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[Doug S]

I'm not so sure about these motorcycles needing less service. There are a fair number of people who have had significant warranty work done....like chargers and battery packs replaced for example.

My 2014 has been in the shop more than I'd like to see, but honestly, it's not terribly unexpected. Zero is still a very young company, and EVs in general are still in their infancy. Tesla is proving that even if you have the resources of an Elon Musk to throw into the ring, there can (and probably will) still be teething problems.

The ICE vehicle industry has a 100 year head start on EVs. It might take a few years to catch up with that.

[trikester]

I see in the news today that BMW is recalling 40,000 motorcycles that are in danger of having the rear wheel fall off.

Oops!

Trikester

[Richard230]

I see in the news today that BMW is recalling 40,000 motorcycles that are in danger of having the rear wheel fall off.

Oops!

Trikester

City Bike magazine says the number is 300,000!    opps, opps, opps.     The reason is that they claim that owners of the affected R and K bikes (2003 to 2011) tend to over-tighten the flange bolts causing the rear drive housing to fracture. You just can't trust motorcycle owners to work on their own bikes.   

[dkw12002]

I suppose some of the touring riders have 75,000 miles on their bikes, but there are probably less than 1% of the running bikes out there with that many miles on them. It's really a tribute to 2 things: 1) that it is possible to tour with a Zero, and 2) more importantly, the components, including the battery pack, should give you many years of service. Amazing how the general public thinks you replace the batteries on electric motorcycles. Maybe Terry could become a spokesman for Zero like Jared Fogle does for Subway and show up from time to time in their commercials...100,000 miles and still going, 150,000 miles and still going.

As recalls go, replacing rear axles and axle nuts if that's what they do shouldn't be so bad. Piaggio a few years ago had to replace fuel pumps across several years, makes, and models of scooters. Must have cost them a lot. At least they are doing it. Some companies try to deny there even is a problem.