Remember guys I am one of those 218 Zero owners with a 2012, I just don't ride it anymore and retired it after 78,000 miles. I ride the 2015 everyday and it is an amazing motorcycle.
And yes, I'm sure Zero made their decision on pricing a long time ago to budget for the recall, and paperwork is already prepared. So nothing said here will have any effect on anything, that I am certain of.
In all honesty, for those of us who love Zero's, a month before the recall, if you had $5000 in the bank and needed a bike, would you have bought another 2012 Zero if it was listed for $4995 at your local dealer?
if yes, then we have a fair market price. If no, then ask yourself why. There should be a price where most of us would buy another 2012, even if we thought that it was underpriced and we could sell it later at a higher price. Or to recommend it to a friend or family member as a good value. What price would you recommend your best friend to buy one?
I would like to see the buyback price high also for everyone's benefit, but I also know a fact that affects everyone. Most people think their stuff is worth more than the average other person thinks their stuff is. Surely everyone knows what I mean and have seen this too. Hopefully Zero will surprise everyone with an offer that is higher than we all expect. But I don't want anyone to be disappointed by getting a false idea either.
I would like to see some extra incentive for all people who will upgrade to a 2018, but for those who can't afford it, there needs to be an ability to upgrade to used bike in their dealer network from 2013 to 2017 also I would hope, although I would think the incentive would be more on a new 2018 bike. Although I don't know how recalls work and perhaps everything has to be equal. I literally have no idea how all this works and am just guessing.