Any experience with Moterra SL out there?

Rhitter said:
Not yet. So far haven't got the rear of the bike feeling "good" I constantly seem to be messing with the psi trying to get something else out of it.

It's possible I just don't get a long with an air shock. Have not looked into if this bike can take coil (I assume it can).

214 to 216 psi with a rider weights of 208 lbs.

Fork I got where I wanted it by replacing the damper with an MRP lift. Which is great because they build them to rider weight.
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I’ve had two rides on my coil now and it feels great, not done any big drops yet but it seems to be good on sag and feel so far, no pedal strikes and it feels better on the SL than on my Ripmo V2s that donated it
 
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I got the Shimano e914 error code at the end of my last ride. Just pulled the motor to clean / reconnect / grease the battery to motor contacts.

This is really not confidence inspiring for long term durability. Everything seems to be "minimally made". My RC car has better connectors / wiring than this.

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Rhitter said:
I got the Shimano e914 error code at the end of my last ride. Just pulled the motor to clean / reconnect / grease the battery to motor contacts.

This is really not confidence inspiring for long term durability. Everything seems to be "minimally made". My RC car has better connectors / wiring than this.

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After a particularly wet and muddy Xmas club ride i got the 914 error, did your cleaning sort it for you?
 
You can't see it in the picture. The power plug goes into the motor and almost hangs below the frame. I

You need to remove the chain ring (I used a chain whip) to access the motor bolts. When you remove the motor, bolt spacers yeet themselves out.
 
Rhitter said:
You can't see it in the picture. The power plug goes into the motor and almost hangs below the frame. I

You need to remove the chain ring (I used a chain whip) to access the motor bolts. When you remove the motor, bolt spacers yeet themselves out.
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Ah yes i remember now from when i fitted my Di2, the square one into the motor
 
Rhitter said:
I just don't understand why these things were designed like this.

I get not sealing for water. You want drain holes etc.

But mud and dirt?
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My only idea is minimum fuss equals minimum weight, put it all back together and thought i’d broken it, turns out i had to press the battery reset button, who knew 😂
 
I wonder if it is pure Shimano issue, or something with Cannondale own battery? And I doubt whether it is connected to any dust in the sockets, I cleared it and secured and error 914 occured. And Cannondale, in order to disconnect the battery and "repair" error 914, provided a neat button. Just check instruction

024_193335-Rev0-CD-OMS-Moterra-SL-_EN.pdf

dorelrl.widen.net dorelrl.widen.net

Page 17 - button to "Battery fault reset".
 
to the SL owners, what size did you get, and what's your height?
i'm torn between M and L (176cm)
 
Large - a hair under 6 feet (182cm). I changed the stem immediately for a 50mm. Ideally would be on a 55mm But the 50 works fine and I had it. My Jekyll was a tad longer and I preferred that feel.

What bikes do you ride now?
 
Canyon Strive:ON size M
Turbo levo size S3

I originally ordered a Large, but changed it today for a M
 
I am bad with names, apparently I am bad with names on the Internet too.

I think with a 50mm stem a medium will feel great. Especially with the slightly shorter rear end.
 
Have to say, this Darfon custom 601 battery does not like the cold, it seems to have become quite sensitive recently, the last two charges have resulted in the BMS needing resetting, they've been charged between 5-10 deg Celsius, anyone know how i can check battery health and actual % of the battery, my Etube Project App on my phone or laptop don't recognise the battery , which i assume is because it's a Darfon and not a Shimano battery
 
I received the dreaded e914 @ about 300 miles, cycled the power and continued up the trail then my bike completely shutdown. Took it to the local dealer and found out I was the 3rd Moterra SL owner to have this error. One bike only needed the connector cleaned, one received a new battery, and my bike received a new battery and drive unit per Shimano.
I only have about 15 miles on the new equipment, and other than a slight loss of efficiency riding @ 4* C, the new battery seems fine..

The downtime was a little longer than I would have liked waiting for parts to arrive, but these are machines with electronics and will be prone to failures.
 
Boxmonkey said:
I received the dreaded e914 @ about 300 miles, cycled the power and continued up the trail then my bike completely shutdown. Took it to the local dealer and found out I was the 3rd Moterra SL owner to have this error. One bike only needed the connector cleaned, one received a new battery, and my bike received a new battery and drive unit per Shimano.
I only have about 15 miles on the new equipment, and other than a slight loss of efficiency riding @ 4* C, the new battery seems fine..

The downtime was a little longer than I would have liked waiting for parts to arrive, but these are machines with electronics and will be prone to failures.
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I’ve not had any more since cleaning my connections just before Xmas although the battery is performing nowhere near as good as a friends Wild with a 625wh Bosch battery and i’m having to reset the BMS a fair bit, i’m going to wait until it warms up a bit and see if my battery is still underperforming and take it back to the LBS if so
 
Rhitter said:
What symptoms are you getting for an under performing battery?
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Significant winter range difference than a similar sized (Bosch 625wh) ebike battery and having to battery reset a lot since the temperatures have dropped below 5 degrees C
 
Sounds like an issue, my battery hasn't gone under half all winter, or had a single issue. Plenty of 0-5C rides. Tbf I don't do long distance rides but ride my version of hard for a good 3 hours, albeit with a rest break after every line and every climb back to the top, and do all my climbing in full turbo for health reasons. I descend at about 70% power on green mode, but it's mostly gravity stuff I ride so not much power use on descents I guess.

Pic of my moterra for fun.

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Have any of you guys explored the options (if any) to get a range extender on the Moterra SL? I posted a new thread in the main forum asking about range extenders for EP801/Darfon battery combos to see if anyone has experience on any brand bike with that combo, but since I would be putting it on a Moterra SL I figured I'd run it by you guys too since you're out there dealing with this bike's quirks on a daily basis.
 
TheKaiser said:
Have any of you guys explored the options (if any) to get a range extender on the Moterra SL? I posted a new thread in the main forum asking about range extenders for EP801/Darfon battery combos to see if anyone has experience on any brand bike with that combo, but since I would be putting it on a Moterra SL I figured I'd run it by you guys too since you're out there dealing with this bike's quirks on a daily basis.
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I’d like to know the same thing
 
GeordieDownSouth said:
I’d like to know the same thing
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Hey Geordie, yeah, hopefully we can get some info on range extension options. I was following your posts here regarding your underperforming battery, and just wanted to mention that I was talking to my friend, who is a Cannondale dealer here in the US, and he just bought himself a Moterra SL 1. I was checking out his freshly built bike today, which passed my highly technical parking lot slalom test with flying colors and it "stuck" my rear wheel drop test! 😉 His bike, for the record, was about 45.5lbs in stock spec, and 48lbs with Doubledown tires, Cushcore, XT enduro pedals, and a fork swap from a Fox 36 to a 38. He happened to mention that the early models they'd received all had battery issues, but they were able to warranty the batteries and they've had no problems since then. He didn't know how or what they had changed, and I'm not sure what date your battery was made relative to any changes, but it might be worth perusing a warranty swap if you have one of the early ones off the production line.
 
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