First 100km round trip commute on my 2020 Harley Davidson Livewire.

This is the inaugural commute for me on my 2020 Harley Davidson Livewire.
I had taken delivery of the bike the day prior and was keen to know if I had made the right decision.
This bike was planned to be my primary mode of transportation to and from my work. I live around 45km from my place of employment.
From what I had been told, this bike would get around 150-170km of range, but that number may be less if the commute had large stretches of highway. If I could reliably get 150km of range from each charge, leaving me with around 50km in the tank after my return trip, I would be happy!
The numbers:
Start: 100%; 164km range
At work: 75%; 123km range
Back home: 52%; 89km range

[@alexgoodman698]

When I was at Morgan and Wacker test riding the yellow LiveWire the salesman told me during the floods the chargers were submerged under water and no longer are usable, I asked the same thing about the free charging also

[@BikesBoatsBees]

@@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.

[@alexgoodman698]

@@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

[@hagestad]

cool bike. Harley has factories in mexico and Taiwan. If they wanted i bet they can make this bike under 6-7k$ . I mean chinese make entire electric cars for 9k

[@BikesBoatsBees]

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.

[@spencers4121]

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.

[@BikesBoatsBees]

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.