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Loving the country roads in Australia and have ridden gravel and many water crossings with Livewire with no issue. At the end one caught me out as it had to many warning signs. Going to slowly through a slippery water crossing had me just fall over with the bike. Enough the sreiourslu bend the handlebars, make the front brake mushy and scratch some other bits and pieces.
Aside of having the cosmetics addressed, I want to get back riding ASAP. Seems it it is hard to get either original or potentially better after market bars for the LW.
Will enventually source all the other bits but has anyone a generic product number so I can order either HD or after market replacement?

Harley dealer in Sydney not helpful at all.....

Bringing this topic up again in the hope HD reads soem of this and factors it into their product development, or aftermarket "customising" options are emerging.

Loving the country road rides with my LW1, however, road options are limited to CCS2 fast chargers and slow overnight chargers along the way. Looking for options to upgrade the sloowww onboard charger with an adjustable AC charger allowing for slow overnight and ramping up to faster AC charging. At least 3kW but the more the better. Technically replacing the current onboard charger with a similar sized unit, replacing any fuses and some cables or so, might still fit under the tank. 

Any thoughts? Anyone working on this or is HD just to hard to "customise"?

Zero has some great specials on the S and DS 2014 stock in Oz now. this makes these bikes quite a bit more attractively priced than the SR. would you go for it or pay the big bucks for a SR?

An S 11.4 is A$19,990 vs a SR 11.4 at A424,490. Giving that difference and that the bikes are the same but for the motor and controller seems an interesting option. Range etc. same. just a slightly less nippy bike.

more details:
ZERO MOTORCYCLES 'Early Adoptors Rebate'
ZERO S 8.5
$20,490 RIDE AWAY
$16,990 RIDE AWAY WITH EA REBATE

ZERO S 11.4
$23,490 RIDE AWAY
$19,990 RIDE AWAY WITH EA REBATE

ZERO DS 11.4
$23,490 RIDE AWAY
$19,990 RIDE AWAY WITH EA REBATE

ZERO FX 5.7
$19,490 RIDE AWAY
$15,990 RIDE AWAY WITH EA REBATE

Harley considering an Electric !?

As a Harley rider (ex) I met with some senior people of HD showing them my Zero. I got interesting feedback. The young product development guy was very interested, the old one did not want to go near my "monster". The MD simple asked: "would you sell your Harley?" "Is it more than a utility to you ?" Obviously he was relating to the community spirit that HD lives from.
Anyway, the rest is history for me.... A rebel without the noise...

http://pursuitist.com/harley-davidson-building-entry-level-motorcycle-considering-electric-model/

Hi all

After all I got my 2011 S running again! That is for a week only. Back to same error that controller goes right into red LED and motor turns only a little. Now and then I get the contactor error message on the dash as well. Motor turns a bit and some sort of arcing sound can be heard. It came up again as I was tidying up the speed sensor. Have a 2010 motor in 2011 so it is a difficult fit.

For the riders inhere with contactor error was this the case?  Or a reset of MBB to recognise all sensor properly?

now, next week I am again in Hong Kong. always meant to see the BRammo bikes that they had sitting with a distributor for a couple of years now.
and today, Zero Germany (all in German) shares that they landed a big fleet deal. in fact the biggest Zero fleet deal in Hong Kong.

Hong Kong went through a selection/tendering process. Would love to know how participated. Considering the strong chinese EV market - but then the selection really shows that not many are up to quality and performance.

Congrats Zero.

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151612246854932.1073741826.125511504931&type=1
(in German)

now u don't hear them coming in Hong Kong. guess need to be careful or get one as well while over. For anyone that knows Hong Kong - it had has amazing hills - these I want to see a Zero take - and the remaining charge ....

edit - moved to "news" as is more appropriate place.

PS: are these pics 2012 or 2013 models ?

hi all and Harlan

so what would be the specs of a supped up with the sevcon6 controller 2012 bike? In terms of performance and range. does it reduce the range a lot or is still reasonable ?

Obviously wondering if this mod is within mods allowed to ride it on the public roads ?

Hi all,
me again, still seem to be running into problems with the Agni motor after every couple of k miles. Replaced the motor about 6 months ago with similar originating symptoms. In the hope that other rides have experienced similar and know more of the root cause I posting this again. here it goes:

1. recently the bike started again to have the motor growl and not turn properly when I am trying to start my ride. At this stage turning the key on/off seems to reset the bike enough at this stage to get the motor to turn better.
2. while riding the motor seems to turn a bit heavier at occasions and seems to get as well warmer as after every ride, even slower ones the fan kicks in and runs for a couple minutes when I stop the bike.
3. while accelerating at mid speed the motor cuts out. Previously replaced throttle for this or suspecting controller having a software hickup with a current spike.

Conditions as these problems develop:
- replaced motor with new one and all seemed fine (Zero service provided good overseas support)
- bike seems to run suberb, fast, nippy, fun before this starts to happen again
- It is summer down under and average temps are up compared to winter
- motor has done about 1500miles

I heard of occasions that the Agni motor blocked altogether on MX bikes as described below. Maybe I am need of a motor overhaul ??

here the info:
Situation:
First motor was blocked after a some hours of racing.
The second motor was already blocked within the first half hour of run time.

Analysis and repair:
On both motors the air gap between rotor and the magnets on the brush side was closed.Thus the rotors touched the magnets and were blocked

After demounting of the rotor it was visually and electrically checked. All solder joints were visually in good condition and also the measured resistance values were those of a new rotor.The rotor did not show any indications of being overheated.
Demounting of the rotor showed that the central screw was not properly tight. Due to a very tight fitting of shaft and rotor the required torque to unscrew the rotor remained high.
All parts were cleaned and remainders of the previously used bolt adhesive were removed. The rotor was mounted again and the screw was fixed by bolt adhesive.

Assumed reason for the fault:

Each acceleration activity will put force on the rotor and the central screw. Due to the mounting position of the motor in the ZERO chassis and as a consequence the rotation direction of the rotor in combination with the right handed thread of the joint and shaft this force will be able to loosen the screw if it is not fixed strongly enough.

With a left handed thread the force would help to keep the rotor in place.

Proposed corrective actions:
Solution 1:  „quick and cheap“
Tighten the central screw of the blocked rotor until the rotor is firmly pressed against the edge guide of the shaft again an the rotor is aligned in the center between the magnets.
Check frequently to ensure that the rotor is still correctly fixed.


Solution 2:  „moderate effort“
Dismount the rotor and carefully clean all parts and central screw
Mount the rotor again
Tighten the screw firmly and fix it with bolt adhesive


Solution 3:  „maximum effort“
Dismount the rotor and shaft and carefully clean all parts.
Change shaft and central screw to left handed thread.
Tighten the screw firmly and fix it by bolt adhesive.