I figured out my controller and had it running. None of my connections were permanent..
(I have the "controller throttle kit" coming in the mail. I was able to use a different generic controller/throttle sooner and wanted to give it a go)
I used electrical tape and sometimes a thicker gauge wire as a "jumper" to join connections.
I have a second thinner red wire coming from the power cable of my controller. I connected that back to the thicker wire and I was up and running.
I came across this photo in another thread , immediately went to try the said wiring and I was riding it around an hour later.
I'd like to clean up my connections and possibly get power to some of the lights. Also find the right combination for phase as I had the noisy motor at times. A fix was to accelerate very slow until I got up to speed. The Zero w/ generic was keeping up with a stock es4.