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Worksoptony

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Throttle fault
« on: March 07, 2018, 02:30:38 AM »

Hi everybody, has anybody any experience of dismantling the throttle? I have an issue with my throttle response being poor from a standstill. But before I dismantle the throttle would there be anything that I could service myself. Or should I bin it and just get a new one?
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Re: Throttle fault
« Reply #1 on: March 07, 2018, 11:34:25 AM »

From your post history, you seem to have a 2014 Zero, which has a Magura throttle. This should be relatively simple to examine with a multimeter:

https://zeromanual.com/index.php/Unofficial_Service_Manual#Magura_Throttle

The Magura also has generic replacements (off the shelf availability and the Domino alternative):
https://zeromanual.com/index.php/Advanced_Modifications#Throttle_Upgrade
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Worksoptony

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Re: Throttle fault
« Reply #2 on: March 08, 2018, 02:46:17 AM »

Thanks Brian, I'm hoping that it is the throttle that is the problem The bike has the acceleration of a Robin Reliant at the moment. First step replace the throttle I think.
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Re: Throttle fault
« Reply #3 on: March 08, 2018, 02:40:14 PM »

Hi Worksoptony, I had a throttle issue on my 2014 S. When checking the resistance with a multimeter, it should read 0 kohm at no throttle and when turning the throttle, work its way up to 5kohms. Mine was missing some values so it only had values from 0,2-3.2, 4-4.1. This meant that I had missing throttle values of 0-2, 3.2-4.1, and 4.1-5. So no throttle regen as that must occur between 0-2 kohms and no full power as 4.1-5 was missing. A thottle replacement fixed this. I’ve tried the Domino replacement just for a change and good for about a year so far.


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Worksoptony

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Re: Throttle fault
« Reply #4 on: March 12, 2018, 02:50:50 AM »

Thanks Fred, just waiting on  a new throttle to be delivered at the moment.
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