Figured I should finally introduce myself. I've been a part of two university electric motorcycle teams in the last few years, and just recently had the incredible good fortune of buying one of the project bikes from my school after many of the electric vehicle team members graduated, and the team shifted back towards electric cars for their next project.
So I have a 2016 Zero FXS that has low (but pretty hard) miles on it, and has been wrenched on by students with varying levels of attention to detail (e.g., they lost the ABS unit after removing it from the bike). I'm working to get it back into street-running shape (sans ABS for now), and this forum has already been really useful to start troubleshooting some of the problems I've had.
While working on my past electric motorcycle projects, I've usually been "the motorcycle guy," and haven't gotten too deep into the electric powertrain systems. Now, that gets to change. I'm working on getting together what I need to talk to the SEVCON controller, and hope to get to know the Zero battery and powertrain systems a lot better.
Also, I'm hoping to put together what I need to swap the FXS between supermoto and dirt configurations. I currently have a DR-Z400 that I use for off-road trail riding, but I'll sell the DR-Z if the Zero can fill both roles with a little more than a wheel swap. The wheels are one thing (a $500 thing, if I get the wheels new), but I think the front brake caliper location is going to be the complicated part. I'll be posting on the Zero board about that before long.
So that's me. Great to be here, and looking forward to the ride!
