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« on: April 29, 2016, 12:08:33 AM »
I have had a few problems with the bike since I got in 19 months ago.
- The most recent issue was when the bike lost almost most of its power when I hit 16% remaining battery. I was on the highway! However, I am getting the impression from some other posts that this may be the new "normal". If that is the case, I really wish Zero would have warned me when the change was made (I guess during a firmware update???). I have taken the bike down to 6% remaining battery in the past without any issues.
- The break/engine battery regen system has failed me. It would disengage for a few seconds and start working again. This was quite alarming when I was slowing down at an intersection, as you can imagine. All of the sudden, the bike just accelerated down the hill. The guy at the shop said Zero had them adjust some timing thing and that seemed to resolve the problem. However, it started happening again a few months ago. They did the same timing adjustment and it seems to be fine now. My warranty is ending soon and I am concerned I will have to get this timing thing fixed twice a year at my own cost.
- The front headlamp --> The nuts and bolts fell off the bottom where the headlight attaches to the bike- it was vibrating a lot. I found my own nut/bolts in my garage and that seemed to resolve the issue. I bring this minor thing up because I saw somebody else ran into the same problem. It was very noisy and you will know if you have the same issue.
- I had to get the tires replaced. The stock tires were really slippery. I understand that this is normal for a motorcycle.
- Zero replaced my tank bag because the zipper broke. The second bag's zipper broke as well. I thought Zero was going to replace the bag with something hard or at least a better zipper... Anybody else have this experience?
- The brakes, especially the rear ones are bad; the newer models have ABS. I think ABS is essential with this bike.
HOWEVER -- When it is working properly, this bike is great. I love it. My mechanic loves it the rest of the time.
