Dash Pro User GuideEverything your display does, and how to make it do it.

What Dash Pro does

Dash Pro sits between your controls and your motor. That is the whole idea, and it is why it can do things a screen bolted on top of your controller cannot.

Most displays report. They read a number from the controller and draw it larger. Dash Pro reads the same numbers, but it also sits in the path your throttle and brake take on the way to the motor. It can therefore hold a speed limit on a controller that has no idea what a speed limit is, ease power off when the front wheel comes up, and hand the bike back exactly as the factory left it the moment you switch it off.

Everything else follows from that position: the assists, the limiter, the per-rider limits that stay on the bike whether or not a phone is anywhere near it.

What you get

How to read this guide

Chapters 2 to 6 get you riding. Chapters 7 to 16 cover one feature each, so you can skip straight to the one you want. Chapter 19 is the one to bookmark: error codes and the fixes for the problems people actually hit.

Where a feature only exists on some bikes, it says so. The capability matrix in Chapter 3 is the single page that answers “does mine do this”.

Safety first

Read this chapter before you ride. The notices here are repeated later beside the features they apply to, which should tell you how seriously to take them.

Speed and power

Rider assists

Crash detection

Battery

Installation

Water

Will it fit my bike?

Dash Pro works with ten controller families across a 12 V to 98 V range. You pick your family during setup and can change it at any time - no re-flashing, no new hardware, no second display.

Power and voltage

The display runs on anything from 12 V to 98 V and takes its power from the bike. There is nothing separate to charge and nothing to convert. That range covers a 12 V accessory feed at one end and a high-voltage build at the other, with 48 V, 52 V, 60 V and 72 V packs comfortably inside it.

The ten families

What works on what

This is the page to photograph. Everything in the manual that says “where supported” means this table.

● the display runs itctrl – supported, set in the app, run by your controllershown – displayed only, set on the bikeMX5 – that Talaria model only– not available

On SurRon, traction control, cruise control and the throttle curve need your throttle to run through the display. The setup wizard asks. If you answered that your throttle goes straight to the controller, they will not appear.

Why some rows are empty

The rider assists work by sitting between your controls and your motor, so they need your throttle - and for wheelie and regen, your brake lever - to run through the display. On pedal-assist hub kits the throttle wires straight to the controller, so those features do not apply.

On VESC and SurRon, Dash Pro reads everything the controller reports and switches its riding mode, but does not rewrite the controller’s stored settings.

Detailed battery data depends on your battery pack, not only on your controller.

Works on every bike, whatever the controller

Navigation. Track mode. Acceleration test. Ride recording and tracking. Crash detection and SOS. Music, calls and notifications. Group voice. Rider sharing and family limits. Phone-as-key. Cloud backup. Wireless firmware updates.

Talaria models

The model is detected automatically, and you can override it if your bike is misidentified. Sliders are bounded by the model’s peak power, so a setting can never ask for more than the motor can give.

MX5 is the only Talaria wired for the display’s brake path, which is why wheelie assist, drag anti-flip and the brake curve are MX5-only in the matrix above.

SurRon

Light Bee X, 2025 and earlier. ECO and SPORT switch from the display, with the + and − buttons or from the app, so you no longer have to reach down to the bike’s own switch. The controller’s stored configuration is not rewritten.

SurRon installs vary: on some bikes the throttle goes through the display, on others straight to the controller. The setup wizard asks which, and your answer decides whether traction control, cruise control and the throttle curve are available to you.

ASI

Models BAC355 through BAC8000, estimated from the controller’s output-current rating. Where the reading falls between two known models the app shows no model badge at all rather than a wrong one. A missing badge is not a fault.

ASI’s highest settable speed is 127 km/h (79 mph). Every other family allows up to 200 km/h (124 mph), further bounded by whatever maximum your own controller reports.

Riding Times GT2000

A pedal-assist bike. This controller does not report current, so the power and current figures are estimates worked out from how the pack behaves. The app labels them “est.” and you should read them that way: useful for comparing one moment to the next, not for quoting.

FarDriver

Three connection methods. You pick one during setup and can change it later. Gear selection is set on the bike itself and shown, not set, by the display.

Drivetrain

Every family needs drivetrain data before speed and range can be right. Get this wrong and every number on the screen is wrong with it.

Presets: SurRon · Talaria · E-TMX eX2 · Bafang BBSHD · Hub motor (gearless) · Hub motor (geared) · Custom.

Setting up

Fifteen minutes, most of it the wizard asking about your bike. You need the display fitted and connected, a phone with Bluetooth, an internet connection for the first setup, and your purchase invoice.

Turn it on

Hold the power button for 3 seconds. The FabiRide logo appears, then a welcome message asking you to install the app.

Create your account

1. Install FabiRide from the App Store or Google Play.
2. Sign up with your name, email, phone number, country and a password, and accept the terms. On iPhone, Sign in with Apple is offered where the build supports it.
3. One account holds every bike, every battery and every rider you will ever add. You will not need a second one.

Pair the display

1. Open the Garage tab, tap +, then Connect.
2. The app scans and lists displays nearby by name. Tap yours.
3. There is no code to type and nothing to hold down. The serial number is read automatically, and the display’s welcome message changes to “Phone connected - complete setup on the phone.”

Register the display

The app moves to registration on its own. Select the shop you bought from, enter the invoice or order number, and attach a photo of the invoice.

Registration is what links this display to your account. It is required for your warranty, for firmware updates and for rider sharing, and it is what stops anyone else claiming the display as theirs.

The setup wizard

Twelve steps, and you will not see all of them. The wizard shows only what applies to your bike.

Then name the bike, and you are done.

Steps you will not see on a hub kit

Bafang, Riding Times, FarDriver, King-Meter and KT always wire throttle and brake straight to the controller. Steps 6 to 9 are skipped and the display’s own throttle and brake inputs are switched off, so no false throttle fault can occur.

Calibration

If setup gets interrupted

Nothing is lost. Re-run the wizard any time from More → Setup wizard, redo pairing from the Garage, and anything you already saved stays saved.

Using the display

A colour touchscreen with three buttons, mounted in portrait on any handlebar.

The 14 dashboard designs

Pick one in More → Display settings → Portrait variant. Change it as often as you like. These are the real renders, at the size they are drawn.

The riding dashboard

Indicators

Every screen

Navigation and Track only join the button cycle while that session is live, so they never get in the way on an ordinary ride.

Other things it shows

A startup logo on power-on and an animation on power-down. The welcome message before it has been paired. “Updated to version…” on the first start after a firmware update. Confirmations when you change riding mode, nudge the cruise speed or reset the trip. A fault card while a throttle or brake fault is latched, and an error overlay while a fault is active. And a which-phone chooser when two phones both want control, which only ever appears at a standstill.

Display settings

More → Display settings

The three buttons

Looking at the display: the − button, the + button, and the power button. Every mid-ride action is one of these. Nothing here needs the touchscreen and nothing here needs your phone.

On the music screen

− and + skip tracks. Hold either to change the volume, which repeats while you hold it. Three quick presses of − skips several tracks at once.

On a call

− declines an incoming call, and ends one you are on. + accepts.

Assist and mode rules

Touch

Swipes are ignored while an incoming call or the which-phone chooser is on screen, so you cannot dismiss a call by accident.

Using the app

Free on iPhone and Android. The same account works at my.fabiride.com if you would rather set the bike up on a laptop.

The tabs

What is under More

Bike & protocol

The page that describes your bike to the display: protocol, bike model, controller model and ratings, controller serial and firmware, connection method on FarDriver, wiring orientation with an automatic wiring check, communication verification, lights configuration, wheel diameter, rim and tyre, rear sprocket, motor type, motor sensor, motor thermistor, throttle and brake routing, save to controller, and a bike-in-service switch.

Controller settings, family by family

You will only ever see the settings your controller genuinely supports. Nothing is greyed out to tease you.

The other settings pages

Riding modes and assist levels

Change them with + and −, or in the app. What “a level” means depends entirely on what is driving your bike.

Limits and off-road use

The limiter is the feature most people buy Dash Pro for. It works on all ten families, including the ones whose controllers cannot be reconfigured at all.

Setting a limit

1. In the app, choose a speed and a power limit.
2. Switch the limiter on, from the app or with the button sequence on the bars.
3. Where your controller accepts limits directly they are written into it. Where it does not, the display holds the limit itself, which is how it works on a stock SurRon or Talaria.

Lifting it

One tap in the app, or the button sequence from Chapter 6: press +, then the power button, then hold − for 3 seconds. Full stock performance returns instantly.

Going above stock

On SiliXcon, Talaria, ASI, Bafang, Riding Times, FarDriver, King-Meter and KT, your bike’s own ceilings can be raised. On SurRon and VESC the controller configuration is left untouched, so lifting the limit returns the bike to full stock performance and no further.

Rider assists

Five systems that sit between your throttle and your motor. They never fight each other: when more than one wants to reduce power at the same moment, the most cautious one wins.

Wheelie control

It measures lift angle continuously. Past the angle you asked for it eases power off. Past the maximum angle it applies the brake.

Settings: desired angle · lift limit · max angle · brake strength · response · damping · hover learn · lead time · separate brake-hold tuning · standing-zero calibration · ride calibration.

Drag anti-flip

Wheelie control set up for a launch. Power trimming starts far earlier, and the brake stays out of it until an emergency angle.

Traction control

Detects the rear wheel breaking loose and eases power. You set the sensitivity and where it applies. The live readout shows throttle percentage, slip and signal quality, so you can see it working rather than guess.

Cruise control

Holds a set speed. + and − nudge the held speed, confirmed on screen. It releases on the brake lever only, so engine braking and regen will not drop it. The app shows you live why cruise will or will not engage, which saves a lot of guessing at the roadside.

Throttle response curve

Reshapes throttle position into power. The default is a straight one-to-one response. Softening the first third makes a powerful bike manageable in the wet without giving up anything at the top.

Brake and regen curve

Shapes lever travel into braking force.

Tuning your controller

Per-family settings are listed in Chapter 7. These rules apply to all of them.

Battery and range

How much is left, how much you are using, and how far that will actually take you.

What your pack has to provide

Battery data reaches the display only from packs whose own battery management system shares it. Many packs, including most stock ones, share nothing at all. On those the battery screens stay empty and every other part of the display works exactly as normal, so an empty battery page is not a fault and there is no setting that will fill it.

Live data

Where the pack provides it: voltage, charge, current, power, remaining capacity, cycles, temperatures, health, per-cell voltages, pack identity and design capacity. Fields your pack does not report simply do not appear - nothing is estimated into a gap to make the screen look complete.

Range

Learned from the energy you actually use, not read off a specification. It sharpens over your first few rides as it works out what you and your bike do to a battery. It is always an estimate, and this guide will keep saying so.

Battery health

Tracked over time and carried across to a new phone with the rest of your account.

Smart battery packs

Paired as devices in their own right, with a live pack view, identity and specification, charge and discharge limits, pack switching, low-battery notifications, sharing, and finding packs nearby.

Navigation, track and performance

Navigation

Set a destination in the app. The next turn and the distance to it appear as a strip over your dashboard and on a full screen of their own. The distance countdown stays smooth between position updates rather than jumping in steps.

Track mode

Set a start-finish line by riding over it or by placing it on the map. You get live lap delta on the display, and last lap, best lap, full lap history and saved circuits in the app.

Acceleration test

A 0-to-target timer. Choose GPS or the bike’s own speed as the source. The start is detected automatically, so there is nothing to press, and every run is kept.

Music, calls and group voice

Your phone stays in your pocket. The controls are already under your left thumb.

Music

Now playing with album art, transport and volume, all from the bar-mounted buttons. Swipe up or double-press the power button to open it. On iPhone this works with the app closed; on Android it runs through the app. You decide whether music appears at all, and separately whether it may appear while you are moving.

Calls

An incoming call takes the screen, with the caller’s name and number, and your speed still visible. + accepts, − declines. Once you are on the call there is a full-width End control and a duration counter.

Group voice

Create or join a room with a six-character code. Push-to-talk, voice-activated with adjustable sensitivity, or open mic. Noise suppression is built in. On the intercom screen, push-to-talk is a hold of −. Music ducks automatically the moment someone speaks and comes back when they stop.

Sharing and family limits

The same bike can be a 25 km/h learner’s bike for one rider and a full-power machine for another. The limits belong to the rider, not to the bike.

Inviting a rider

By email, or by QR code for someone standing next to you. People without an account get a pending invitation that activates when they make one.

Presets

Setting limits by hand

Speed limit · power limit · which riding modes · wheelie · cruise · regen · reverse · edit maps · edit layout · edit tuning · see bike location · use phone as key · and whether they may lift limits at all, which is off unless you grant it.

Security and phone-as-key

Phone-as-key

The bike unlocks because your phone is near it. Settings: allow without phone · auto-unlock range · auto-lock when away · lock on app close · PIN backup · request and enter an unlock code · manage authorised phones. Face ID or your fingerprint protects the sensitive actions.

Ownership

The display is registered to your account and cannot be claimed by anyone else. If you sell the bike, transferring the display to its new owner clears settings, paired phones, the rider list and history from the display.

Anti-theft

The display detects and reports tampering, and protects the credentials it stores.

Software updates

Dash Pro is not finished. Three years of development stand behind the display on your bars, and the work has not stopped: the display you own in a year will do more than the one you bought.

How updating works

1. Open More → Firmware update. The app checks for a newer version and shows you what has changed in it.
2. Tap install. The update goes to the display wirelessly - no cable, no computer, nothing to take off the bike.
3. The display confirms its new version on the next start, with an “Updated to version…” message.

A beta channel is available if you would rather see changes early and can live with the occasional rough edge.

If something is not behaving

Software problems get fixed in software. A behaviour that is wrong today is a candidate for the next firmware release, and firmware reaches you over the air without anything being returned, opened or replaced.

So before you conclude that a fault is in the hardware:

1. Check you are current. More → Firmware update tells you your version and the latest one. A surprising share of reported faults are fixed releases that have not been installed.
2. Check the app too. The app and the firmware are updated separately, and some fixes need both.
3. Report it. More → Help & support can attach a diagnostics bundle to your message. That bundle is what turns “it does something odd sometimes” into something that can be found and fixed.

Water, dust and looking after it

The most common way a Dash Pro is damaged is water, and almost every case is avoidable. This chapter is short because the rule is short: never point water at the display.

What IP51 means

Dash Pro is rated IP51. The two digits are two separate tests.

What that means on a bike

If it does get wet

1. Power the display off, and do not power it back on.
2. Let it dry completely somewhere warm and dry. Not with a heat gun, a hairdryer or an oven - heat does its own damage, and does it faster.
3. Contact info@fabiride.com before you ride with it again. A display that has been soaked can work for a week and then stop.

Everything else

Problems and error codes

Errors appear as a full-screen message. If more than one is active they cycle every 2 seconds, and they clear themselves the moment the fault clears.

Faults are only ever shown for parts genuinely connected through the display. On a hub kit, where throttle and brake go straight to the controller, those inputs are switched off and cannot raise a fault.

Clearing a throttle or brake fault

Stop. Put the throttle and brake fully at rest. Hold − and + together for 3 seconds.

The fault only clears if the input really is at rest and the bike really is stationary. That is deliberate: a fault you can dismiss while the throttle is stuck open is not a safety feature.

Common problems

Resetting

Getting help

info@fabiride.com, or More → Help & support in the app, which can attach a diagnostics bundle to your message. Send the bundle. It is the difference between a guess and a fix.

Your data and account

What survives what

Glossary

Terms of use

Written to be read. If any of it is unclear, that is a fault in the writing and we would like to know: info@fabiride.com.