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Put some fork gaters on it. An exposed stanction tube will get splattered with bugs. When they dry, they're abrassive/corrosive and make seals leak. They can and do lodge under seals and make it appear the seals have failed. You can dislodge debris with 35mm roll film if you're careful.

:)

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Your clacking noise may be caused by the front suspension. Here is a thread about a similar noise:

http://electricmotorcycleforum.com/boards/index.php?topic=1997.0

I am pretty sure that Zero does not make a belt drive conversion for the chain drive models.

Thanks Richard,  I should have mentioned that if I squeeze the fairing with my knees when hitting a bump, it's much quieter.  But then the tail rattles away  ???Qadriving me crazy.  It's  not all that bad - I just have to do something about it.

I use old inner tubes on my street bikes. Long lasting, cheap and plentiful

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Zero Motorcycles Forum | 2012 and older / Re: Re: Jacking the Zero
« on: April 11, 2012, 06:50:31 PM »
A guy on advrider sells a collapsable sidestand that will elevate the fr or rr of the bike to allow changing a flat. No link sorry, I'm on the mobile.

You'll really like its compactness too.

:-)

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Pics and Vids / Re: Re: Re: An Italian electric motorcycle
« on: February 05, 2012, 05:58:51 PM »
Here is a photo of a really nice looking Italian electric motorcycle that was posted on a BMW forum that I frequent.   :)
Unless it came with a voucher for $5000 in free parts no freaking way.

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Zero Motorcycles Forum | 2012 and older / Re: Re: Re: 2012 reviews?
« on: February 03, 2012, 08:01:09 PM »
I own a 2011 Zero S which I love, but the stock mirrors do not extend out far enough. All I could see in the mirrors was my shoulders. Luckily, there was a good replacement that the dealer put on for me.  The other thing on the 2011, and it appears to be true of the 2012 as well, is that if you need the lower seat, you may have a problem getting on and off...especially off cause the rear end sticks up considerably higher than the seat. I have a standard seat which is fine for me at 5'8", but I do have to do some considerable flexing to bring my leg over that raised back end. Then I look underneath it and see all that empty space and have to ask why they would design it that way? I do wish they would drop it an inch or two and still maintain the look. Some of us aren't getting any younger....I suspect a lot of us. Young kids won't be able to afford Zeros. They buy the Ninja.

Do the short-guy-shuffle:

Sidestand down, stand on left and right peg, swing right leg over bike, unclimb via left peg. Opposite for climbing about. After watching some of my dualsport buddies that were height challenged do this, it makes sense, especially off road or off camber situations. 8)

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General Discussion / hellos
« on: December 13, 2011, 04:39:57 AM »
Hello there, just a dual sport dude checking out the forum. I'm a drz400 / fz6 rider interested in all things electric. Sat on my first zero today at the dealer.... man I can't wait for affordable models to swamp the market. Really impressed with how flick able it felt. Man would I like a electric alternative to my drz with comparable power. The ergos also felt great for the 5 minutes I was on it. Didn't succede in getting a test ride.... but my mention of getting 40 people in their shop for a demo day raised some eyebrows.

So that's that, hello from Birmingham Alabama.:-)






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