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Day 3: Bitten by the Rattler Tuesday was a slow burn, although one with the most unique charging experiences I've had. I rode up to the rally headquarters at 8:30 a.m., so I had time to chat before we headed out on another group ride. The plan was for all the rally...

@zandman - welcome!

Halfway down Ellijay Rd, I was stuck waiting for some construction. After 5 minutes, @klaviator pulled up and shared some bad news from his ride this morning. Someone was severely injured as they went off the side of the road and was medivac'd out. It shook me up a bit, questioning some of my...

1157 was gorgeous. Twisting around a gorgeously green mountain forest that enveloped the road, interspersed with brief vignettes of Lake Glenville. We made a bathroom stop at The Pines Recreation Area along the lake, and then continued along side it for some time. After...

Day 2 - Cashiers, Bridal Veil, and a sobering ride home I slept like crap last night. I don't know if it was the fearful voice in my head that said I was going to run out of range on our group ride or if the pillows were incapable of being stacked into a comfortable position, but I woke up...

What a small world! While there were multiple Burgmans there, as far as I know, I had the only BMW scooter there! I'm still working on the post for that day... but me and my bike. are indeed hiding in those photos. I'm hiding in the back with my hi-viz airbag vest just to the right of the sign...

As soon as I pulled in, folks started coming in to look at this oddball new guy who was rolling up in an electric scooter. Out of the 50 or so scooterists here, I'm the only guy who's on electric, and the only guy who has a range of less than 100 miles. I'm also one of the youngest people by...

Day 1 Continued (ran into the image attachment limit) Now that I have a nearly full charge, it's time to make a bigger hop into Mooresville, NC. It's nearly 9am, and I'm already sweating in this humid July heat. It doesn't get any better as I head further south, either. Mooresville is famous...

@wspollack - Yeah, I ran into some technical issues. I'll fix it :)

Day 1: Flying through the Piedmont Like most of my adventures, I'm out the door before the sun rises - 5:49am. My goal today is to make it across the "Piedmont" (French for "foot hills") region of North Carolina and into the mountains: I quickly make my way through the...

- Bicycle multi-tool with torx & hex wrenches - Small adjustable wrench - Knife - Tire plug kit - Air Compressor - Tie wraps

PREPARATION Once I committed to attending the Beat the Heat Rally, it was time to dig into the logistics. With electric two-wheelers, particularly short-range ones like the CE 04, we're still at the point where planning helps. @klaviator was so kind as to send me routes from previous years...

Bummer, I don't have a "LIGHTS" section in the Settings menu. What firmware version are you at? My bike has been stuck with 013_012_050 ever since purchase.

Does the Automatic Turn Cancellation feature work? That was a rumored feature for firmware updates that never seemed to make it's way to the US version.

I'm glad to hear they are still updating the firmware for the CE 04. I'll be sure to ask about this update when I go in for my 12k maintenance - I'm hoping it offers the same improvement on Android.

There is a long-standing tradition within art and music of introducing an arbitrary limitation into your work to coax innovative creation. Along the same lines, there is a long-standing tradition within the Adventure Riding community of riding bikes in ways they were never designed for. Think...

Based on some rough measurements, the Puig windscreen offers ~10% more range than the BMW tall windscreen, or ~15% more range than the BMW short windscreen. I use a Shad SH48, which is spacious but ugly. I use it only when I need to. It's worth noting that the Shad top-case mount cannot be...

Nice find! I had been looking for an option that could do 120V or 240V with toggleable ground protection, which took me 6 months of searching to figure out: This cable lives in the side-bag of my CE 04 for emergency purposes, but I've only used it for overnight stays so far. The only...

30A is all the CE 04 CE can handle. That said, I went with 60A to future proof it.

While it is absolutely true that CE 04 sales in the US are minimal, they seem to be selling well in the EU & Turkey. I can’t find any global sales stats, but I’d be willing to bet the CE 04 is the top selling electric two-wheeler in the 400cc+ class. BMW has offered an electric scooter in the US...