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I ended up buying a Harley Livewire, it was the most cost effective entry into performance electric bikes. I have been riding it daily for my 100km round trip commute. It does have type 3 fast charging, but a little smaller battery than the EsseEsse and Eva. After riding it 5000km since I purchased it, I have no doubt that I could use it for touring. I have never toured on a bike though, so unlikely to be something that is required of any bike I own. I will check out your channel👍

@@jamieayy260 I’ll try make that happen. We did a recent week long trip, sailing from Raby bay, at the southern end of Moreton bay, down to the Gold Coast. I did record some footage, but the camera location on the boat didn’t work,,, Actually made me feel a bit seasick to watch it back 🤢

Thanks for that info. There are a couple of glitches… overall it is a great bike and there is nothing that is a deal breaker. If I reverse after switching the kill switch to run, the bike will always go into a ‘safe’ mode. Cycling the kill switch for and back on fixes it. I guess I am hopeful that it is a glitch I can learn and avoid.

It was, but I think it is something I am doing… just need to start, then reverse… not start while reversing. Will have to test the theory though

@@apryctic Yes, they can push forwards or push backwards. Done so you don’t rip them off when reversing in tight spaces or hit them on a pole etc…

@@BikesBoatsBees amazing

I can understand why you would say that, but if you look closely you can see the driver acknowledging my apology and waving me on. If there was damage I would have stopped and exchanged insurance details. The only part of the car that I hit was the mirror and it did exactly as it was designed to do, flipping out of the way on impact, leaving absolutely no damage.

@@BikesBoatsBees fair

bro think's he a badass but he's actually trash at riding for hitting a stationary object

@@kushpaladin It is a happy moment when a car does actually inch forward and move over a little when they see you filtering up through the traffic! Having said that, I don’t blame them for not looking once they have stopped.

Cheers@@mr.spacemango ! The indicators are original equipment on the bike. The bike is a 2020 Harley Davidson LiveWire.

@@GreyBeardReactions Thank you! I have a clip coming up that will be a second day’s commute on a single charge. It will take me to roughly 188km from a single charge. I think I ended up with 30km of range left too, so could have travelled 200km on the charge.

@@alexgoodman698 Fast charging does cause more battery degradation than type 1 charging, but I don’t think that there is a formula. I watched a RUclips clip where the owner lived in an apartment, so only fast charged, he had not seen any noticeable degradation. Part of this could be due to the battery being well cooled, part could be that the useable battery capacity of the livewire is less than its actual capacity, so you have a buffer… Have you joined the Australian LiveWire owners FB group? Alan added me to the WhatsApp group ’The Livewire guys’ which is where the meetup is being organised from. We were going to meet today, but the threat of rain scared us off😂

@@alexgoodman698 What one did you buy? Year? Colour?? The other Brisbane guys want to know. Apparently the orange ones are faster… but I think black goes 👌

@@BikesBoatsBees I got the black one as well I like the look of the orange though

@@alexgoodman698 I only found that out when I tried to charge there, salesman didn’t mention it at the time of the test ride. It doesn’t bother me, I will do most of my charging at home where it is more convenient (and doesn’t take time out of my day), but I did feel like the salesman was using the free charging as a selling point. Did you see that the price of the M&W LiveWire has dropped $1k? I think with the small bubble in the screen it should be $22k, or they should repair prior to sale.

@@BikesBoatsBeesyeah I saw they dropped the price Still bothered me that air bubble whilst on the test ride They should replace it under warranty and then sell it

It would be interesting to know the actual cost of manufacturing the bike. They were a low sales bike here, I think there were around 35 sold. I suppose when they start selling more bikes and pay off the cost of R&D the price will come down.

The Livewire brand has been spun off to it's own company, that said HD isn't interested in cheap bikes. They're very much a boutique brand, catering to a certain customer base. Which they have recently pissed off as of late.

The bike certainly feels ‘high end’. I test rode Zero and in comparison they felt a little unrefined, just not as ‘lively’ as the Livewire. I think HD still have a 75% stake in LiveWire, so still very much a HD brand. I must admit, I haven’t followed the HD brand apart from their Livewire.

Thanks Daughter! I am very happy with my purchase!!💙

@@BikesBoatsBees Daughter? I'm USA, Thats a girl... lol I'm a male

Looks super fast

@@geoffwood472 We do now. Bought them from ‘Direct Sails’ (AKA ‘Cliffside Sails’). Very cost effective and are serving us well so far. We started by buying a main and jib, but are in the process of having 130% and 150% genoas made.

@@TwistofWrist The price on the 2023 DSR is currently pretty good $20kAUD… because of the ‘23 model runout. I was impressed with the DSR, I expected it to handle like a boat, but it was surprisingly good in the corners! Probably because so much of the weight is down so low. Wish the throttle was a little more lively though.

Hi Cycliq, I have sent a couple through to you. Not sure if I sent this one, because the Strava overlay reads incorrectly due to a GPS interference problem I was having (resolved now).

@@BikesBoatsBees No worries, thank you!