September 19th
Honday CB125
Rode the Honda CB125E again today, getting my practice up to get my license.
Interesting note. This is a 124CC, 10.2HP, 7.6kW motor. And yet my 5kW electric motorbike literally smokes this for speed, acceleration up hills and top speed.
Back on the Moto EV5 (ODO ~ 200k)
Did another big block on Moto EV5 lots of twisties, starting to finally do some leaning. Very wet on the roads, debree, and some pot holes from the big rain yesterday, so I took it easy.
Issues
Mystery Buttons 1 or 2
There is a set of buttons on the left handlebar, just inside the grip, with 4 buttons. Power, +, - and something. No idea what it is for, can’t find it on the web site. When you press power button, it makes a sounds, like Windows turning on. Press again it clicks off. But when it is on, it doesn’t do anything. I suspect it is the unused cruise control. If so, why is it there? What can I do with it? Why does it make noise.
Myster Button 2 - and the trip meter
There is three bits of information on the trip meter. Odometer - only shown at power on, Battery Volts and Trip meter.
The trip meter automatically resets at the start of each power on of the bike. So this means for multi stop trips, you need to keep an eye on it. In some ways kind of annoying, in others it is pretty cool.
There are two buttons on the left of the dash, I would have thought these would be perfect for things like showing odometer, but they don’t seem to do anything. Again, I want to look if I can make them work.