Maybe someone's already mentioned it, "Handlebar Assistance" is manufacturers way of saying "Throttle ", It can be set so the throttle power is relative to the PAS number, OR the throttle bypasses the PAS and goes from 0-100%.
It's important to point out that in Florida (as of 4/20/23), regardless of the potential or actual speed of your e-bike, as long as it has pedals, one can travel anywhere a bike can travel and without plates, insurance, inspections, etc and technically at any rate of speed (it's possible in some counties and/or municipalities this may be forbidden - I'm not a lawyer, but I sure as hell did my homework). True story
Well that's just horrible.. I say that in terms of bike trails.. they can drive 40 mph on a bike trail if the bike can do it!! That's just ridiculous You need speed restrictions when you're around people like that in a confined area like a bike trail. Florida is Florida they have very little rules I mean don't even get me started about that place. It'll bring up a big crazy conversation.. I don't believe everyone should be controlled but certain things should be controlled just like the speed of a bike on a trail.. if it's a class 3 bike the maximum speed I think is 30 mph and for the love of God you don't need to go faster than that especially on a bike trail!!
@@thefix-itguyreviewer8151 I hear you, but so far I haven't met anyone who's met anyone with the TRUE "horror story" about some dumbass taking their Sur Ron around a public park at 50 mph, just mowing down children and the elderly. Don't forget, at one point there weren't speed limits on any roads in America or any other country, for that matter. Like almost any other law, rule or regulation (except for the majority of drug laws we have in place here in America and elsewhere, but that's a 12-hour video in itself), all is fine until Karen gets her leash run over by a bicyclist who happens to be black or someone with a little bit of pull and a LOT of ego and/or cluster b-type personality disorder has their manicured yard trashed by some neighborhood kid with the bright idea of doing donuts or something along those lines. Then again, leave it to Florida Man to do something crazy enough to get legislation to say "okay, that was stupid enough to call for change," lol.
I got a good one for you, I accidently pressed the HEADLIGHT and PLUS (+) BUTTONS at the same time, and a screen called AC (ACF) showed up. There was a setting of 0 or 1 available. I can't find anything in regards to ACF, and I have no clue what it does... Can you get back to me and let me know what ACF is, and advise which setting it should be set to cause I don't remember if it was on 0 or 1 ?
This G-Force interface is a different model than mine. I tried checking out the other videos on your channel - can you (anyone?) refer me to any source of information on other G-Force interfaces, user manuals or info of any sort please? Thanks to anybody who responds and thanks to the creator of this video. Well done.
Thank you I tried 🤣 I just got to learn to make video shorter but sometimes I don't know how. I'll get better at it! I have tons of videos coming on e-bikes and a bunch of other stuff. G-Force T42 versus the LECTRIC XP 2.0.. Also information on how to change the G-Force in the LECTRIC 2.0 A better 7 gear sprocket system in the back. Makes a big difference when you're going fast. Also derailleur work, adjustments, how to stop breaks from rubbing, making squeaking noises, BLEEDING HYDRAULIC BRAKES, straightening out brake rotors on bikes. Etc..... Because I own both of them One is for my wife and the G-Force for me. SPOILER THE G-FORCE T42 IS A MUCH BETTER BIKE WITH BETTER SPECS!! ;) But the video is coming.. The reason why I take so long for these videos to be uploaded is because you have to edit them. And it takes a while.. But I'll get to them 😀
Great content. And great ideas for the upcoming videos those would all be so helpful. Subbed and following… I am receiving my T42 today and can not wait to get her all setup and modded out :)
@@thefix-itguyreviewer8151 my bike came with bent front forks :( I can’t even assemble it. Any tips on how to go about straightening them? I don’t exactly have any tools for that kind of thing. They’re not off by too much but enough that you can’t align the axle in the dropouts at all. And when you do get it close the brake caliper is not even close to lining up with the disc. I did not mess with anything and I took photos and videos and sent them to G force. I am not sure what to do cause I’m not terribly mechanically inclined and I’ve seen people reporting that they had a hard time getting refunds even from shipping damage. Any ideas, tips? Have you heard of this being an issue before on these bikes?
I'm glad I can help. Just that The only thing you have to realize is that every bike has different specifications with that particular universal screen. For instance if the amperage, and the power of your hub is different than the G-Force bike you need to set that accordingly with the specifications from the manufacturer.. You should definitely ask them what the amp is of your controller and the power of your hub. They're all pretty close but you can make a big difference and burn out your controller and hub.
I have recently purchased this bike and have tried to get the walk assist to work, it shows the symbol on the hud but no power for the assist, does yours do this? I am beginning to think that some of the controllers functions are locked out on certain bikes. Thanks for the video!
I just got a G-Force T42 sent to me in the UK and because of my location it's supposed to be restricted to 15.5mph but it actually goes up to 30! I'm not complaining but would like to set the top speed to a little less and my display is not set up anything like the T42 manual or the Yolin manual or how it is in this video. I contacted support and should hopefully hear back soon. But wondered if anyone else has come across this... When I power on, then from the main screen, hold + and -, it shows P1 which allows me to set the back light, 3 levels of brightness. If I press + it shows P2, which lets me choose between mile/h and km/h. If I press + again it shows P3 which lets me set a parameter from 0 mile/h to 62 mile/h and I don't understand this as obviously the bike doesn't go up to 62 and if I change it (it was at 62 to begin with), nothing changes. If I press + again it shows P4 with a choice of dEF-n and dEF-y, which seems to be the option for leaving settings as they are or resetting to default. That's it, and no combination of button presses gets me into any other kind of menu! When at the main screen, if I hold -, it doesn't show the walking mode symbol or do anything either. It's really weird!
If you watch my video it shows you exactly what to do in every setting even though it's not set up exactly the same way. The setting for the speed should be identical
G force got in touch with me and this is what they said. Thank you for your contact Your display may be a European display agreement. Don't worry , this is normal， because the advanced menu is locked. I'm sorry that the user manual you saw was uploaded by us before, and it may include some advanced menu contents. Our ebikes are sold in countries around the world. In the European market, we only started to promote them later, so that we did not produce the contents of the user manual of the European agreement version soon. We have adjusted all the values to the most appropriate, and the European buyer cannot modify the advanced menu. This depends on relevant European road regulations and suggestions from other European customers. For example, there are only three optional pedal assist levels in the United States. Because we have met some European customers before, they did not modify some values without contacting us, which led to many problems and may ebike not even work properly. We just want our valued customer's ebike to work properly and avoid some unnecessary mistakes. This is to prevent the buyer from modifying some values without permission and causing problems. This will not affect the normal work of your ebike at all. We have adjusted all the values to the most appropriate, and the buyer cannot modify the advanced menu. 0~5 pedal assist gear, the default gear is 1 when starting. In gear 0, there is no assist function /throttle, and no boost function. P1 display brightness, P2 metric and kilometre unit conversion, P3 maximum speed limit setting, P4 restore default factory settings. Change the Speed Limiter：ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-JEsr3kWKFUU.html
@@ChiefJoeOnline Thanks, they more or less said the same to me but without the lengthy explanation. They told me that the latest model has the settings like mine and sent me the video showing those functions. They also offered to send me a new motor controller that will either be limited to 15.5mph or allow me to limit it (they were a bit vague on this). I let them know that the speed limit function and walk mode don't actually work for me but they didn't comment on this. I'm hoping the new controller will let me set the speed limit properly but allow me to go a little faster than 15.5 if I choose. At least I have the option of either controller! Will let you know when I get it and try it out. Does your speed limit function work? I'm baffled that it has a range of 0-62 when the bike's max is 30 and for me no value I set makes any difference
@@scoobyjenkins To be honest i havent really tested it out, ive only gone maybe 2 miles on it so far. Ive also gotten 30mph out of it. I just want to be able to fine tune speed 1 to maybe 3mph because when i go to turn a corner or make a u turn, the power kicks in and it doesnt feel safe. I may request a new controller and see what they say.
missed over talking about how cruise control works and doesn't work, what the heart icon means when you hold the plus button, the walking icon when you hold the minus button.
Basically for me I just hold down the thumb button and don't let go for a few seconds then when I let go it stays at that cruise speed. I think the heart button has something to do with walk mode
On the SCA menu what setting 0-3, 0-5, etc do I need to have both power assistance from the motor and also when I want to run it fully electrically? Do I need to include a setting with a 0? How does this work? Great video!!!
With power assistance levels (SCA), the 0 ones are for no power assist. I don't remember right now if you still have throttle only on 0, but i do know that on all other levels throttle is not limited to PAS level
OK I really need anyone's help here. I just got my t42 last friday aug 11th. And I already wrote to Gforce twice about this and they have yet to send me an intelligent reply. On the newest models, Gforce has decided to force a new feature on the T42. When you keep the throttle down for more than 8 seconds straight, the throttle remains on full power (cruise) even though you have released the handle. They have confirmed that to me yesterday. And that is a default setting now. You don't even need to activate it, it is setup by default and its annoying when you need to slow down, because it does not. In short, the cruise gets on automatically and to turn if off, you need to press the throttle again or use the brakes. I asked them, well great ! now how do you turn it off ? Because, you know its dangerous. And that was their official reply. «Just press the throttle again or use the brakes» hell yeah ! Now I told them we need to turn this off, it doesnt make sense that you can't turn it off, and i am still waiting for a reply from them. I looked in the whole settings and i can't find anything related to the throttle/auto cruise and yes i have the YL80C manual. Anyone who can help me with this would be most welcome !
I crashed bike 2 nights ago, bent the front fork significantly. Could you make a video on how to disassemble the fork and reassemble? Or at least recommend a video of some sort. I also have to figure out how to replace the fork. Any recommendations?
When I press info and minus I get something that says DEF-N or DEF-Y. I don't get any of those options to change tire size or speed smh and also my battery gauge is set to 40, 44.2, 60.1,60.2, and 60.3 factory set cuz I haven't changed anything and I don't wanna mess with it but I don't even think it gets 60V cuz it's a 48V battery. But literally everything else is the same smh
I don't think you got your settings right. To get to the tire size you have to be very specific to get into that menu as I explain in the video. There's three ways to get into this menu settings. The first way I think you have the default which is DEF you described. You don't want to change this. To get into this You press the minus button and the information button at the same time. D e f - n means don't change defaults d e f - y means change to defaults. You don't want to change the defaults because it was set up for that particular motor in controller.. defaults sets it back to the factory defaults.. The factory doesn't know what motor and control you have and how it should be set up with the magnets. That's why you should follow specifically what I showed you and copy it to a t. So if you did set it back to DEF - Y You have to go back through every setting and put it back exactly the way it was in my video. The second way to get into settings is to press the plus and minus at the same time This is where you get your basic couple of settings one of them is setting the trip back to zero. By default it does not go back to zero you have to do it manually which I actually like. The next set of settings is after you press the plus and minus once at the same time to get into those settings. Do not go back to the main screen again to get to the tire settings You now hit The minus and the information button on the side top at the same time. This will not be the DEF setting anymore now it will be the LD setting the tire setting and other settings. The third way to get into settings to all of the main settings Plus the plus and minus button once at the same time from the main screen. Then plus without going back press the plus and minus button AGIAN And it will bring you to the third set of settings that I show. I don't think you're paying attention to what I'm pressing It's all in the video listen carefully. ;)
FYI those battery settings are completely wrong. It will never read right if you do that. You have a 48 volt battery. The maximum voltage for 48 volt battery 54.6 volts That's the max. You want to set the voltage as follows as I show in the video to put it back to default settings Even though you can change it to anything you want here's what it all boils down to. ------- FORCE T42 BATTERY VOLTAGE INFORMATION Keep in mind these are the percentages of volts until that BAR GOES BELOW THAT PARTICULAR VOLTAGE. So for instance a full 48 VOLT S13 battery is 54.6 volts. It will look like the battery is full because the fifth bar last bar will not go away until it goes below 49 volts which is approximately 65% battery. So that one bar goes from 100% to 65%. Which means the percentage can vary between those two numbers in that one bar 35%. In other words when that battery looks full. It could mean it's 65%, 75, 85, 95 or 100%.. any numbers in between 65 to 100.. Hope I didn't confuse everybody Also worth noting when that last bar is showing it is about 40 volts. Which means you're below 20% at about 10%. It is not healthy to go below 10% most battery companies will tell you try not to go below 20% So as soon as you see 2nd bar go away And you only have one left I hope you're close to home.. better yet as soon as you Your bar dropped from 3 to 2 which is 35% get home ASAP. charging a battery from zero all the way up to grades the battery significantly. Just like always leaving it charged to 100%. Never leave the charger plugged into the battery. And never leave your battery charged 100% for more than 10 days. The battery is happiest between 20 and 80% with the best percentage to store the battery is approximately 40 to 60% ( unfortunately this is the world of batteries!! ) And the biggest downfall of the electric world!! And one more thing when you're charging your battery. Do not charge it right away after you've been Riding. One of the biggest enemies in why batteries fail is being too hot. Let it cool down to room temperature before you charge it ;) 1st bar - 40 volts = 8 to 10% 2nd bar - 44.5 volts = 35% 3rd bar - 46.5 volts = about 50% 4th bar - 47.5 - volts = 55% 5th bar - 49.0 - volts = 65%
Again for clarity You're getting the DEF menu because you didn't get into the basic menu first. You have to press the plus and minus button first to get to the basic menu ( Then you press the minus in the info button to get into the other settings ) Your problem is you're pressing the minus button and the info button first before you get into the main menu. That will bring you to the DEF settings Again it's all in the video if you pay attention. ;)
Are you able to tell me the name of or how to find the original manual (pre-middleman) for the G-Force ZM please? Your video is great and very informative. Makes me wish I had that model of G-Force, lol
@@techgod-h7b PLEASE let me know if you find this information and you've got my word I will do the same. TBH, I think it's some bullshit it's got to be like this
Hey Suddenly my speedometer is showing low speeds of 6-9 mph when I'm obviously going 20+mph. Any ideas? I wonder if it's a settings issue or a problem with the braided cable. I changed the input for pedal assist 3 to 100% and changed tire size to 20". I must've effed something up in the settings.
Try changing the tire size to 22 and carefully go through my video of all the settings You might want to set everything to default and then go through my video and start from scratch just make the tire size 22 first to see what happens
It's not going to hurt anything but it's going to show the battery being very inaccurate. The max voltage for these batteries is 54.0 for the maximum voltage. I would put 4 back to 47.5 , and number 5 back to 49.0 If you don't you really won't get a very accurate battery reading.
@@thefix-itguyreviewer8151 another issue. My odometer is completely wrong now. Yesterday it was working well showing me my speed properly. Today, it's all messed up. When I'm going 15mph it says I am going 5mph. How do I fix this?
@@christiangrossman9934 That's a weird one never heard of that yet. Sounds like it has something to do with the wires.. or it could be you change the tire size by an accident in the settings. The most accurate setting is tire size 22 in. You can easily tell by using The speedometer on a GPS phone app. As for the wires unplug and replug back in.. make sure there is no damage to them
Has it been this way since you bought it? I would suggest plugging in and unplugging all the cables. If that doesn't work set the settings back to default which won't be the correct default then go through my video again and reset everything.
It also could be the PAS sensor on the crankshaft I have a video about how to replace that too It's really easy you just need a special tool. G-Force will send you the parts no questions asked if you go through their customer support
Sounds like the power switch, a loose connection somewhere, or you could have a bad battery. Battery is not supposed to leave them charged at 100% when you store them for more than a month. And you're not supposed to really let it go below 20%. That's if you want the batteries to not go bad quickly. If it goes to zero and goes too low then your battery won't even turn on it's a failsafe thing in all ion batteries. Also when your battery is fully charged when the light turns to green. Make sure you unplug it Don't leave it plugged in all the time. Kind of the same rules as your phone. I think someone had this issue before. I think it was the controller. There's a way to test your battery with a voltmeter.. The first thing I would do is to check all the connections.. But first plug your battery in. The light on the brick will be red and then turn green when it's completely charged. If you leave it on there for more than 4 hours and it does not turn to green then something is wrong. unplug and plug the back in. You could see them in their color-coded near the handlebars they're probably wrapped in that stuff..
The other thing is you left it at your daughter's did anyone play with it, touch it, how old is your daughter? I had an issue once we are the lights wouldn't come on and it was only because of the connection was loose it got pulled. So like I said in the previous post. Check those connections unplug them plug them in after you check the battery.
@@thefix-itguyreviewer8151 no one touched it was in garage same place I left it don’t have charger with me it’s new I charged it then left it here long way from my home I had keys with me so don’t have a clue why it won’t go on
@@paulrage1944 well you need the charger obviously.. and the key has to be in the right position or it won't turn on.. And I hope you know where the power button is I assume you do it's the button at the very bottom on the side bottom.
@@paulrage1944 I don't think the light will even go on to charge or show the correct color if you don't turn the key.. I'm not sure I haven't paid attention to that. The key has to be straight up and down same direction as the frame I think.. So once you get the charger try either taking the battery out or seeing what happens..
