOT to the DMV first!


BTW, if you told your doctor you passed out while driving, in CA it is law that the doctor must report you to the CA DMV.


I know about this because Tommy lost his license many years ago for simply telling his doctor he got sleepy while driving. Do not EVER mention any issue with "driving" to a doctor in CA or expect to lose your driver's license!


Tommy got his driver's license  back in around 3 months after convincing his doctor that some treatment worked for him 100% and he no longer got sleepy while driving.


Also, you should have delt with your doctor first as DMV will most likely never go against a doctor's recommendation.


However, if you are likely to pass out while driving again, you should accept the decision.


-Don-  Douglas, AZ
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Re: Ribblle in the wild
« Reply #6 on: January 13, 2026, 11:57:33 AM »

Wow, indeed the very nice Tricolore Edition RS with lots of carbon stuff, that should have been top of the line in 2022 (or earlier), RSP near 40k.

The rear tyre looks a bit tired to me, though ;D
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Re: Ribblle in the wild
« Reply #7 on: January 13, 2026, 08:16:46 PM »

The slick-looking tire certainly suits the stylish bike ;)
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Re: Ribblle in the wild
« Reply #8 on: January 13, 2026, 08:46:28 PM »

Don and Arron, thanks for the supporting comments, but after I passed out I ended up in the ER for a few hours and had a bunch of tests, where nothing wrong with me was discovered, but the DMV was notified regarding what happened by the ER doctor. Since Kaiser could find nothing wrong with me, even after about $10K worth of tests and exams, my doctor concluded that I could pass out sometime in the future and he didn't want the liability of saying that it was OK for me to go back to driving. However, since all I really wanted to do is to ride motorcycles, I considered myself very fortunate that I had not been riding and had been driving my car instead riding a bike and just ran off the road, instead of crashing into something or someone. If I had been riding one of my motorcycles at the time when I passed out, I would likely have been seriously injured, instead of my car just getting scrapped up by a bush alongside the road. So I have resigned myself to getting around town on a ebike and the occasional Uber if I need to go longer distances. I am keeping my Zero around to give to my daughter if her Zero dies and have been slowly selling off my ICE collection. I now have just my Yamaha to sell, maybe this summer when the weather improves.

But enough of that. This thread is about a beautiful Energica that is providing its owner great service, not me. I just didn't want to leave any loose ends once the subject drifted.





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