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[Electric Terry]

Yes he did. Photos are on the facebook owners group.

[ColoPaul]

Keith, so sorry to hear about your literally unbelievable experience.  Glad you are OK.  Truly crazy.
Attached is a sample pic from Keith's facebook post for all you non-facebookers.

[ColoPaul]

Yesterday I saw a 2012 for sale on Craigslist in the Bay Area, I emailed the seller informing them of the recall.  He took the advert down right away and replied that he didn't have any idea there was a recall.   He was registered with Zero as the owner.   Zero really should hoof it on getting those notices out.

[Electric Terry]

Yesterday I saw a 2012 for sale on Craigslist in the Bay Area, I emailed the seller informing them of the recall.  He took the advert down right away and replied that he didn't have any idea there was a recall.   He was registered with Zero as the owner.   Zero really should hoof it on getting those notices out.

+1 Paul! I know things take time and I would have hoped almost all Zero owners are either on here or on FB Zero Owners group but with only 3000 members of the FB group and perhaps 10,000 owners now, perhaps 2 in 3 don't get social media information.  I would expect they are calling and emailing everyone, but you have just shown its not reaching everyone fast enough.  I don't know how else to help faster on my end if they aren't on social media.

[centra12]

Hello

A general question!

1 The first Zero burned  on July 2016 What has Zero done until now?
2 I can not find any warnings on the European Zero website.
3 Subscribed to the newsletter from Zero until now no hints received.
4 Had many problems with my 2012 and email traffic with Zero! You have my e-mail. But was not notified !!
5 My Zero dealer has not called me! Will ask on Monday why not. With a stupid answer l buy him blue eyes  !!!!!!

[Richard230]

Keith, so sorry to hear about your literally unbelievable experience.  Glad you are OK.  Truly crazy.
Attached is a sample pic from Keith's facebook post for all you non-facebookers.

That got my daughter's attention.  Now she is definitely going to contact Zero to get on their recall program.   

[Electric Terry]

Hello

A general question!

1 The first Zero burned  on July 2016 What has Zero done until now?
2 I can not find any warnings on the European Zero website.
3 Subscribed to the newsletter from Zero until now no hints received.
4 Had many problems with my 2012 and email traffic with Zero! You have my e-mail. But was not notified !!
5 My Zero dealer has not called me! Will ask on Monday why not. With a stupid answer l buy him blue eyes  !!!!!!

centra12 email support@zeromotorcycles.com right away!

[centra12]

Zero should finally do a good job !!!

But they are probably afraid to go bankrupt.
Financially, Zero is not that great

[ColoPaul]

Any thoughts on what Zero is going to do with these bikes?
Almost seems unsafe to transport them to the dealer, much less back to California.
Will the dealers have to dismantle them?
Almost seems like they need to send a bomb squad LOL.

[Richard230]

Any thoughts on what Zero is going to do with these bikes?
Almost seems unsafe to transport them to the dealer, much less back to California.
Will the dealers have to dismantle them?
Almost seems like they need to send a bomb squad LOL.

My recollection is that one of the articles referenced on the first page of this post mentioned that Zero would pick up the bike at your home (or wherever it is stored) and haul it away for you.  So far, there has been no discussion of what happens after that.  My guess would be that Zero will pick up the bikes from each dealer and dismantle and (hopefully) recycle the parts at the factory.

Or I guess they could ship them all to China for dismantling by children at a local garbage dump.   

[Electric Terry]

I would guess that once picked up they will be discharged in a controlled location, then dismantled, and recycled (battery) and disposed of, crushed/destroyed (everything else) including chopping up the frame to ensue the salvage parts can never get used again.

[Richard230]

I would guess that once picked up they will be discharged in a controlled location, then dismantled, and recycled (battery) and disposed of, crushed/destroyed (everything else) including chopping up the frame to ensue the salvage parts can never get used again.

If that happens, that is going to be a shame for anyone who wants to set up an electric motorcycle museum in the future.  The 2012 Zero range is worth protecting for historical reasons, even if the batteries need to be removed from the chassis.

[Electric Terry]

I would guess that once picked up they will be discharged in a controlled location, then dismantled, and recycled (battery) and disposed of, crushed/destroyed (everything else) including chopping up the frame to ensue the salvage parts can never get used again.

If that happens, that is going to be a shame for anyone who wants to set up an electric motorcycle museum in the future.  The 2012 Zero range is worth protecting for historical reasons, even if the batteries need to be removed from the chassis.

Good point, It would be nice to get a blank battery box to preserve some of the bikes in excellent condition to go into motorcycle museums someday.   I know even if the battery is removed, they will want to ensure the bike never gets ridden again at least, so I don't know how to ensure this.  But I totally see what you mean.   The 2012 Zero is the bike that put Zero on the map.  First electric bike to get 100 miles range (city) and it would be worth preserving these for this purpose I agree.

Hopefully at Zero once the monolith is disassembled and cell bricks removed, it can be reassembled without the cells inside and many of these bikes kept somewhere.  However, someone has to store these bikes for perhaps 10 years before museums become interested enough in electric to want them.

[Richard230]

If you email Zero about the recall and provide your VIN you will probably get this response:

Thank you for your email.  At the present time, Zero Motorcycles is urging owners not to ride or charge the 2012 Zero S or DS motorcycles.  This direction includes not taking any other extraordinary steps to discharge the motorcycle.  If you feel your motorcycle is not acting normally in some way or you are concerned, you could take extra steps to move it away from the house to a location that you believe is safer.

We are in the process of confirming plans to facilitate a repurchases or trade-assists.  This includes plans to have your motorcycle collected and properly recycled at no cost to you.  Zero Motorcycles intends to notify owners beginning on April 30th in accordance with the requirements of our work with NHTSA on this matter.

We regret any inconvenience this may cause you, but we are initiating this action in the interest of your personal safety and satisfaction with our products. Thank you for your cooperation.

Regards,

Andrew Mikhail

[ColoPaul]

Again, for the non-Facebookers, here is an interesting rumor.
"Exceptionally good compensation" - now I've got my hopes up over a few subjective words LOL.