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Messages - jonblow

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I had this the other day whilst I was doing 40 on a dual carriageway. I lost all power and freewheeled to the side of the road ready to stop. Then it suddenly cleared and I was able to accelerate away again. Weird! I spoke to someone at Zero and they suggested that some rain had got in somewhere, seemed plausible as it was raining at the time. Anyways, it hasn't happened again.

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Funny, I did the same test a few years back on my SRF because I wanted to know what would happen, and like you I got to around 2% and gave up as I just couldn't seem to drain the battery fast enough before I got bored. I must have done about 20 laps around my town before I gave in. Good to know the bike just won't die even when it gets really low on charge.

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Zero Motorcycles Forum | 2013+ / Re: SR/F Water Fail
« on: July 04, 2022, 10:52:39 PM »
Do you have a picture that shows where the problem occurs??

No, sorry I don't but I believe the water gets in at the bottom of the bike as it's sprayed up by the front wheel. That whole area is an achilles heel that needs waterproofing properly. As I said Ivan seems to have done a good job sealing that area now.
The other area is under the seat where the 12v battery is. be very careful when washing the bike not to spray any water around that area. I did that a few years back and the bike was back at the dealers for about a month afterwards whilst they fixed it (new battery, new wiring and a new LCD screen!)

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Zero Motorcycles Forum | 2013+ / Re: SR/F Water Fail
« on: July 02, 2022, 03:43:27 PM »
I had a similar thing a few months back. Luckily it happened when I was on the way for my service at Spark Motos, and after I had arrived!
Bike was totally unresponsive and dead. Ivan at Spark sorted it out quite quickly (well in a few days anyway) as he's seen this a few times.
It was water getting into the motor controller which sits under the chargers in the tank. He took it apart and totally resealed that area with a sealing compound.
Now my SRF is a beast in the wet, I ride in all weathers and leave it out in the rain whilst I'm working and not had a problem since.

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Zero Motorcycles Forum | 2013+ / Re: Zero SR/S firmware update MBB V21
« on: February 28, 2022, 05:51:58 PM »
Zero really needs to up their game in the software department.  The bike's software is sketchy.  The app is almost useless.  Firmware upgrades other than at the dealer are frustrating at the best, impossible at the worst.  My "connected bike" shows it is not connected 99% of the time.  For cutting edge tech, my SRF's software features feels like it was designed by amateurs.  Maybe Zero needs to invest some of the money they are getting from all the bike sales into getting a better software team.  Sorry about venting my frustration but I just spent the last hour trying to update my firmware from the app and got no where.
Totally agree - bike is absolutely from the 2020's and software is still back in the 90's. It's laughably bad :-(

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Zero Motorcycles Forum | 2013+ / Re: New SR/F and SR/S firmware
« on: November 16, 2021, 11:56:22 PM »
Just so you know, I upgraded FW to v20 yesterday and now my Android app is working again, the remote connection has been restored and I can see my SOC on the app again - plus ride capture etc is working. Thanks Zero  :)

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Zero Motorcycles Forum | 2013+ / Re: SR/F SR/S Firmware v19 CCM issue?
« on: April 06, 2021, 04:00:36 PM »
My SRF hasn't updated SOC on the app (android and ipad) since v17, I've kind of given up on it.
It does show location though now and again when it's in a good mood

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Zero Motorcycles Forum | 2013+ / Re: SR / F damaged by rain?
« on: February 06, 2021, 05:08:40 PM »
I’d just like to add to this thread by adding that I live in the UK and as such riding in the rain is a prerequisite of owning a motorcycle.
I have had zero ( :D) problems with my srf riding in appalling conditions for almost 2 years!

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I’ve also had a lot of issues with this app. When I first bought my srf in 2019 it worked brilliantly.
Now the list of things it won’t do is growing, it won’t even show state of charge remotely now which I think is a basic requirement of the app.
Does anybody have full functionality of the app at all?

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Zero Motorcycles Forum | 2013+ / Re: SR/F App (NextGen) - API
« on: October 18, 2020, 05:12:29 PM »
Sorry if this question has been posted before but I can no longer get my soc info on either app now, the official one in remote connection or the lovely ZeroNG app that I use a lot as a handy check to see if my bike charged overnight.
I think this functionality broke when I updated my srf to version 18.
Anyone else have this?

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Zero Motorcycles Forum | 2013+ / Re: SR/F belt whining noise ~25 mph
« on: October 06, 2020, 01:20:06 PM »
I’ve had the same on my srf since new. I think it’s normal and sounds like a whale call lol.
It also seems more pronounced when the belt is wet.

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Well, isn't one of the defaults already max power and regen?

At least, that's one of the defaults on my bike, and I thought the F-frame bikes had more defaults?

-Crissa
Well on my bike the sport mode has max speed and power but only 35% neutral and braking regen. And sport mode is the only preset with max speed and power

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It’s such a shame that although I can set up lots of custom riding modes on my srf, I can only assign one of them to my bike with the app.
For example I have a city commute mode with max power/torque and max regen. This is great in the city as I hardly need to touch brakes to slow down and I regen a lot of battery power back too.
But on the motorway I want max power/torque but I want the regen set to zero so that when I take my hand off the throttle the bike doesn’t slow dangerously. Ideally I would be able to swap from city mode to motorway mode live as I was riding but because I can only choose to add one custom mode to the bike this is not possible.
Unless I am missing a trick somewhere?

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Zero Motorcycles Forum | 2013+ / Re: SR / F damaged by rain?
« on: June 25, 2020, 11:52:42 PM »
When I first got my SRF last year I washed it with some water (as you do).
I blew it up completely! Wouldn't even turn on.
I won't be doing that again, well not around the seat area anyway :-)

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I have to say I had a vectrix as my main commuter for a few years and its regen was perfect.
Although my srf is good with regen maxed out I still can’t come to a complete stop with it like I could with the vectrix.i used to commute through central London barely touching the brakes.
Other things missed are the reverse gear (as you mentioned), I’m amazed that isn’t on the bike as it makes backing out of a tight parking spot so easy.And surely very easy to implement with an induction motor.
And I miss having the rear brake on the left handlebar. No need to be using our feet now is there, once gears are a thing of the past?

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