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Title: Total Zero Miles
Post by: Daveruns on June 09, 2012, 09:33:01 PM
I now have 4,200 miles on my 2011 S. Anyone out there with more miles?
Title: Re: Total Zero Miles
Post by: Electric Cowboy on June 10, 2012, 12:11:14 AM
8,000 here :)
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Post by: JuicyBurger on June 10, 2012, 02:08:52 AM
It's nice to have a vehicle where you like to see the miles go up right = P
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Post by: manlytom on June 10, 2012, 07:54:49 AM
2010S 1000 miles
2011S 1800 miles and counting
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Post by: dkw12002 on June 10, 2012, 09:29:20 AM
How have the tires held up with 4200mi. and 8000mi. (if those are still original)? I have 3,000 on my 2011 S, but I bought it with 1,000 mi. so only 2,000 of those are mine. I bought it Jan 26th. My tires look good.
Title: Re: Total Zero Miles
Post by: Electric Cowboy on June 10, 2012, 02:16:31 PM
I have taken my bike to the track as well, and I will be changing my front tire pretty soon, I am sure I could get another 1,000 out of it, but I will be going to the track again soon, so I'm not going to push it. For an average rider with no track riding you could probably do 10,000 miles on a set, provided you don't do any burn outs, or run over any nails.
Title: Re: Total Zero Miles
Post by: dkw12002 on June 10, 2012, 11:27:36 PM
10,000 miles is good. Usually it's the rear tire that wears out first, but I notice the tread is deeper on my rear tire compared to the front. Maybe Zero planned for both tires to wear out at about the same time. With most motorcycles it's about 2 rear tire replacements for every 1 front tire. That slow acceleration from 0-30 mph would make a difference too. 
Title: Re: Total Zero Miles
Post by: Electric Cowboy on June 11, 2012, 02:47:05 AM
I had done a retardedly huge burn out and ran over a nail on my rear so I replaced it at around 6 or 6500 miles before I went to the track. Mainly because of the flat spot I created doing the burn out.Had I not done those things, I would probably be OK still. I was really surprised with how long they are lasting.
Title: Re: Total Zero Miles
Post by: rotoiti on June 11, 2012, 10:47:00 PM
I've just put 2,700th mile on my Zero yesterday. The rear tire thread is getting significantly smaller. Still not at thread wear marks but the tire won't last past 4,000 miles. I do no burnouts but I do ride 70+ mph on rough pavement of California 101.
Title: Re: Total Zero Miles
Post by: Electric Cowboy on June 12, 2012, 08:40:39 AM
I've just put 2,700th mile on my Zero yesterday. The rear tire thread is getting significantly smaller. Still not at thread wear marks but the tire won't last past 4,000 miles. I do no burnouts but I do ride 70+ mph on rough pavement of California 101.
Where do you ride? We should meet up some time. I'm in thousand oaks.

Also, you are on an S I presume, just wanted to clarify.
Title: Re: Total Zero Miles
Post by: rotoiti on June 14, 2012, 02:13:11 AM
Where do you ride? We should meet up some time. I'm in thousand oaks.
I am about 350 miles north of you -- I live in Mountain View, and I am usually riding to San Bruno (work) on 101.

Also, you are on an S I presume, just wanted to clarify.
2012 DS ZF9. I think DS knobbies wear out faster than the stock S tire would.
Title: Re: Total Zero Miles
Post by: CliC on June 14, 2012, 05:22:57 AM
I'm still wondering how you guys did burnouts :)

I suppose once you got the tire spinning, say, on a slick surface, these bikes have enough power to maintain that state. But breaking it loose on dry pavement, at least on my DS, does not seem to be possible in stock configuration.

No biggie for me; I didn't buy it to do burnouts. I can beat your average car to the next light, and that's good enough.
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Post by: protomech on June 14, 2012, 09:55:45 AM
Just passed 3000 miles on the ZF9. Zoom zoom!
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Post by: Daveruns on June 14, 2012, 07:24:27 PM
Now 4,400 on my 2011 S and still on original tires. Looks like some wear, but still plenty of tread.  :)
Title: Re: Total Zero Miles
Post by: Electric Terry on October 28, 2012, 04:46:37 AM
Got 12,000 miles out of the front brakes and tires on a 2012 SZF9.  But the front pads had nothing left, and the rear tire had spots where it was wearing through.   Although I am very hard on the tires and brakes, so my guess is others could go possibly farther.
Title: Re: Total Zero Miles
Post by: Richard230 on October 28, 2012, 07:07:09 AM
I put another 86  miles on my Zero today.   :)
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Post by: lolachampcar on October 28, 2012, 11:35:33 PM
5K on a DS9 with the rear tire gone at 4200ish.  Now running Avons.
Title: Re: Total Zero Miles
Post by: Daveruns on November 03, 2012, 04:08:43 AM
Impressed with 12 K miles. You must spend a lot of time riding to get that on a 2012.

I'm up to 5,800 now on my 2011 S. Would have more, but missed two months in the past year for motor replacements.
Title: Re: Total Zero Miles
Post by: mehve on November 03, 2012, 10:37:25 AM
2,200 today on my 2012 S ZF9 (bought it at end of May). I still have not seen another one out here in the Seattle area, however. I had been riding it 53 miles a week, minimum.

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Title: Re: Total Zero Miles
Post by: NoiseBoy on November 08, 2012, 01:40:02 AM
I will have had it 3 weeks Friday and just clicked over 500 miles.  So far I haven't had to touch anything making it officially more reliable than my KTM has ever been.
Title: Re: Total Zero Miles
Post by: RickSteeb on November 08, 2012, 11:49:28 AM
Coming up on 4800 miles on my '12 DS ZF6; still appreciating the joy with each passing mile =D .  And it seems smoother/stronger since the recall update a few hundred miles ago!
Title: Re: Total Zero Miles
Post by: benswing on November 11, 2012, 01:15:11 AM
Just passed 2,500 yesterday, mostly on Route 3 between Clifton, NJ and NYC which probably qualifies as an obstacle course with all the construction!   ;D
Title: Re: Total Zero Miles
Post by: benswing on November 22, 2012, 07:42:02 AM
Just rode 114.1 miles today! 

It was a beautiful day for a ride up to the top of Bear Mountain.  Made it to the top with 53 miles on the odometer, and the farthest I have gone before is 105, so I thought I was pushing my luck.  It turns out that I made it home with miles to spare!
Title: Re: Total Zero Miles
Post by: ColoPaul on November 25, 2012, 09:36:58 AM
Pulled in tonight with 3996 miles.   We've had nice weather this year, it's the latest in the season I've ever still been riding.
Title: Re: Total Zero Miles
Post by: benswing on December 04, 2012, 11:42:13 PM
So far it looks like East Coast riders have traveled farther in total than West coast riders! 

According to those who have contributed so far (thanks for sharing your info!) at
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Al1C9ABaL4hBdDhCNUVjSVhRUlVZSGVCMnZ6TDZSOGc#gid=0

East miles - 37,835
West miles - 33,996

I know there are more bikes on the west coast than the east coast, but for our little community that seems to be the trend so far.  And with OffTheGrid going across the country, the East coast will probably stay in the lead.  Feel free to update your miles or share this link with people who ride Zeros but are not on this forum.