Motorcycles & Photography

home assistant dashboard showing Energica data pushed over MQTT

How I’m pushing data from my Energica electric motorcycle to my Home Assistant installation

First a quick disclaimer, I’m literally writing this 3 days after the installation of my Home Assistant setup so I have little experience with that. Therefor many of the configuration details could...

Regenhuif voor Lovens Explorer bakfiets in gebruik genomen, en we gebruiken die niet eens in de regen

Misschien moet ik deze rubriek toch maar anders noemen zodat ik ook nog altijd over fietsen kan schrijven hier. Ik heb net een update gedeeld op m’n YouTube kanaal van de regenhuif...

Did my Energica battery degrade in 2 years and 25.000 km and if so by how much?

When I bought the bike new in may 2021 it had a usable capacity of 17.400 Wh when charged in ideal conditions. That is a full balanced charge with a battery temperature...

Status aandrijf accu Mercedes EQV na eerste 50.000 km en anderhalf jaar

Ik ben zelf heel benieuwd of er meetbare degradatie is van de accu en dus het bereik wat je kunt verwachten bij een volle lading naargelang de accu op leeftijd komt. Ik...

So this is the new blog, some features added while writing this

As I explained in this post on my previous blog I canceled my wordpress.com subscription and instead imported everything in this wordpress install I have on my paid hosting services. You might...

Recording Yamaha XSR 900 Akrapovic exhaust sound

Just like I’ve done with my electric motorcycle I’ve attempted to record audio at the exhaust from my Yamaha XSR. It has a titanium Akrapovic twin exhaust. Fully street legal with big...

Service intervals and costs for Yamaha XSR 900, another overview

First off all I can totally recommend doing these services yourself. You don’t need that much tools to be able to and you’ll save a lot of costs. Plus you learn so...

Yamaha XSR 900 vs Energica SS9 some initial numbers

Now that I have a conventional internal combustion engine powered motorcycle again it’s time for some different numbers. I have to say some of these numbers really surprised me. Most people are...

Yamaha XSR900 all you need to know

Yes I got an ICE motorcycle again! I just couldn’t get used to no longer having a ride followed by an Akrapovic 😎 Below video is from the past riding my 2016...

This is what the dynamic brake light on Energica electric motorcycles looks like in action, 360 footage from behind

Energica has what’s known as a dynamic brake light. Just like BMW motorcycles the light will flash on emergency braking to notify traffic behind you you’re not just slowing down. Energica has...