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Personally not a big fan of salvaged bikes due to a crash.  Unless it was a soft drop, which this one is not looking at the bars, there's high chances the frame is bent.    And its not fun discovering that believe me.  I've had my own experiences buying salvaged bikes...  no thanks.

The price has to be damn good for someone to take the high risk investment, or just hate to say it, clueless and eager.

Too high priced and miles for my taste, but each their own.

Possibly someone wants it for the drive-train, but again its too high for anyone who knows what they're getting into unless its cheap enough to gamble on the risk.  There is a point of the price when people jump on it like a fish, that's for the seller to identify. 

Good luck whatever you do with it.

BEWARE of NorCal MasterCraft!!! 

They advertised the FX motorcycle shock as you mentioned, I bought it and had it shipped.  I then opened the box and discovered it was NOT for the FX!!!  It was for the older X motorcycle.  I called and told them I wanted to have my money refunded and return shipping paid.  The young girl who sold this to me said too bad.  She then had the nerve to say I was stalking her since I was on the phone for over 15 minutes saying why they must refund my money, since it was their mistake, not mine and why should I have to pay a penalty due to their lack of expertise of selling a misadvertised product.  She then just HUNG UP on me.   I honestly think this girl has a mental condition.  Anyways I had to call back and ask for the owner, which they did not transfer me to.  Instead the head manager listened to my issue and instantly refunded my money and sent a prepaid UPS tag for the shock.

With that this was the most HORRIBLE experience I ever had with any company.  They don't know what the hell they have nor what it fits.  They wasted a good portion of my time fixing their problem.  Also they made me feel humiliated, by the young girl, who had disrespect for a customer who had an issue due to their problem.

Again, BEWARE and I would not buy a single thing from these guys.  Also they don't have any FX shocks, only the one that's for the X which is not the correct length.  I'm sure they'll try to off that thing to some unknowing FX owner to make a quick buck.

I also heard these guys sold a person a Zero electric motorcycle.  When the person paid for the bike, he asked how / where do you plug the bike in to charge.  They didn't know and were clueless!!    Go figure.

Its not bad for the battery discharging it low.  It is if you:

-Let the battery sit at the low charge (SOC) for a long time, more than a day. You really want to charge it ASAP.
-Where very hard on the throttle pulling hard amps out of the pack at the low SOC
-Was very very hot out and the pack just sat for  hours and hours.

Honestly the packs need to be fully charged and discharged (at least down to 10-20%) so that the BMS has the true full/empty capacity of the pack.

^Excellent^

It all depends what you're looking for.  I personally would go for more range and longevity of the bike.  Also your resale value will be higher if you have the larger pack.  I'm personally not a big fan of the powertank. But if you really wanted to do a long road trip, just think about the range of a 11.4 + a 2.8 powertank!

True what AustinSZF8.5 indicated about the larger battery pack and heavier weight, less performance.  In theory a larger battery pack is able to supply more current and should be quicker with a higher top speed.  I don't know what Zero is doing to limit that.  But AustinSZF8.5's review of his 8.5 is an honest one.   I own a Zero 2010 DS and now just picked up a 2013 Zero FX.  I'm more of a dirt/street type of guy as well as having things really light.  The FX has the option to run a single or double 2.8kw pack.  So I can be around 280 pounds with a 5.7kw (two 2. or 238 pounds running a single 2.8kw pack.  The bike is a wheelie machine even with both of its 2.8kw packs in.

I also read in a online review of the 2014 Zero SR that the SR handled great but then when they put the powertank on it wasn't as easy to throw around due to the weight being now more distributed higher up.  Trying to find the link, will post if I come across it.

The powertank on the SR is optional.  Note that the SR has an 11.4kw pack (without the powertank), so that alone will make the bike heavier than the 8.5kw equipped bike.  Lastly strapping any weight above the center of gravity line on the motorcycle will make it unstable and less nimble.  Same goes for a rider that's 160 pounds vs. a 220 pound rider.

My own experiences with either calling or emailing Zero have been terrible.   I have left several VMails and emails to Zero Support and only got one return call and that was several days later.  All emails that I have sent to Zero Support have gone unanswered.    There is no point in sending email to them, they don't answer them.   I will never bother attempting to call or email Zero again as it has proven to be a waste of time. 

My impression of Zero factory support from my own experiences is that they are laid back California surfer dudes who don't really want to be bothered with pesky customers.   

If Zero did not have a dealer network in place I would not be riding Zeros and I feel sorry for anyone who has to rely on the Zero factory for support. 

If you are close to a good dealer, Zero motorcycles are a great product.   

I would echo the other comments in regards to Hollywood Electrics as well.  Harlan really knows his products and market and he delivers excellent support and Service so if you live near Hollywood Electrics you are in good hands.   

I had the same experience with Z's customer service when dealing with my 2010 glitch issue.  No calls returned that were promised from CS.  Luckily I live only 10 miles from their Scotts Valley home base.  So I ended up just stopping by and asking for CS personally.  Honestly, when you speak to them personally face to face they're very very helpful and want to do everything they can to help.  I passed on the feedback I've been seeing about poor CS responses and the CS agent replied back that they are understaffed and try to get back timely to the customers.  I made it quite clear that its giving a very bad impression to the customer as if Zero just didn't care and that itself can multiply its effect very fast in a negative way by word of mouth which is the best advertising.   Unfortunately after that discussion I had the same response from CS, no responses after calling.  Note that I was contacting the same person over and over.  I have heard from those on this forum that they had a successful CS experience and that the rep was very helpful and prompt.  So it may be a person by person thing depending on each individual work load and availability.  At any rate, I'll keep reminding them of the CS response issue and start to escalate it further up the ladder.

As for Hollywood Electrics I've heard nothing but great things about the company and Harlan and the feedback in this thread as well as Harlan's response is very professional as well as appreciated.  So I have no doubt he'll do everything in his power to get you what you need from Zero.  Its the next best thing to living 10 miles from Zero's home base   I also find it very cool that Harlan races these bikes, pushes them to their limits and then some, and provides Zero feedback.  Zero actually commented that they find this input valuable and making the bikes better for future generations. Lastly its awesome seeing Harlan making aftermarket kits/upgrades, like the SuperMoto Wheel setup.  Most importantly taking the time to make the CNC caliper relocation bracket that's truly custom.  Also if you need your forks/shocks modified to suit your needs, he's the guru to ask and send them out to.  The 2013 Zero FX front forks come to mind here since I feel their quite underpar for serious offroading and when your front wheelies return to earth and landing hard.

I wish someone would make a video on how to change out the brushes on these 200-2010 bikes. it seems like I have read 2 or 3 of them failing because of bad brushes, so it is a fairly common issue.

Workshop manual in pdf on the Agni motor:

http://www.agnimotors.com/workshop_manual_v1.pdf

Videos on the Agni motor, cleaning, brush resistance, setup, etc...:

https://www.youtube.com/user/Jozztek/videos