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When posting on Internet forums I try to always suggest things I know will work, especially when lethal voltages are involved.

These two Honda EU22i generators in parallel should put out 20A at 220V, about 4A more than the quick charger draws. One cool thing about inverter output is that the AC waveforms can be easily synched if the generators are identical.

Yes, could be - the Alta has so much torque available all the time, it might be happening more strongly & more often. Under acceleration my Zero does the teeter-totter thing to extremes, and if I set the shock rebound to compensate for what I call 'wheel hammer', the rear tire's spending most...

Just FWIW... if I gear up my Alta to 3.78:1 (14/53), I'll try 13/49 or 12/45 sprockets instead. After trying to live with huge (65 - 71T) rear sprockets on my direct-drive Zero, I found the anti-squat effect from large-diameter sprockets to be very real, and (IMO) NG for most dirt riding /...

My garage varies from 50F to 75F. In the winter I heat my Zero battery to 80F if possible, it makes a real difference in both performance and range. I think internal overheating during hard use is the real enemy, but Alta seems to have that covered.

Excellent - thanks !

Once you saw the app logon procedure (partial VIN required, kill switch off, kickstand down, etc.), you'd worry no more. :) A dealer would use a cable/laptop, unavailable to end users.

Zeros have had Bluetooth since '14 (used for changing one throttle map & checking battery parameters), and I believe the '18 models finally have reliable BT firmware updating.

Excellent! Thanks again

Thanks ! Much appreciated.

Absolutely - that's what I'd do too. Hopefully they'll follow Alta's lead, not KTM's. :^}

Yes, surely - and I guess this kind of colors my perception. Like everyone else prior to early 2017, I really had no choice in the matter: back then it was either ICE or a modified Zero for dirt (which no MX guys would've considered anyway). I'm very grateful for all the riding I got in on the...

I meant electric competition, obviously - ICE/electric comparisons are apples/oranges.

Excellent ideas! I think if one MXA employee rode the Alta once in the parking lot, every riding employee would've tried it by day's end, with a review to follow shortly (hopefully).

+1. I've been trying to squeeze just a basic non-electronics service manual out of them for four years now, you'd think I was asking for schematics & board layouts. :(

That would be outstanding! I guess that would ferro-fluid or something similar? Maybe you've seen this already & it's not exactly on topic, but I still can't can't enough of it (1:30 on is amazing)

Yes - it's so cool to have the bike stay level w/only the wheels moving over a succession of bumps, instead of the rocking-horse crap. I wonder how long it'll take production MX bikes to get active damping control, like some works-MX and street bikes have. It would be great to have separate...

With Zero, the stated reason was that they didn't want their proprietary technology - especially the MBB (Main Bike Board) which integrates the controller / charger / BMS / dash unit - out in the open, for fear of a flood of Chinese Zeros appearing soon after (which hasn't happened yet). I...

In any normal / competitive environment, I'd agree - but Alta has almost no competition at all. Zero was in the same position in '07, and had a nearly-continuous string of serious reliability problems until @ 2013, when things got a lot better (since then, it's been hit or miss - one of mine...

+1. I've read many comments over the years re magazines favoring testing brands that provide significant ad revenue - some of it might be sour grapes, but I don't think all of it is. If this is the case, I'd imagine you'll start seeing Alta etc. tests when you see ads for those bikes.