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Sorry for the long silence on this thread but here is a brief update.
Paktrakr, BattEQ and Battery Life Saver are all installed and working. Also installed Norm Woodward's spring upgrade and it has produced a real improvement in the ride. Norm's display and data capture add on for the Paktrakr has been purchased but isn't installed yet.
Casper (It's been named) is currently grounded because it's owners found out they are required to have a motorcycle license to drive it in Iowa. We have our learner's permits but have to organize getting Casper to the nearest driving test location which is beyond his range.
Prior to the grounding the following numbers were observed for energy consumption:
Date KWH Miles KWH/Mile Miles/KWH.
7/1/2008 2.22 5.5 0.404 2.477
7/2/2008 5.11 14.3 0.357 2.798
7/3/2008 2.20 4.8 0.458 2.182
7/4/2008 1.15 2.6 0.442 2.261
7/5/2008 5.67 18.0 0.315 3.175
7/6/2008 3.29 9.8 0.336 2.979
7/7/2008 3.52 11.1 0.317 3.153
7/8/2008 2.05 3.2 0.641 1.561
7/9/2008 2.17 4.3 0.505 1.982
7/10/2008 2.53 5.2 0.487 2.055
7/11/2008 3.15 6.1 0.516 1.937
This is a total of 84.9 miles within the first 200 miles of use. For
an average of .389 KWH/mile or 2.568 miles/KWH. This is about what is expected for early stage performance. Others are reporting closer to .3KWH/Mile or 3 miles/KWH.
That's all for now. Those interested in a broader view of the trials and tribulations of being a Xebra owner should check out the Yahoo group xebra_ev.
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