Honda WN7

[Lunchbag]

I will add that at first the non-tactile sense you get when you climb on an EV bike is weird. When I took my test ride on the Zero, the guy pulled it out of the shop, turned on the key and said "there it's running". I said "what's running?" as I couldn't hear or feel anything sitting on the bike. It was just a dead lump. He said just twist the throttle and you'll go. So I did. Rode about a block and came to a stop sign. When I stopped I immediately thought " dang, this thing just quit" (because there is no sound or vibration to let you know it's in fact still running) as I was looking down and around at the "motor" trying to figure out how to get it started again. I twisted the throttle and it took off again. Weird...although I guess you get used to it.

I had a similar experience on my first electric ride.  When I first came to a stop, I heard the chirp of a small bird in the distance.  It was weird.  I may have heard an ant drop a crumb    The only objectionable thing I found during that ride was a bit of a dead-band feeling when reapplying throttle after releasing to decelerate.  I think the professionals have tuned their throttle response to mimic acceleration control rather than speed control which is what my controller is set up for.  Not sure.  After a couple rides I quit noticing the deadband.  I haven't noticed the gyroscopic effect that MrP observed, but I haven't tried the Zero either.

Looking again at the Verge, I notice they retained the left hand lever, usually gone on an electric motorcycle.  They must be using it for the rear brake, since I don't see a foot brake.  Surprisingly, Zero filed a patent application last year to use a left hand lever to mimic a traditional clutch.