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[manitou]

Besides the obvious battery sizes, what changed between years?
(A Wikipedia write up waiting to happen I bet.. For all the models yards for that matter)

Thanks!

[Cortezdtv]

for the fx:

sorry this might be a little all over the place

MY13 uses:
koso guage
independent battery (doesnt work with 14 or 15 batteries)
13 still has small head bearing stimilar to the 2012


the 2014 has much larger headbearings
and i beleive the 15 is larger once again


fork info
MY13 are fast ace, the DS and FX forks are interchangeable so you can go to supermotor wheels/ street wheels, and still keep fx stock height (using the s or ds wheels which have larger rotor much better stopping!!!)

38mm top and bottom clamp size

you can put the S forks on the fx to get a lower (1-1.5") and then use the s wheels with the larger rotor

and then once again the xu will be one step shorter again, the 13 xu also has a lower rear shock that is extremely low!!! lowers the fx to IIRC (off top of my head I can get a pic) 28" seat height compared to a 32ish of stock fx

basically all wheels can be interchanged from 2012-2015

the 14s have the larger bearings going to the Ball style bearings rather than the 13's which have "pin rollers"

14 triple clamps are ID
38-39mm top and 48 bottom **** need to varify that

MY15 clamps ID 49 and 49


13 non interchangable battery
14-15 interchangable

14-15 have the more unique Zero guage cluster

what else are you looking for? give me points and Ill see if I can get you answers

[protomech]

'13 series configuration Meanwell HLG-320H, 30 amp quick charger fuse
'14-15 Green Watt Power EVC-116-1200 charger, 100 amp quick charger fuse (S/SR/DS)

'13 nissin front/rear brakes; 43 mm fast-ace forks
'14 nissin front, j juan rear brakes; 43 mm fast-ace forks, increased front/rear travel (S)
'15 bosch abs, j juan front/rear brakes; 41 mm showa forks/rear suspension

'13 25 Ah Farasis cells, 2 year battery warranty
'14 25 Ah Farasis cells, 5 year battery warranty
'15 27 Ah Farasis cells, 5 year battery warranty

'13-14 angular mirror style (used since 2011)
'15 rounded mirror style

'13-14 IRC tires
'15 pirelli tires

'14-15 have a 25 Ah power tank option to extend range by 20-25%

'13 koso gauge
'14-15 custom gauge

'13 has '12-style side plastics
'14-15 have plastic side fins that direct some air to the motor

'14-15 FX has twin projector headlights, passenger seat and pegs

'14-15 SR (not available in 2013)

etc

The 2014 and 2015 press kits have a pretty good summary of the changes here:
http://www.zeromotorcycles.com/press/

[manitou]

Has the motor/controller stayed the same '13-'15?

[benswing]

Here is a 2014 Electric Motorcycles Buyer's Guide:
http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1089188_2014-electric-motorcycles-buyers-guide

Here is a 2015 Electric Motorcycles Buyer's Guide:
http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1094729_2015-electric-motorcycles-buyers-guide

There isn't one for 2013.

All the Zero models are there and you can also see what else came out that year.

[protomech]

Has the motor/controller stayed the same '13-'15?

Essentially yes. They recalled the '13 motors at one point for a magnet adhesive repair, and corrected on motors produced afterwards.