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Energica / Re: Plug lock issue on 2021 Ribelle
« on: January 08, 2024, 09:54:32 PM »
FYI, my dealer is not able to get the servo as as spare, only the whole plug including it.

Contacted directly the manufacturer but no answer so far.

I was able to fix mine but broke some of the small plastic locks and thus had to glue the cover.

So be careful not to break them...

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Energica / Re: Front brake pulsating / off-on
« on: January 02, 2024, 02:59:52 AM »
Had a regen issue and had to use front brake and, sigh, pulsating is back unfortunately.
Tried to do a brake-in following this procedure but did not work.
https://brakeperformance.com/bedding-in-rotors.php

I guess I’m good for a disc replacement …

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Energica / Re: Heated Grips
« on: January 02, 2024, 02:55:42 AM »
Has anyone tried to power heated gloves through this j109 plug ?
I wonder if the 12V from the J109 is available without the heated glove option?

My Ribelle does not have the heated grips option ( menu greyed out) and anyway, I found like others heated gloves as more efficient but

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Energica / Re: Plug lock issue on 2021 Ribelle
« on: January 02, 2024, 02:23:33 AM »
THAT is one thing that has me kind of concerned.

When charging DC, that cable is a heavy ass bitch to heft around, and depending on it's angle at the bike, you have to do some serious twisting, forcing, shoving to get it fully down and locked into the bike.  You can SEE the bike's receptacle side twisting and flexing under the plug up attempt.

I wonder how sturdy it all is?  I mean yah given the force you have to sometimes put, I can see how you may jump a gear or two on a latch twisting etc on that huge honking plug.

Aaron
Sure think, using Fastened charger and their heavy cable (that can sustain 300 kw) I probably twisted a bit the the plate supporting the CCS plug, I could feel it when I removed the 4 screws holding it to get better access to the the servo lock, they where not perfectly aligned.
Not a big deal as the metal is pretty soft and was able to twist it back in place …

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Energica / Re: Plug lock issue on 2021 Ribelle
« on: December 26, 2023, 03:24:43 PM »
Solved, after cleaning, and adjusting the travel of the lock, it works on the AC plug (will test on DC today).
My bet is that for one reason (maybe pushing too hard against the metalic lever), the servo lock jump one or two tooth preventing the complete travel of a little cam inside the servo tu push the end-travel switch

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Energica / Re: Front brake pulsating / off-on
« on: December 26, 2023, 03:18:41 PM »
Seems chaging the pad by EBC new ones did the trick. Can still feel a little bit of pulsating but much less after 600 kms.
In case it comes back,  will let you know.

Thanks for the advice.

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Energica / Plug lock issue on 2021 Ribelle
« on: December 24, 2023, 04:04:35 PM »
Seems the servo cannot lock the plug , I can hear making several attempts and then got an error.
Can still charge in AC but not DC.
I’m pretty far from an Energica dealer so any advice that you help me fixing it is spreciated.


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Energica / Re: Front brake pulsating / off-on
« on: November 30, 2023, 01:06:04 AM »
Is the bike still under warranty? If so then let your dealer solve the issue.
Well, the bike just out of waranty plus the dealer suggested that the issue is due to incorrect running-in and direct me to Brembo web site on how to proceeed, see below.

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Vibrations on the brake disc can occur due to different issues. Here are some of them...:
- Incorrect commissioning of new brakes
  => With new brakes, one should follow a specific procedure with the first braking actions. If one fails to do the first brakings correctly, it can happen, that discs deform or that brake pads "burn" the coating on the disc. Here, the brake pad diffuses onto the brake disk. This feels similar to a warped brake disk.
- Falling down
  => One falls down with the bike and the disc touches any obstacle and deforms
- etc...
 
How to solve the problem...?
Once the brake discs are warped, the chance to "correct" it by the coccrect way of braking is very small; maybe even impossible. I would suggest changing the damaged disc(s) and maybe also the brake pads. Once done, you should follow the manufacturers (BREMBO) instructions on "How to properly do the first brakings with new pads and discs".
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Energica / Re: Front brake pulsating / off-on
« on: November 30, 2023, 12:06:38 AM »
Latest news:
- measured disc thickness in multiple spots and the difference is 3/100 mm (from 4.95 max to 4.92 min)
- Warp less than 1/10 mm
- cleaning calipers, brake piston, all good and working well
- put back carefully the caliper in place following the above video

And ... still the same pulsating braking, the harder I pull the harder the pulsating.

As the disc surface sounds ok along with the brake pads, I tend to believe the Energica CH dealer, something has happen to the discs surface such as brake pad material migration to the disc.

Now, potential solutions
- Seems for some/one, just changing the brake pads solves the issue. I have some doubt it will fix the problem if the above theory is true but ready to try though, any recommendations on the ones I should use ?
- locate the faulty disc and change it to an OEM one plus the associated brake pads. Here I take the risk of same problem appearing again.
- Changing both discs & the brake pads, with the Oro ones, not the cheapest solution but probably the safest one.

Your thoughts and advice welcome

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Energica / Re: Front brake pulsating / off-on
« on: November 29, 2023, 03:58:21 AM »
Hello, I'm from Switzerland and switching to electric bikes to replace my gas ones (Surron Lightbee for the small off-road tracks, DSR/X for the trail, and now an Eva Ribelle to have fun and go on the race track.

I got the infamous pulsating braking. Check rotor warp, less than 1/10 mm which I guess is ok. Rotating each of the rotor buttons as suggested in this post, did not help.
According to the Energica dealer, this can be some of the brake pad material that has migrated into the disc, and suggest replacing the discs.

I can, of course, clean the piston's brakes and re-align the calliper as suggested (thanks for the video), but I doubt this will solve the problem.

So I guess I will likely have to replace the rotors and think of putting the 78B408B2 Oro models (Seems I can get them here in Europe for about 200 € to 250 € each).
Any suggestion besides the Oro discs and also for the brake pads?

Thanks for your advice :-)

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General Discussion / Re: Level 3 charging for the Home
« on: November 07, 2023, 01:38:07 PM »
Has anyone found an alternative to SETEC available in EU ?
Their 10kw portable EV  at USD 2300 is ok but they ship only from China and I expect some costly shipping + tax ...



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