ElectricMotorcycleForum.com

  • May 20, 2024, 05:30:39 PM
  • Welcome, Guest
Please login or register.

Login with username, password and session length
Advanced search  

News:

Electric Motorcycle Forum is live!

Show Posts

This section allows you to view all posts made by this member. Note that you can only see posts made in areas you currently have access to.

Topics - DaveMplano

Pages: [1]
1
Zero Motorcycles Forum | 2013+ / FXS LED Headlamp
« on: February 23, 2020, 10:16:52 PM »
I have been disappointed with the performance of the headlamps on my 2016 FXS.  It is my daily driver for all but a few months (days this winter) and the dim headlamp has been an annoyance.  I replaced the OEM lamp with a Sylvania Silverstar lamp, which worked better for a while.  After a year, I noticed again poor light output.  Taking the headlamp apart, I discovered that the lamp had burned the reflector off of the housing--not good. I lined the housing with aluminum foil to buy time for H3 LEDs to become affordable.  I also found source of replacement low-beam headlamps and to be safe, bought two. 

A few weeks ago I bought a pair of Max5 H3 lamps from Amazon for $40.00.  Installation is easy, though since the lamps have a heatsink and fan on the back, I also stepped the headlamps out 1/2" to give them room (requires 30mm screws to mount) and am very pleased with the result.

It is not summer yet, so too soon to say if they hold up in the heat, but so far, so good.

No lit photo because it looks like about all the other LED headlight photos on the internet.

Recently

2
Zero Motorcycles Forum | 2013+ / SOC indicator wildly inaccurate
« on: December 08, 2018, 08:43:25 PM »
I have a 2016 FXS with about 7800 miles on it.  With MBB firmware release 48, the "fuel gauge" was a pretty reliable indicator how much juice was left.  After upgrading to release 53 in September, the indicator bears no relation to the battery state whatsoever.   After a full charge and the phone app showing 115 volts in the batteries, the indicator will show 2, 0, 17, 24, or whatever, at start.  After riding a while, it may change to some other value or it may not. 

I have reset the batteries--why not--to no effect.  Is there a means to reset the MBB?  I have not taken the bike to the dealer, though will soon.  Perhaps there is a newer firmware release that addresses this problem.

3
Zero Motorcycles Forum | 2013+ / Turn Signal Beeper
« on: October 15, 2017, 01:40:13 AM »
Here is an addition I made to my FXS.

I am not a big user of turn signals; I use them when I feel it is necessary, but otherwise I skip it.  I especially do not like forgetting to turn the signal off after my rare use.  Many years ago, a classmate with a then-new Honda CB 500-Four gave me a lift and I osberved the bike had a turn signal beeper—what a great idea!  Since, I have installed or repaired turn signal beepers on my bikes.


4
Zero Motorcycles Forum | 2013+ / Brake Light Bar
« on: October 15, 2017, 01:38:21 AM »
Here is an addition I made to my FXS.

The lone tail lamp seems just too small and so I added an LED bar to the bottom of the license plates on my bikes.  Preparing an adapter cable allows the addition without cutting the vehicle wiring harness.  It also permits easy removal when it is time to sell or change things around.

Pages: [1]