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Thanks odedmaz ! That worked. Successfully changed Custom Mode settings, as well as finally being able to download battery logs from the bike, which had also been broken for quite a while.

Cheers!
-Tico

Hi all,

after the last time I got my motorcycle back from the factory, I have been unable to change the settings for the Custom mode using the Zero App on my android. The app shows mileage, battery state of charge, etc, so it's definitely communicating with the motorcycle. When I change max torque, or max speed, or anything else under the custom mode, it momentarily shows the setting I have set, and then a few seconds later resets back to what it was before. I have tried resetting to factory defaults in the app, reinstalling the app, and re-doing the Bluetooth pairing with the motorcycle, and nothing makes a difference.

Has anyone else experienced this or have a fix for this?

Cheers,
Tico

There is a trick for ac voltage reduction that might work for this. Using a 24 volt secondary transformer rated for the 20 amp current, you could buck the voltage down to 253 volts nominal. These transformers are cheap and readily available. The ac phase must be connected the right way to reduce the total voltage by connecting the 24 volt secondary in series with the 277 volt line.

Cool -- I forgot about how common those little 24V transformers are.

 I suppose another option could be to just put two chargers in series, since 277v / 2 gives us 138.5V --- well within the 85-265V input range.

Thanks Brian, good to know.

Also, to begin answering myself -- apparently the spec sheet for the Delta-Q chargers specify 85-265VAC input range, so it comes up a wee bit short of 277V. Also, apparently their PF is .99 @120V and .98 @230V, which is pretty nice.

got the bike back -- apparently nothing was different about my bike -- the dealer just had to update the software on their laptop for it to correctly recognize my 2014.

It still won't download the battery logs, but apparently Zero is coming out with a new version of the Android app that fixes that problem??

Hi guys --

So I dropped off my 2014 S at a local dealer this past Friday to get the firmware updated, and I heard back yesterday evening (Tuesday) that when they hooked up the computer to it, that the bike identified itself as a 2017, and could not update the firmware. They're gonna call Zero and see what to do.  No other details so far, but has anyone else heard of this happening?

-t

Howdy NEW2elec,

I don't tend to follow football, but everyone around here is going nuts-- we'll see how it all turns out. I just wanted to make some sweet tips delivering food over the weekend and let people party (or mourn).

Anyhow, I don't doubt that the guys at the Zero factory are going to do their best to make it right, but at this point, I don't know how many more breakdowns I should expect on a new bike before the warranty runs out. If they just swap out the BMS board again, how long until I'm stuck on the side of the road again?

I've had the bike since May 21, 2016 (new), and it was dead for 27 days in June/July, then 18 days in December, and now 3 days and counting (since January 31) -- so 48 out of 257 days is  a dead bike for 19% of the time that I've owned it.

As for the current symptoms, the BMS lights don't blink at all, with the key on or off, and the dash doesn't light up or indicate anything either. 100% dead.

I wish I had  had the money to follow Electric Terry's advice to get a 2015 (or later model) for better reliability, but that ain't happening, and I already paid a ton of money to exchange my piece of crap 2012 model for the 2014 model because it was supposed to be more reliable.

Honestly I'm hoping they just swap out the whole bike for almost any other bike at this point. I have zero confidence in it at this point. Pun intended.