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This is a neat idea, but i'm not skilled or smart enought to pull that off.

I have a 2kw battery in my 4x4 with solar and a few bits and bobs running more or less full time. When I go camping, I sometimes run out of battery, but there is not much more room to put leisure batteries and they are expensive.

The Zero FXS comes on trips, that's 7kw of power just sitting there and I wish I could use that. Could I get a 12v out from the bike easily and run my 12v car stuff from the bike in case I ever need it. The batteries on the car are wires with Anderson connectors, my thought was to just wire a plug form the bikes 12v directly to the 12v system on the car but I'm assuming I'd have to disconnect my solar to prevent it putting in power somehow.

Is there a better safe and simple way. I can solder and understand simple 12v stuff, but I'm not that good with the rest of the thongs mentioned above.

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Zero Motorcycles Forum | 2013+ / Re: Zero FXE
« on: July 18, 2021, 01:39:05 AM »
I think it looks great. I read somewhere that it had a 3.5hour charger option but in that video it's not on the bike apparently. That would be the only reason for me to upgrade from my FXS, I can't believe they did not do that.

To the people breaking belts over speedbumps, I have no idea how you do that. I JUMP mine over speedbumps almost every time I ride and it's still on the original belt.

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Zero Motorcycles Forum | 2013+ / Re: Zero fxs left hand brake
« on: February 26, 2020, 12:25:07 PM »
That brake lever looks a lot better than the stock lever.
I guess I didn't explain correctly, but I had no intention to put a rear brake lever on the bars.  ;DI just want the front brake on the left so I have no lever on the throttle hand. I feel like since the throttle is so sensitive I sometimes have trouble easing off the brake and rolling the throttle smoothly. Especially in the dirt it would feel more natural to divide these tasks between two hands.

But feel free to also continue discussing the rear brake conversion as that makes sense for some applications as well.

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Zero Motorcycles Forum | 2013+ / Zero fxs left hand brake
« on: February 19, 2020, 12:40:20 PM »
Did anyone modify an Fx or FXS to have the brake lever on the left hand? I've been riding the bike a bit more on trails now and I'm starting to think I would have more throttle control that way. I ride my bmx also with a left brake only, so it would also feel more natural.
Any levers out there that would work? I have a brake bleeder, would be a pretty easy mod no?

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Zero Motorcycles Forum | 2013+ / Re: Heidenau K73 sumo tires on FXS
« on: February 02, 2020, 02:22:59 PM »
Update:As expected, these offer a lot more grip in low temp and wet conditions than the stock tires.

It's really a night an day difference, I can push the bike much harder without it sliding unexpected.

I do mostly very short rides, and there is no need for this tire to warm up as it's already quite soft. I'm not sure if I'll switch back to normal tires in the summer, they seem fine in the dry and ill accept the faster wear if it gives me grip and the ability to do some dirt roads too.

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Zero Motorcycles Forum | 2013+ / Re: Heidenau K73 sumo tires on FXS
« on: January 25, 2020, 01:45:01 PM »
They are rain tires, it's been raining endlessly here. I'm not too worried about wear, I won't be riding them hard long enough to overheat them untill about June and then I might swap them back.

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My first thought is the charger could overheat because it's not meant to charge that fast without breaks to cool down. But I'm interested if this works.

I actually bought a carrier for my bike to take it on roadtrips. It holds the front wheel preety solid so I could probably modify it to tow the bike if it needs charging and I'm nowhere near an outlet when camping.

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Zero Motorcycles Forum | 2013+ / Re: Heidenau K73 sumo tires on FXS
« on: January 24, 2020, 12:29:18 PM »
I cannot upload above 600kb and my phone takes huge photos.

The bike is actually a 2019, it fits easy. Yes you can get other heidenau tires in the stock size, but I wanted these because a lot of Supermoto rider rave about them and I wanted a wider front anyway.

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Zero Motorcycles Forum | 2013+ / Re: Heidenau K73 sumo tires on FXS
« on: January 24, 2020, 01:14:40 AM »
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Zero Motorcycles Forum | 2013+ / Re: Heidenau K73 sumo tires on FXS
« on: January 24, 2020, 12:53:03 AM »
Dear lord it's hard to attach a picture here..  :-\

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Zero Motorcycles Forum | 2013+ / Re: Heidenau K73 sumo tires on FXS
« on: January 24, 2020, 12:48:06 AM »
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Zero Motorcycles Forum | 2013+ / Heidenau K73 sumo tires on FXS
« on: January 24, 2020, 12:47:20 AM »
After a few months of terrible weather and a few close call with the stock tires, I've decided to swap them for some softer compound Supermoto tires. I'm posting it here because pretty much everyone said it wouldn't fit or work. I called with Germany to check rim sizes for the tire, as it only comes in 160/60 17 and they were very helpfull. They said the front would fit but the rear rim was a quarter inch too narrow.

The bike shop told me it would not fit, and zero told me the Abs would not work with larger tires.
I decided to take the gamble anyway, as conditions are so slick here that I'm spinning the rear tire going straight sometimes at 60% torque settings.

Good news, not only does it fit without cutting anything the Abs also works. The tire does not look that deformed at all and has a nice round profile still. The steering feels a little bit slower to tip in, the tire also feels heavier in the front especially. Bit grip on cold wet roads is much much better. My commute is only 10 minutes so I had trouble getting the pirelli corsas up to temperature.

I do not recommend messing with your bike as it's probably not safe or legal in your country, so disclaimer if you crash and die its not my fault. I just wanted to post that this does fit as there are not many other Supermoto tires for our bikes out there.

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Zero Motorcycles Forum | 2013+ / Re: FXS: Replaced my low beam with LED
« on: October 28, 2019, 11:46:54 PM »
Sure, the whole point is so others can learn what works and what doesn't. Your manual was very helpfull for me when researching what bike to get.

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Zero Motorcycles Forum | 2013+ / Re: FXS: Replaced my low beam with LED
« on: October 28, 2019, 09:11:51 PM »
I also replaced the daylight driving lights with w5w LEDS from Philips. These are actually a little too bright for my taste, and it would be better if the lights were slightly lower in the housing so I don't recommend that for now untill I find a better fitting bulb. You can see the white fitting on the small bulb above, that sticks out into the reflector housing a bit so a slightly smaller bulb would have been better.

Installed the Morimoto, it's too long for the standard rubber cap. It does actually fit, but just. And because the light gets pretty hot I prefered to just cut the back of the rubber cap completely open to allow the fan to do its' job. I'm not sure how waterproof this is, but the light itself seems fairly robust  and it's hidden behind the light and under the plastic a bit so it should be fine. If it fails I'll just replace the bulb and 3d print a more waterproof rubber cap that is larger and vented. The driver is ziptied to the housing, that's waterproof anyway so no problems there.

You can see how bright the low beam and daylight riding lights are, make sure you adjust the beam to the correct height to avoid blinding people. Don't be that guy with the aftermarked LED that is annoying to other road users, it can be done properly with the right bulb and adjustment.


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Zero Motorcycles Forum | 2013+ / Re: FXS: Replaced my low beam with LED
« on: October 28, 2019, 09:11:21 PM »
more pics

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