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Zero Motorcycles Forum | 2013+ / Re: 2016 FX Chain Kit
« on: August 14, 2020, 01:52:07 AM »
I "purchased" off the Zero website which yes did involve getting kicked to a dealer. Kit came with no documentation so I sourced what I could find online (these is an excellent install video but it's for a 2017) no where in the process did Zero or the dealer say "hey you can brick you motor pretty easily doing this" so IMHO Zero could do a little better on this front. I'm not saying it's their fault clearly it's my fault it's just nice when you get some degree of support.
Yeh I saw that page and watched that video.
I couldn't get the sprocket on the 2016 is a different mount pattern. It's a clean circle with a square key on the side and is quite deep same as the belt pully. So I got it on with a hand press and then the motor wouldn't run.
I took it to Zero dealership and I was told the dealer need to change something in the software if you install a chain kit, which leads me to wonder why then do they sell a chain kit direct to customers, and also my motor is now bricked so I need a whole new motor.
Zero doesn't sell directly to customers. I imagine you got your chain kit through AF1/another dealer or from someone else who did. Besides driving sales to dealers, Zero tends to say that most parts should be installed at a dealer. I believe the chain kit is one of them, precisely because you can ruin your whole motor and it requires a software change to correct the odometer and speedometer.