NIU Life (or life at 28mph)

 I used a job I've got to do where I volunteer as an excuse for another ride today. It was three and a half miles each way, with a stop for shopping on the way back. Yesterday, I mentioned the ride quality - and I wonder if the 'nervousness' I talked about from the bike relates to a higher centre of gravity for the machine than I'm used to. Certainly I feel as though I'm sitting ON the bike not IN it, as I did with the SYM. The mirrors are daft - yes they give a view behind, but only just, and when slightly out of position they lose their target - maybe I'm too wide! I haven't quite got the parking sequence yet - I'm always setting the alarm off while securing the machine. This will take a bit of practice methinks. I've got the app to send me an alert every time the alarm goes off.(And, I've set the dash clock to local, as opposed Beijing, time through the app). It doesn't seem to be possible to change the indicator tone - as is feasible on o...

 Yay! It's been delivered! I'll post about the dealer and the service later. The bike was unloaded and set up - 100% battery charge, all good. I did the 'binding' thing with the app, and was just about to go for a quick spin before the delivery guy left, and I noticed the battery display was blank and I had a red light on the dash....... This was the dreaded 'error 99' fault, which required a lot of battery disconecting, reconnecting, restarting, waiting - and hey presto! it's gone. It might have been the binding, and a firmware update that did it. The biggest first impression was the silence - there's (obviously) no audio feedback from the engine, no vroom. This is a bit disconcerting when starting the thing up. The next thing I noticed was the harsh suspension - this isn't a bike for long distance comfort. The ride isn't 'bad' but there's a lot of feedback from the road surface. While it's sure footed (probably more so than my...