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The Rekluse left hand rear brake works great on the Redshift EX.

So I picked up the left hand brake kit from alta.  I am disappointed that it eliminates the rear footbrake entirely and am looking at brake line options to hook the LHRB up in series.

Did you do anything about the sight glass on the foot brake master cylinder?  Did you simply use a double banjo on the foot brake master?  I have seen online some claim that rekluse sell some type of adapter or new master cylinder cover for the foot brake but those posts are several years old by now and I can't find anything like that available online.

In any case a picture of your footbrake master setup and anything info on what you did to keep the sight glass from blowing out on the footbrake master would be very helpful. 

TIA

I have a spare KTM wheelset that I have setup with tubliss that I am planning on switching over to on my MX.  I was thinking I would take the warp9 wheels and put some heidenau's or some other more street biased tires on them so I can commute on my redshift without killing my knobbies (it is dead easy to plate a redshift MX in Oregon btw).

I am having trouble finding the sprocket and counter sprocket tooth count for the SM online.  I presume the counter sprocket is the same between SM and MX, and just the rear sprocket is a bit smaller to reach the higher speeds.  Anybody have the SM sprocket tooth count info handy somewhere?

Finally took the 2015 FX 5.7 on serious weekend trip, along with my RM250 motocross bike.  The location was Wayne National Forest (Ohio), which has 70+ miles of hilly clay/gravel trails.  Overall, the bike was really a pleasure to ride off-road - better than I expected.  Here is my report...

Great ride report.  Fantastic summary.  Pics really help illustrate the conditions - that is the the terrain I ride here in OR.

26 miles can be a long time on single track.  How long time-wise were you able to ride? 

Talked to one of the founders at length on the phone last week. I was surprised to talk to him and even more surprised he was willing to chat.

 He said to expect Oregon and Washington to be right on the heels of CA,  in the 2016 May timeframe for the MX and 2016 July timeframe for the SM..  They apparently have dealers in the PNW they have not yet announced.  In fact, they are pretty hush-hush considering they are now delivering.

... ive done numerous things on the bike side and programming side ...


If you had a chain kit, or a 13 military mmx or your bike set up like thoes/ im sure you wouldnt be scared to offroad it as hard as your other bikes.

What kind of things have you done to make it more trail worthy?

Regarding regen and regen braking, the settings in sport mode actually feel very much like a 4 stroke, so there's no need to turn them off, unless you want it more like a 2 stroke!   That's the cool thing about the Zero bikes, you can customize the torque, regen and regen braking to make it feel more like a 4 or 2 stroke! So it's really more than two bikes in one(referring to one or two battery option), it can be like almost any type of ICE bike you want it to be. I haven't tried riding in custom mode yet, but next time I go for a ride, I want to try some 2 stroke type settings.

Custom mode sounds cool.  Clearly there is way more than enough power to loft the front wheel, but it seems eco and sports have power ramps that prevent it.  Are power ramps one of the params you can diddle with in custom mode?

I really need to ride an FX in single battery config and see how different it feels.  Dumb question - is the pack voltage the same running a single battery - does it have the same zip with just half the life?  or somewhat less zip?


Thanks for picking up the slack for the dealer.  The sales guy was nice but essentially clueless about the bike.

Judging by a couple posts in this forum, it looks like folks are offroading the FX... ?  How capable are these machines offroad in stock form and how much low hanging fruit is there for improvement? 

I just demo'd an FXS today and was pretty impressed.  I wanted to demo the FX, but the dealer only had the supermoto version.  He indicated it is the same bike with different wheels.  I know he wasn't 100% correct because it was obvious that the front brake and rotor are different at least.  Are there any other significant differences?  Ideally I'd be looking at a 'redshift', but since it is not really available and is priced near twice what an FX is, am wondering if the zero FX might fit the bill.

My impression was with both batteries it was pretty heavy, and the suspension seemed like it'd be a problem for anything much more than pot-holed fire roads.  Dealer did not know how to remove one of the packs so I could demo it in lighter form.  As it was, I struggled quite a bit to lift the rear end of the bike.  That is the heaviest 289 lbs I have ever felt.  I seriously doubt those numbers.  My old drz-s was 320lbs wet and I could drag it around with far less effort.

The rear suspension looked like only a few inches of travel before hitting the bump stop, but specs say 9" ?  How does the FX suspension stand up to single track or enduro type use?  I imagine running it with one battery as opposed to two would make a significant difference and one would want to dial in the suspension for one or both packs.

My current off-road ride is an 07 ktm 300 xc-w, and I know the FX will never handle as well, but I am wondering how close one could get without dropping a bunch of $ on modifications.  The power is certainly there.  And in sports mode, it feels a lot like a 2 stroke.

Weight and suspension aside, I had a real blast demo'ing the bike.  Despite being below freezing, I managed to use up 1/3 of the pack before the cold forced me back to the dealer.  Very fun bike.