Next few days
The Rides
I am having the most wonderful morning rides. Getting out there on the bike each morning has kept me more alert and awake for my work day. It was fantastic decision to start riding, and with such a cool and interesting bike.
Starting to get experiment with the cornering. I live in a wonderful part of Melbourne with amazing, albeit dangerous roads, and get to experience and practice so many types of riding.
Issues
Mirrors
Maybe just because I am a beginner, but I am struggling with the mirrors. The mirrors on my Honda CB125 allow me to see easily behind me. The Moto EV5 mirrors are much lower, and no matter where I place them, I only see my hands with a very narrow window behind me. If I move them further out, I see wide but no behind me. I need to look at this more.
Noise over bumps
There is a small knock noise over bumps. It maybe nothing. It maybe because I have never ridden a bike like this. It may be because I have been riding for less than a week. But I want to make sure specifically that there is nothing loose.
Hill Start
Hill starts? The bike has a feature, where when you are still, with the brakes on, then the accelerator will not work. Seems logical to start with. But then you want to take off up a hill. At this point I would normally just drag my back brake, but I have to release both brakes to take off. This means I can only use my feet to stop rolling back.
Similarly, slow speed turns with back brake dragging can’t be done.
See the issues doc Hill Start
Parking
Related to the above, parking on a hill without gears to stop it rolling?
See the issues doc Parking