r/ZeroMotorcycles

I’ve had quite a few petrol bikes and none of them had as many issues as this one electric motorcycle… make no mistake, I love riding EV bikes and I am not going back to petrol bikes.
But I just had to share my experience with Zero quality - no pun intended - and the issues.

* front brake disks - replaced under warranty every 6 months at a minimum… instead of checking other causes like a shoddy front end, they just replace the disks
* numerous fault codes that vanish when cycling power, happens in the rain, and no these are not isolation errors… would not be a thing if it didn’t also turn off the brake lights!
* 2 battery replacements, yes 2 in 3 years!
* corrosion due to really bad paint job… the paint is literally peeling off and obviously rust is an issue because the powder coating is rubbish…

Been to the dealer countless times, no idea what is wrong re electrics, and the front disks, oh that is a known issue and Zero are “working” on a solution … 3 years on and NOTHING

Anyone else in the same situation?

I have been working on a charging project for my Gen 2 zero to reach ~1C (12.6kw on my 14.4 DS), ie 1h theoretical for full charge.

After years of riding, I came to the same conclusion as many of us: the range is not the real bottle neck in most use cases, it is the charging time.

I also wanted to use the many type 2 stations that exists (in Europe at least), not to rely on type 3. In any case, 22kw is more than enough to reach 1C.

I also wanted to use only one plug as my previous attempts required me to use 2 separate plugs.

In addition, I also wanted to be able to use the tethered stations, not only the “bring your own cable” ones.

I already had a charge tank (6kw) and will add 2 x 3.3kw external chargers, that will be integrated permanently to the motorcycle.

So I am very happy to share that my first test (with one 3.3kw charger) has been successful as I reached ~8.9kw in average with peaks at 9.1kw!

I've been looking at getting an SR/S for a few years now, and finally getting close to pulling the trigger on it. However, now it seems they scarcely exist for sale unless i expand to nation wide, and then in that case they all seem to be across the country in CA. Even our local powersports Zero dealer only has their new dirt bikes in stock, even when this time last year they had plenty of Zero inventory to choose from. What happened with the stock?

Issue with loud noise.

So some time ago I did a jump from stairs with my FXE and immediately after had the issue of a slightly loud noise and a bumping when I accelerate.

After which I changed the 3 rear bearings.

Now you can hear me accelerate across the city.

Is it the motor bearing by chance?

Thx for any responses :)