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I bought an FXS in 2017, on a $2000 year-end discount. They sold the last FX just before I reached the store  The FXS is great, but it slides on the gravel roads near my new house in the wet.

What dual-sport tires can I mount on the FSX rims ?
The handbook says the rims are 3.00 x 17" front and 3.50 x 17". Currently it's got Pirelli Diablo Rosso II 110/70-R17 and 140/70-R17

I'm thinking about Pirelli MT-60 130/80-17 for the rear, same as the DS, and 110/90 - 17 for the front.
Or maybe Pirelli Scorpion 130/80 R 17 on the rear and 110/70 R 17 for the front.

I made a map with Zeemaps that allows users to add their electric motorcycle to a worldwide map of other riders:
https://www.zeemaps.com/view?group=939336&x=8.461561&y=20.545427&z=15

Go to the link above, click "add" and enter your information. I hope people put their email so other users can contact them.

Enjoy!

I just tried that link in my Firefox 52 and could not see how to add an entry. The base URL at
https://www.zeemaps.com/map?group=939336 has the navigation ribbon.

I was considering the following:

Get left hand brake cylinder/lever.
Locate line from rear master cylinder to ABS and disconnect from cylinder.
Reroute line to front and connect to left hand master cylinder.
Fill, bleed, good?

Anyone know why this would not work? Any suggestions or recommendations? Anyone already done this?

I did that recently. I got a left-hand brake lever with master cylinder from a local bike shop (not sure what's it's off - he said "does it matter?"). The rear brake line is just about the right length. I was able to bleed out the line through the master cylinder - I took the lid off and pumped carefully, keeping the cylinder filled with fluid and watching bubbles till they stopped and I was able to feel the brake work. My aim was to have an effective left-hand control to use while backing my bike down a narrow ramp - without a clutch and the resistance of a piston engine, the front brake alone cannot hold the bike. That works fine.

What did not work was my attempt to have both the hand and foot controls work. I should have figured this out before spending $100 on a hose and a few hours of my time, but 3 motorcycle technicians at 2 different bike shops failed to point out it was stupid when I explained what I wanted to do. If you do that - fit a double banjo bolt on the ABS controller and connect both master cylinders - what happens is that one reservoir pumps into the other one because the reservoir port is open when the lever is not depressed. I guess you would need to fit a separate caliper and brake line. You can have two slave cylinders (two front brakes) on a double banjo because slave cylinders have no vent.



I had previously ordered a cheap clutch kit online, as suggested by a different bike tech, but that turned out to have the wrong size fittings, and was probably too small - a small cylinder volume and reservoir - although the reservoir was on the correct side of the lever. Someone else told me that snowmobiles often have a left-hand brake, which may be another option.

Last week I'd been getting my FXS muddy and getting a bit low on charge, so proceeded to ride it home conservatively (about a steady 50kph). I started back on the road at something like 17% charge and it was steadily dropping the further I went. I'd done the math in my head to figure I'd just about make it when the bike suddenly died and went straight to 0% from 7%. It was quicker to push it the rest of the way home (3km) than beg a charge with the built-in charger.

What is other's experience ?

A few days later I made it home with 5%. Does the Zero normally drop smoothly to 0%, or fall off a cliff at some point? My Leaf starts beeping "charge now" and later the charge indicator starts flashing  with about 15km to go out of 200, with according to others even more flashing when it's really low for a final chance to limp to a charger. Of course, that's harder to push...

Update: here's a plot (attached) from the bike logs. 15:00 I rode down the highway, 15:50 I rode back up, 16:10 I played in the mud and 16:20 I rode home.

I put the too-short kickstand down and as I was getting off the bike it rolled forward, fell over and knocked me flat on my butt.

There are a couple of threads about parking brakes such as one I started at http://electricmotorcycleforum.com/boards/index.php?topic=7432.0. Wrapping velcro around the brake lever seems the popular solution. I haven't yet tried to park on a hill but it's clearly something to watch for. I'm just getting over dumping mine on a merely wet road - more torque that I'm used to on my gas bike

I'd love to see Zero offer left-hand brake lever as a standard option.

I installed the aftermarket one and it makes such a huge differnce
being able to put right foot on the ground when maneuvering and
being able to stop the bike from rolling with the non-throttle hand.

Any details on the "aftermarket one" - vendor etc. ? Is this a real left-hand brake (continuously variable pressure, rather than just a lock) ? Zero told me they can't offer such a thing themselves due to "regulatory requirements".

Add a left hand rear brake, many have, Zero should.

Any details ? Zero say that they can't because of "regulatory guidelines" (US/California probably). They offer a >$600 "parking brake" which does 100% immobilization - not what I'm looking for, and seems to be  right-hand operation. (page 3-20 of the 2017 owners manual)