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What I'm wondering is why I have also received this email all do I have an FXS 2020, or would there be some changes planned to be introduced in this software also.

The present version is in the mean will (besides bugs) unchanged since xx years but the world has continued so it could use some extra’s. I have a “little” list of personal improvements with at the top:
a.   A kind of cruise control or a lowering of the maximum speed parameter in de custom setting (max speed in european cities in 20mph!, its killing my bankaccount )
b.   A parameter in de App with which one could indicate the internal charger to stop loading at a certain level.
c.   Avoid the bike to reset the hibernation timing in wintertime if you turn on the key (which is request to know the left over charge). Better would be to use the action of the red engine-kill switch
d.   ……

I most of my town driving as us 10% power and 70% regen, as this is rather compatible with the traffic I hit in town, so it rather personal and related to driving in Brussels.

On the other hand when I drive somewhat more sporty I like to have only regen when applying the breaks in order to have full controle over my speed. I use only 10% regen on the first step (throttle handle) and 30% and the second level (first step front handle breaking). In this I have some small speed reduction in freewheel behind a car (in the slipsteam) but without the need to finetune the throttle handle to avoid breaking to much and losing contact. Personally I like this as it leaves me more attention to just reacting to the other drivers around. Again this is a very personal approach based mainly because i like to be able to freewheel behind others when driving sporty.

I do think we have all our preferences but it would be important to have the standard setting of ECO (less power but max regen) and SPORT (max power but little regen) being well opposite as we can't change them. The personal preference are in the custom settings.

I love driving these bikes, the power is that direct, it as being in a realtime video game

The new bike isn't attracting me, set apart from the new display. If it would be possible, I would directly want to swap mine of my FXS2020 with this new one but I doubt this display will be available as an accessoire for existing FXS models.

Personally I don't like the looks of the new head light, the make the motorcycle a little common, to common. On the other hand these are finally led lights which is more in line with the electric motorcycles message, maybe Zero is changing over to led throw out there range, would again an interesting upgrade possibility if provided.

Overal the good news for me is that de FX platform is still alive and been developed without mayor changes, so add least we can be sure of further support and maybe upgrade possibilities for the existing bikes

I wonder, as Zero has added this always active OSB2 port on the Zero's for Europe, in which way we coulded use this port to communicate with the motorcycle from distance or use it as a data collection point to drive by example a IFTTT script for the charging of the motorcycle to 80%, or monitor when the bike is charged?

I'm not a electronics or It specialist, but as we can't avoid loosing 1% of load each day, why not using this in a positive way for us as users?

I would personally be very happy to have 2 extra functions on my 2020 FXS, being:

• to be able to see the present loading of my bike by using a web app on my phone ad distance
• to be able to stop automatically the charging of my bike when I'm at work without the need to go to the garage. I haven't always the time or I forget to do so, by result I do overload my bike regulary, which would be nice to avoid

It the thinking above to simplistic? Is there some one in the forum how has more indept knowledge about this or maybe is there someone how has already worked on this.

Best regards,

Jan

Hi, I have also a FXS2020, I have witnessed the same about 1% discharging a day. But as a remark I have also seen that this discharging rate is slowing down below 60% of load to about 1% every 3 days? I haven't questioned this until yet, please keep recording the feedback you receive from your dealer. For sure, it would be handy it the discharging rate would be lowered.

Jan

I am seriously considering buying one of those to be able to limp home if my belt fails ( I do have a spare belt at home ), and I know that they're not meant for such use, but it may work.

 https://www.amazon.com/AUSPA-Power-Twist-V-Belt-2-Inch/dp/B075WRBHXB/ref=sr_1_10_sspa?dchild=1&keywords=link+belt&qid=1590862190&sr=8-10-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUE2WDc0WFRSQU1LQjUmZW5jcnlwdGVkSWQ9QTA5MTUxMzgyTFQxM0I4NEdCU0lHJmVuY3J5cHRlZEFkSWQ9QTA1NTYwOTYxOTRXMVA2WDVRSlQzJndpZGdldE5hbWU9c3BfbXRmJmFjdGlvbj1jbGlja1JlZGlyZWN0JmRvTm90TG9nQ2xpY2s9dHJ1ZQ==

If someone would buy and try some kind of these belts, it would be most intresting to have feedback. After having broken down 10km from home, limping back on the bike even at 20km/h sounds as heaven if you compare it to pushing a bike during 2 hours.  

For those how are in the same case, of a snapping belt on a FXS2020, you have since yesterday evening a new member of the club. Mine has also broken on a tooth, and I'm 100% sure tension wasn't the cause as a had verified it with a krikit last weekend.

If it could help others, I can make share some more pictures since I have the belt and except being snapped its looks as new, no degradation what's ever. Remark: the carbon fibers on the left part at the bottom have clearly broken internally in the belt.

I'm not a belt specialist but if this snapping would appear more spread, it do think it would help Zero if we try a centralise information on this forum.

Back to the thread, my goal was to use the switchable custom setting as a speed limiter for driving more relaxed without need to permanently verify my speed in towns where general speed limitations of 20mhp is installed on complete area's of 10miles around. I don't know if this policy has already entered the States but in Europe, it has become the more and more generally spread as it politically supported as a way to ban cars out of the cities and improve air quality.

Or Zero bikes are already free of air pollution, so no problem. Only driving 20mph, its a hell of a job. So lowering the top speed value would be very much help, and it can be disabled with the mode switch, it is without block the bikes capability of driving more than 30mph. In plus I find the idee of ctrlburn to use it as a anti theft deterrent very inventive, if a some really wants to steal a bike he will succeed but maybe the bike doesn't move, he would take the next bike aside as he can escape directly by using the bike.

As the servicing centers here in Belgium aren't that easy to reach by phone or email or shop, it there someone out there in the forum how is living near Zero headquarters for asking them directly if it would be possible or if there are special reasons why the present minimum value is 60mhp, because we all want off course to keep or bike reliably running.