Motorcycles & Photography

Progress reading Energica specific values from OBDII connection

It’s no secret that I’ve been working on getting a reliable readout from the OBDII connection on my electric motorcycles. These are my findings so far. My main goal was to find...

Energica 21.5 kWh plus battery charge speed versus heat development

I finally finished creating all the charge speed versus temperature graphs for fast charging my electric motorcycle. The data was collected already but I had to transform them into these graphs for...

My OBDII connection with Zero SRF electric motorcycle STEP by STEP GUIDE

This article explains how I made a very simple and easy to work with OBDII interface to read messages from the zero SR/F and SR/S built in factory diagnostics port. You can...

Final Energica SS9 versus Zero SRF highway range numbers

So here are the final range numbers for highway use. I’ll make a follow up for non highway roads but that will take some more time to arrange the ride. The thing...

I rode my Energica at 70 kph with my bullet brake engaged :o

Needless Disclaimer: don’t do this to your own bike!! This was a stupid mistake I made and I hope I won’t do it again. If I do the bullet brake will be...

Because it’s all about data, data, more data and… Animated Graphs to display that data

I recently decoded all Bluetooth communication between Mobile Devices and Energica Motorcycles. I’ve been working on this for Zero before but got somewhat discouraged when Zero released their lawyers and managed to...

Energica fixed their Android App now showing nearby chargers again

Yes they are fixing things! The iOS App was offline for quite a while, that has been restored. And now they even have an update for the Android app that fixes the...

At what SOC does the Zero SRF 12 kW charge tank drop charge speed?

At home I know for sure I can charge up to 5.8kW all the way to 95%, probably beyond also. But I wanted to test this on a proper 12kW charger so...

First service, first issues and first modifications on my Energica SS9 after 2.000 km

A quick overview after owning the bike for a distance of 2.000 km right now. Shouldn’t we all talk about distance in terms of ownership anyway? First service Was a blast. I...

Consumption numbers comparison Zero vs Energica & riding at speed vs charging

Having done some distance on both electric motorcycles now it’s clear to me that the Zero is a bit more efficient than the Energica. But by how much? Let’s find out together...