Missed this one! and it’s brought the memories flooding back so I’ll launch straight into a story 😂. Was dragged up there 35 years ago by my GF to stay in a remote cottage at Sandaig which was the location for a 1969 film called “Ring of Bright Water” about a London man who buys an otter called Mij but quickly realises it needed to live in its own habitat. So they move up there! Absolutely beautiful location and movie. Sad ending tho.
@ When you get that remote and ask the locals where the nearest Tesco’s is they look at you as if you’ve come from a different planet 🤣🤣 So you need a van with a generator for the bikes then? Not a fan of electric bikes and if it’s the future I will happily be labelled a dinosaur 🦖 Can’t imagine what RTTW would sound like if it were all electric. Don’t get me wrong my hybrid car goes well until you ask it to go round a bend but a bike? No gears, no clutch, ACC. I’d have to ask what’s the point as half the fun is the skill of making it work but maybe off road it makes more sense.
Haha! I actually did! Although I had the most charge out of everyone and because the chargepoints were quite spaced out we were sticking to around 50mph
@@CourtneyScarlettMoto I have a Rivian and Tesla, so I'm very pro EV. But packaging it on a motorcycle, suffice to give a good distance at 'real-world' speeds is definitely a difficult challenge for engineers based on the current available batteries/tech. Keep up the good work!
@@CourtneyScarlettMoto I call bullshit miss. Unless you are driving down hill with a wind in your back for 2 hours at 50 KPH. You are getting paid for this commercial and are not being truthful and that SUCKS for people who take you at your word. I can drain my Zero FX 7.2kwh in 20 minutes and it only weighs 275lbs. (That's if it does not overheat after 1 mile of WOT (passive rib cooling)). Range is 46 miles at regular speeds of 60-80 mph and i can get 90 mile range if my speed is UNDER 30mph. Also the bike was 13,500 USD and in the first 1100 miles the battery/bms went which cost the dealer 5,000 USD. and if you see the small print battery is warrantied for 5 years WITH 30 percent degregation!!!!!!! GTFO with lies please!
@@just_one_opinion gtfo my own page? I can only speak from my experience, which was 2 days in Scotland, on a brand new 2024 model. I’ve never owned one, and haven’t a clue how the battery may degrade over time. As you can see in the video, we did have some issues - everyone’s bike drained battery at very different levels despite us all travelling the same route and charging at the same time. We also had to ride slower at points then we would’ve liked to to preserve the battery and also barely made it to our hotel. If you want to be pedantic you can feel free to work out my locations and mileage and call me a liar but this is exactly what happened. 🤷🏼♀️
Aw thanks so much! I’m so annoyed with myself - I forgot to do my last audio check so I should’ve done it better! Always learning 😊 I’ll do better on the next one!
I see a lot of agressive comments about you promoting electric bikes which is unfair . Believe me IC bikes with all the manufacturers are going to be around for years . Hope you both had a blast and glad to see you riding again ..testing lol ❤ it
This lady is a paid operative, green activist and she sure as eff does not show HOURS spent charging or pissing her pants when all chargers are down and its 1 mile past range to next one....Not a fan of liars / decievers.
@@just_one_opinion paid operative and green activist 😂😂😂 I don’t like liars either so here’s the truth - I was a paid rider taking part in a video shoot. This vlog however is not paid, it’s just my experience and my opinion. Do I own an electric car or bike? No. Do I want to own one? Not currently no. Do I still think the bike is fun to ride? Yes. Does it have its flaws? Yes. Will I be doing a full review on my next video? Yes. 😊
Hey Courtney! I'm on my learners motorcycle licence here in Aotearoa New Zealand, about to sit my test to go up to the next intermediate level 'Restricted' ... hopefully I'll be on my Full next year some time. But I'm doing it all on electric motorcycles, so I will admit am definitely looking at a Zero DSR-X/SRF/SRS amongst others for when I get my Full! Love this video and have subscribed to keep watching :)
Hey Sarah! Ahh that’s awesome!! How exciting - I’ve never even heard of someone doing it all on electric so good on you! Let me know what you end up going for! 😊
🤣🤣 I think a lot of people feel that way to be fair - I can’t say I have plans to buy an electric motorbike but I do still think it’s a fantastic bike and highly enjoyable to ride - it’s just different 😊
Electric bikes are awesome for not hearing the engine. Especially dirt bikes...but RANGE figures and charging times and batteries are a LIE! BULLCRAP LIE!
@@just_one_opinion I really appreciate all of this engagement. And to be fair to you - I will take note to what you’ve said (and am going to side step all the bullshit you’ve said about me 😂) and will reiterate in my part 2 video the issues we experienced - I thought they were fairly clear to see but apparently not!
As said, audio was a bit of a struggle but you're aware 🙂 I'm not a dinosaur against electric bikes, it's just the range and price at the moment. Those models are nice looking bikes.
I think it’s fair to say probably 99% of bikers have their question marks around them 😂 but I love people who can be open minded! Completely agree on the price and range being off putting though! I certainly can’t afford one 😅
It’s weird for sure! And I will say (I’ll speak more of this in part 2) the electric bikes do lack character not having the feel and sounds of the engine. But that said, I still think it’s a great bike 👍🏻 ( but I could talk for ages on this so I’m gonna try to save it for the next video haha 😝)
Good vid Cortney, a bitt hard to hear what you are saying helmet of, a bit low, maybe a external mic. Again you do great composition picture and music. Just keep at it, i enjoy your vid`s a lot! 😊
Thank you so much, really appreciate all of your feedback. After seeing the comments I realised I forgot my last audio check on the video but I will keep learning from my mistakes and hopefully do better on the next one! 😊
Long term I can’t see the point of electric motorcycles because their exhaust gases are nothing in comparison to the carbon footprint of getting it all made & then generating the electricity to re charge? . I currently have a KTM & have owned motorcycles for the last 47 years . Emission on my KTM are next to nothing. Anyway thanks for all your great videos & keep enjoying your ride outs. Loved your trips across the US. 👍🏆
Gutted the audio hasn’t turned out right! 😭 usually do an extra audio check that I didn’t do even after hours and hours editing - oh well, a big lesson for me! And yeah no feedback and no engine sound is WEIRD! But you get used to it 🤪 it’s quite a different experience for sure
I bet the Govenment love these kind of vids promoting crap bikes, they will soon be banning the sale of petrol bikes for all of us, so, a big thanks for helping all motorcyclists everywhere
Did you actually watch it? 🤨 seems like probably not as this isn’t a promotion - this is just my thoughts on riding them. I love petrol bikes and certainly don’t ever want to see them banned - why would I? This is my livelihood as well as my hobby. At the end of the day electric bikes can still have their own place without petrol bikes being banned - and they don’t have to be for everyone 🤷🏼♀️
@@CourtneyScarlettMoto You are missing the point love, everyone is being drip fed this stuff until there are enough out there and then it will be a ban on petrol vehicles full stop. Just wait until the electric car taxes start appearing.
@@gregstretton8584 if they do I’d be as outraged as everyone else. I get that the topic frustrates you, but I’m really not the person to be mad at, love.
My EV makes over 900 lb/ft at zero revs and has no maintenance schedule (no oil, valves, cambelts, filters). Tell me what ICE you drive that betters that?
I still can't get used to motorcycles without exhaust sound :)
Haha I get it! 😅 it’s certainly strange at first
Missed this one! and it’s brought the memories flooding back so I’ll launch straight into a story 😂. Was dragged up there 35 years ago by my GF to stay in a remote cottage at Sandaig which was the location for a 1969 film called “Ring of Bright Water” about a London man who buys an otter called Mij but quickly realises it needed to live in its own habitat. So they move up there! Absolutely beautiful location and movie. Sad ending tho.
@@0x7C0 haha never heard of that movie! 😅 lovely area though! I want to spend much more time riding in Scotland if I can 😊
@ When you get that remote and ask the locals where the nearest Tesco’s is they look at you as if you’ve come from a different planet 🤣🤣 So you need a van with a generator for the bikes then? Not a fan of electric bikes and if it’s the future I will happily be labelled a dinosaur 🦖 Can’t imagine what RTTW would sound like if it were all electric. Don’t get me wrong my hybrid car goes well until you ask it to go round a bend but a bike? No gears, no clutch, ACC. I’d have to ask what’s the point as half the fun is the skill of making it work but maybe off road it makes more sense.
Great video...just a bought a zero DS...cant wait to receive it
Oh awesome! Let me know how you find it 😊
whatever happened to "rubyrides" do you know? she just literally vanished off the face of the earth x@@CourtneyScarlettMoto
@@s1dew1nd3r4 I’m afraid I don’t know! I know she’s okay but for whatever reason she’s not on social media anymore 🤷🏼♀️
@@CourtneyScarlettMoto strange, I found it really odd how she built such a following etc and then just disappeared, glad she's ok!
I enjoyed riding the DSR/X. But if you can ride it for over two hours and still have 70%+ of range remaining, I'll eat my Arai!
Haha! I actually did! Although I had the most charge out of everyone and because the chargepoints were quite spaced out we were sticking to around 50mph
@@CourtneyScarlettMoto I have a Rivian and Tesla, so I'm very pro EV. But packaging it on a motorcycle, suffice to give a good distance at 'real-world' speeds is definitely a difficult challenge for engineers based on the current available batteries/tech. Keep up the good work!
@@CourtneyScarlettMoto I call bullshit miss. Unless you are driving down hill with a wind in your back for 2 hours at 50 KPH. You are getting paid for this commercial and are not being truthful and that SUCKS for people who take you at your word. I can drain my Zero FX 7.2kwh in 20 minutes and it only weighs 275lbs. (That's if it does not overheat after 1 mile of WOT (passive rib cooling)). Range is 46 miles at regular speeds of 60-80 mph and i can get 90 mile range if my speed is UNDER 30mph. Also the bike was 13,500 USD and in the first 1100 miles the battery/bms went which cost the dealer 5,000 USD. and if you see the small print battery is warrantied for 5 years WITH 30 percent degregation!!!!!!!
GTFO with lies please!
@@just_one_opinion gtfo my own page? I can only speak from my experience, which was 2 days in Scotland, on a brand new 2024 model. I’ve never owned one, and haven’t a clue how the battery may degrade over time. As you can see in the video, we did have some issues - everyone’s bike drained battery at very different levels despite us all travelling the same route and charging at the same time. We also had to ride slower at points then we would’ve liked to to preserve the battery and also barely made it to our hotel. If you want to be pedantic you can feel free to work out my locations and mileage and call me a liar but this is exactly what happened. 🤷🏼♀️
It may have been difficult to hear you, but it's delightful to see your lovely face again! Missed you!!
Aw thanks so much! I’m so annoyed with myself - I forgot to do my last audio check so I should’ve done it better! Always learning 😊 I’ll do better on the next one!
So much fun to watch, Courtney. Can’t wait for part 2🤙🏽
Thanks so much! 😊
I see a lot of agressive comments about you promoting electric bikes which is unfair . Believe me IC bikes with all the manufacturers are going to be around for years . Hope you both had a blast and glad to see you riding again ..testing lol ❤ it
Haha! 😝 thank you so much ❤️
This lady is a paid operative, green activist and she sure as eff does not show HOURS spent charging or pissing her pants when all chargers are down and its 1 mile past range to next one....Not a fan of liars / decievers.
@@just_one_opinion paid operative and green activist 😂😂😂 I don’t like liars either so here’s the truth - I was a paid rider taking part in a video shoot. This vlog however is not paid, it’s just my experience and my opinion. Do I own an electric car or bike? No. Do I want to own one? Not currently no. Do I still think the bike is fun to ride? Yes. Does it have its flaws? Yes. Will I be doing a full review on my next video? Yes. 😊
Hey Courtney! I'm on my learners motorcycle licence here in Aotearoa New Zealand, about to sit my test to go up to the next intermediate level 'Restricted' ... hopefully I'll be on my Full next year some time. But I'm doing it all on electric motorcycles, so I will admit am definitely looking at a Zero DSR-X/SRF/SRS amongst others for when I get my Full! Love this video and have subscribed to keep watching :)
Hey Sarah! Ahh that’s awesome!! How exciting - I’ve never even heard of someone doing it all on electric so good on you! Let me know what you end up going for! 😊
They will have to literally tear my petrol motorbike from my dead lifeless hands before I switch to electric 😂
🤣🤣 I think a lot of people feel that way to be fair - I can’t say I have plans to buy an electric motorbike but I do still think it’s a fantastic bike and highly enjoyable to ride - it’s just different 😊
Electric bikes are awesome for not hearing the engine. Especially dirt bikes...but RANGE figures and charging times and batteries are a LIE! BULLCRAP LIE!
@@just_one_opinion I really appreciate all of this engagement. And to be fair to you - I will take note to what you’ve said (and am going to side step all the bullshit you’ve said about me 😂) and will reiterate in my part 2 video the issues we experienced - I thought they were fairly clear to see but apparently not!
Doesnt look like the mirrors are in the correct position?
Just looks weird on the camera perhaps? 🤷🏼♀️
Lovely Scottish weather as always 🤣
@@Senna-xi1gr oh yes, gotta love it 😂
As said, audio was a bit of a struggle but you're aware 🙂 I'm not a dinosaur against electric bikes, it's just the range and price at the moment. Those models are nice looking bikes.
I think it’s fair to say probably 99% of bikers have their question marks around them 😂 but I love people who can be open minded! Completely agree on the price and range being off putting though! I certainly can’t afford one 😅
When's part 2?
@@markhewitt6406 in a week or so hopefully! I need to work on editing a bit quicker 🤣👍🏻
I shall keep my eyes open for it then 👍 Ride safe.
@@markhewitt6406 thank you!! ☺️ you too
But isn't it boring to not have any engine sound?
It’s weird for sure! And I will say (I’ll speak more of this in part 2) the electric bikes do lack character not having the feel and sounds of the engine. But that said, I still think it’s a great bike 👍🏻 ( but I could talk for ages on this so I’m gonna try to save it for the next video haha 😝)
Weight, cost and range. Otherwise that's my dream bike.
I didn’t find the weight too bad but do agree with you on the price and range 👍🏻
Good vid Cortney, a bitt hard to hear what you are saying helmet of, a bit low, maybe a external mic. Again you do great composition picture and music. Just keep at it, i enjoy your vid`s a lot! 😊
Thank you so much, really appreciate all of your feedback. After seeing the comments I realised I forgot my last audio check on the video but I will keep learning from my mistakes and hopefully do better on the next one! 😊
Long term I can’t see the point of electric motorcycles because their exhaust gases are nothing in comparison to the carbon footprint of getting it all made & then generating the electricity to re charge? . I currently have a KTM & have owned motorcycles for the last 47 years . Emission on my KTM are next to nothing. Anyway thanks for all your great videos & keep enjoying your ride outs. Loved your trips across the US. 👍🏆
Riding with no feedback of engine sounds or gears must be weird. Just difficult to hear your comments. maybe the mic wasn't working?
Gutted the audio hasn’t turned out right! 😭 usually do an extra audio check that I didn’t do even after hours and hours editing - oh well, a big lesson for me!
And yeah no feedback and no engine sound is WEIRD! But you get used to it 🤪 it’s quite a different experience for sure
I bet the Govenment love these kind of vids promoting crap bikes, they will soon be banning the sale of petrol bikes for all of us, so, a big thanks for helping all motorcyclists everywhere
Did you actually watch it? 🤨 seems like probably not as this isn’t a promotion - this is just my thoughts on riding them. I love petrol bikes and certainly don’t ever want to see them banned - why would I? This is my livelihood as well as my hobby. At the end of the day electric bikes can still have their own place without petrol bikes being banned - and they don’t have to be for everyone 🤷🏼♀️
@@CourtneyScarlettMoto You are missing the point love, everyone is being drip fed this stuff until there are enough out there and then it will be a ban on petrol vehicles full stop. Just wait until the electric car taxes start appearing.
@@gregstretton8584 if they do I’d be as outraged as everyone else. I get that the topic frustrates you, but I’m really not the person to be mad at, love.
All good, this chick got paid for her part in de-industrializing Germs / EU...she will eat crow.
Very poor audio., sad not to hear what you were saying. 🥲🥲🥲
I know! 😢 I messed up the audio on the this one - I’ll try and do better next time! 😌
EV bikes shite EV cars shite.
My EV makes over 900 lb/ft at zero revs and has no maintenance schedule (no oil, valves, cambelts, filters). Tell me what ICE you drive that betters that?