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This is probably my last post for a while, I don't think I'll be getting any new/relevant info for a bit.

Talked to Zero a few times today. I am very impressed with their level of concern. They are sending a technician to pick up the bike tomorrow and hopefully we'll learn that this was just a freak occurrence. They did confirm that my bike had been serviced under the recall so that issue shouldn't have been the problem.

All in all, I'm just glad I'm ok. I can't say the desire to own an electric motorcycle has died; it was an amazing bike while I had it. This does sound like a really rare thing from everything I've been reading.

Insurance? Not for the motorcycle, no. Basic collision, lots of medical/personal injury, enough to cover damage I could cause to others. But I bought this one used and figured, if I crash, it's gone.

I never really considered it might spontaneously combust... an oversight, I see that now.

I was planning to ride this one for a year or two then upgrade to an SR/F or something like that. I bought this one for $5k, figured it might sell for $3k, and I'd be out very little for two years of learning how to ride an electric. Now I'm out $5k. I can handle the loss, but I'd hope Zero will at least take the bike back and inspect it to find out what went wrong both in the initial failure and the subsequent fire.

But I won't hold my breath about that happening. We'll see.

Hello everyone, I've been meaning to register but lurking as a guest for a while. I guess now is the time...

My... former... motorcycle: 2014 Zero SR. Bought it used a few months ago and loved every minute of riding it until the very end.

So today I was riding home from work, commute was going well, when suddenly it felt like my rear brakes kicked on hard and the bike made a huge shudder. I pulled over to the side of the road as the bike ground to a halt. I waited a few minutes trying to figure out what could have gone wrong. Tires looked fine, brakes looked normal. After learning that a tow wouldn't be available for two hours, I pushed the bike up to a fast food parking lot (only a mile or two from my house) and waited. I could have pushed the bike the rest of the 1-2 miles home, but it was harder to push than before.

Once I got it home, I learned that there was once a recall on Zero SRs from when mine was made (February 2014). Ok, fine, emailed Zero because their customer service office was closed. Figured I'd deal with it in the morning. Bummed, I went about the rest of my evening.

Then about an hour ago, my smoke alarm started going off. The one right next to my garage... Opened the garage and got bombarded with thick, black smoke. Opened the garage door and ran outside to find my poor Zero in six-foot flames in the corner of my garage. Panicked, yelled for my wife to grab the fire extinguisher while I ran for the hose. Doused the thing until the flames died, then kept dousing it for half an hour. Called the fire department, they said there was nothing they could do at this point. No visible damage in the garage, maybe water damage, we'll see in the morning. The battery is still sparking, but it's in the driveway and I'm watching it like a hawk (might not sleep tonight).

So that's my story and why I felt compelled to post. Thanks for letting me vent while I wait for my poor little buddy to spark up again before I hose it down.

Anyone have an idea about what I should do next?