Motorcycles & Photography

I’ve depleted the battery on my Energica for the first time and this is what happened

Just to be clear, I didn’t do this because the system prompted me to. I’ve seen those system messages from others, I think it happens mostly to 13.4 kWh batteries, although I...

Test electric and other motorcycles this weekend at 4th edition of Ghent motor event #GME

Both the event website and this video I made are in Dutch since this is a local event. If you are nearby Ghent this weekend and want to test ride some electric...

Update on bullet brake parking brake solution for (electric) motorcycles – it works!!

I don’t recall if I made a blogpost here about the first bullet brake I had installed on my bike. But if I did it was probably not that positive as I...

My Energica SS9+ electric motorcycle luggage setup for my commute to work

I use my motorcycles mostly for commuting to work. So the minimal I need to be able to take with my is some clothes, shoes and a MacBook. This is how I...

Great video from a livewire owner

Really good video on the Harley Davidson livewire and competitors in the US. An owner talks about why he got the Harley and has some very good points. He’s on his second...

Energica battery temperature versus usable capacity after balanced charge

Energica motorcycles have this neat trick where you can retrieve the Watt hours left on its battery using a Bluetooth connection. It’s probably also on the OBDII can bus data but since...

Zero and Energica App statistics for Android and iOS & Electric motorcycle sales numbers in the Netherlands

For both zero and Energica I have apps available on both app stores of Google and Android. Below are the stats of these apps. Before we continue let’s put this all into...

Two quick keynotes on how Bluetooth and OBDII diagnostics work on Energica

I know I’ve shared info on those discoveries from time to time. And for the OBDII data I’m far from done and regularly finding new fields. But even for the integrated BLE...

iOS version for Energica OBDII app published to app store

Despite being an iOS user myself it did take me quite a while to get this version of the app out. That’s because I develop mostly Android Apps so the development for...

Running my Energica SS9 electric motorcycle in the cold for almost 400 km and 3 charges checking battery temp

What a title 😂. Anyway I took my motorcycle on a ~200 km one way trip to see if the Tesla superchargers in Tilburg would work. These are part of the pilot...