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Makes And Models => Zero Motorcycles Forum | 2013+ => Topic started by: MostlyBonkers on December 06, 2015, 02:28:40 AM
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How do you feel about sharing links to useful content in this thread? This forum is full of great information and considered discussions but newcomers won't know where to start or even what to search for. Old topics tend to get buried and only those that have been here for years would have any knowledge of them.
There are also lots of well respected blogs, websites, Facebook groups, YouTube videos etc.
Just paste your links to topics on this forum or any other resource that you've found interesting or useful in some way. Don't worry about duplication as I'm willing to go through all the posts and collate the links into a single list. I could even edit this original post and include the list here so that people get straight to it.
I'm sure we'll all benefit by discovering hidden gems. I'd also like to provide a list to the nice people at Streetbike. It could be useful material for their salespeople to get up to speed with. It could also be something they could pass onto customers who'd like to learn more and join in on the forum.
Any comments and suggestions are always welcome of course.
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Here's a good place to start:
http://zeromanual.com/index.php/Main_Page
You'll find lots of useful info there, much of it condensed from this forum. It's a fantastic new addition to our community resources. Thanks to Mr_Dude for creating and administering the wiki site and Brian for producing a ton of content to get it off to a great start.
Here's an article by yours truly:
Lithium Ion (Li-ion) Batteries used in Zero Motorcyles - all you need to know
http://www.electricmotorcycleforum.com/boards/index.php?topic=4280
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Oh, and perhaps it doesn't have to be Zero specific. It's just somewhere to start as they are the most likely bike people are considering.
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2016 Zero Lineup Announcement at AIMEXPO
http://www.electricmotorcycleforum.com/boards/index.php?topic=5055
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Electric Motorcycle Owners Map
http://www.electricmotorcycleforum.com/boards/index.php?topic=3582
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https://youtu.be/6YIEVdFt0OE
2015 SR review by gizmag
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Hypothetically, if you could charge a zero in UNDER 1 hour
http://www.electricmotorcycleforum.com/boards/index.php?topic=5040
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Justin's Elcon
http://www.electricmotorcycleforum.com/boards/index.php?topic=5224
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Zero FX related facebook page -
https://m.facebook.com/Zerofxebike/
Sent from my E6653 using Tapatalk
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Ryan, the chap at Zero who is responsible for the Z-Force motors recommends these videos as a good intro to electric motors. I think they work really well:
https://youtu.be/3GI-biC3aP8
https://youtu.be/a_nsgzlrZGU
https://youtu.be/oFI7VW6WGR4
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Zero casts - well worth watching Ryan talk about his motors
http://livestream.com/accounts/14139273/events/4534534
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More Zero events here:
http://livestream.com/accounts/14139273
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Battery notes from a Farasis Engineer.
http://www.electricmotorcycleforum.com/boards/index.php?topic=5314
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This thread, is a moderator able to maintain this at the very top of this forum?
The info provided to-date is excellent.
Thanks....
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Thanks SR. I was hoping others might contribute too. I'll keep adding links when I think of them.
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Thanks SR. I was hoping others might contribute too. I'll keep adding links when I think of them.
We need a official brake pad replacement thread
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You might find something in this thread useful:
What have you done with your 2013 brakes
http://www.electricmotorcycleforum.com/boards/index.php?topic=2889
I found this too:
2014 Zero SR constant and loud squeaking rear brakes
http://www.electricmotorcycleforum.com/boards/index.php?topic=3498
It's worth doing a search or two, but if you've already done that, then it's worth starting a new topic. [emoji4]
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BRAKES 2012-2014
Try to not use synthetics pads or "sintered", but organic or semi sintered ones…sintered are better for very aggressive riding/braking, but mostly are noisy
Sand the pads (in the 2012 models keep the sintered pads. the brake pump is very weak)
Grease the back of the pads lightly with copper grease
Make sure the brake fluid is in good shape and the type/specs you need, if in doubt replace with fresh one (not form an already opened bottle)
Make sure you do not have the little brake fluid deposit over-filled (top), there has to be some empty space, or your bike will be lightly "braked" and your disk/pads will deteriorate prematurely...and you will get less range
Check caliper position
Check caliper springs if any
Check wheel,. Is it true?
Sand the disk, it could have lightly crystalized
Make sure all the bolts in the system (including wheel) are properly tightened
After all of this has been preformed and before riding clean everything exposed to dirt/grease with isopropyl alcohol
When riding again try to not brake very aggressively the firsts 20-30 miles
It is a question of time that Zero will add double front disk brakes in the road bikes range. Single disk is not recommended for the kind of speeds/overall weight the new models are reaching. This last statement is coming from an expert ;)
Another advice is to remove/replace the rear brake spring. In the 2012-14 (Have not checked the 15-16 models) there is an over designed spring like the one you would use in a dirt bike…you do not need that for a road bike…actually there is a kind of spring inside the brake pump, so the external one is just to keep the foot-pedal without rattling.
Test the rear brake. Doesn't it brake better now? ;)
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StephentheEE create a cooling air duct: http://electricmotorcycleforum.com/boards/index.php?topic=5430.0 (http://electricmotorcycleforum.com/boards/index.php?topic=5430.0)
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Fast charging DS MY2015
The results are a bit disappointing I'm afraid:
Zero MBB log
Serial number b'2015_mbb_ca1a29_00460'
VIN b'538SD7Z20FCB04743'
Firmware rev. 40
Board rev. 3
Model b'DS'
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Perhaps you can try the other option in the Zero app and download the MBB and Battery logs? The app says it takes about ten minutes and you end up with two 128Kb files. I've attached the results from when I tried it as log.txt and log1.txt
Here are some instructions explaining what I did to run the utility:
1. Download and install the Windows Python client 3.5.1 from here: https://www.python.org/downloads/
2. Create a folder on your C:\ drive called py
3. In that folder create a file called py.bat with the following contents:
cd C:\Users\<UserName>\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python35-32\
pause
python zero_log_parser.py c:\py\Erasmo.bin -o c:\py\Erasmo.txt
pause
Replace <UserName> with your own Username on your PC. You should be able to browse to the relevant folder and find a file called python.exe - just so you know you've got the path correct.
4. Copy your .bin file to c:\py and rename it to something useful.
5. Edit your py.bat file to change the Erasmo.bin and Erasmo.txt files accordingly.
6. Don't forget the save your .bat file
7. Double-click on your py.bat file
8. You should get a screen like the attached screenshot
9. Open the txt file in your favourite text editor. I like Notepad++.
I'm sure there is probably a more elegant way of doing this, but this is what worked for me. I hope this helps and good luck with that CHAdeMO kit! :-)
http://www.electricmotorcycleforum.com/boards/index.php?topic=5428.msg40269#msg40269
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http://cleanrider.com/
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http://zeromanual.com/index.php/Main_Page