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It's a similar dealer story in the UK and Ireland.

My experience is that those who also deal in ICE will happily sell you a new Zero and service it, but ask for Warranty support... then the excuses come out.  Qualified tech on long term sick leave,  no space to hold the bike while Zero send the parts, Zero don't pay us enough.  Those are the ones I've heard.  Dealers also come and go frequently to the brand.

Pure play electric dealers is a different story, but I only know of 3 in the whole of the UK and there is really only one dealer that operate as I expect of a dealer.  All aspects dealt with, prompt and at a fair price.  They told me they operate on very thin margins. 

Paul.

Thanks all.
I do have breakdown cover, I think if it snapped i'd have to go for a tow anyway because I doubt a roadside change would be practical.  I was more curious if others agreed.

I saw another interesting article from Dennis NL, he uses Silicone spray and has some positive stats on logevity...
https://www.facebook.com/groups/zmcowners/posts/5152356038166896/

I think i'll take others advice and just stock a spare.  Seems a replacement is inevitabe.   

Paul.

One thing that you probably did NOT notice on your test ride, which you will appreciate.. well maybe not so much where you live at but... it's not putting off heat when you DO find yourself stuck in traffic.

Aaron

That's such a true statement and very reason my itch was scratched back in 2009 when this was first realized...eBikes don't emit heat like IceBiikes...the Ribelle holds worthy to this.

How you drive the bike also has a huge influence on the wear as well.
If you are a regular commuter, just going to / from work, maybe an occasional weekend ride, running like a normal person, normal speeds, no read hard accels, then it may last quite a while.  If you like to romp it, and do a lot of high torque starts and high speed runs, then it won't last as long.

It was driven by an old lady from ZPasedena, who only drove it on sundays, to goto church with, and the church was just down the block 

Aaron

This is the wear I have at 44,000 kms.

I got 25k out of each of my previous two belts, now have about 52k on the odometer, and I'm running my third belt. I use full throttle often. This is on an SRS used for work commutes. 
Never broke one, but they do form lots of little cracks at the end that are visible when you take the belt off.
I keep the last one I changed, and a small tool kit to change it, in the bikes luggage just in case. I find it to be an easy swap if you have done it before and know what to expect.

How much does the lightning weigh?

Dark Shadows, I remember that one!   But... all the DS junkies moved onto All My Children I believe when DS finally went off the air.  Well, there was the Night Stalker but that was a regular TV show.

Aaron

  As far as the bikes weight goes, I think 95% of all EV Bikes weight comes from the batteries.  As they all use similar batteries, it will probably be close other other brands.  How different is an EGO from a Ribelle? But yes, it is very heavy when lying on its side.
  I was a young pup when I would come home and watch DS with a couple of high school girls.  They were supposed to be watching us kids.  I remember it being in black and white and very scary.  A couple of years back I watched the first couple of episodes on YouTube and was surprised at how cheap and cheezy it was.  I was also hoping for some skimpy long nightgowns!  But alas, TV was different back then and the young girls the Vampire was after seemed to sleep in thick clothing. Oh well...

You can always use 911 if you are broke down.  Tell them this is NOT a critical emergency but im broke down, and need a tow truck and no cell service.  Even with no service, there typically 'is' some kind of service that 911 will make your phone find.  It does things to the phone / with the phone, that normal service won't, to find emergency comms.  Ive asked the police about using 911 in cases like this and they said, yes it is allowable.  I asked about their non emergency number and they said, typically even when you dial the non emer, it still goes to the same dispatchers to answer it, because it's ALL recorded and they use the same system for the recording.  If an emergency call comes in, they may put you on hold, but typically answer the non emergency  numbers too.

Aaron

Ive learned the hard way that when the bike starts to go over at a stop or a very slow roll and you are on it, just hop to the side, try to guide it down as gently as you can but just get out of it's way.  How much does the lightning weigh?  Id assume it's top heavy as well?

Glad you didn't get caught up with it and / or injured.  The weight of these bikes will find you VERY quickly!

Dark Shadows, I remember that one!   But... all the DS junkies moved onto All My Children I believe when DS finally went off the air.  Well, there was the Night Stalker but that was a regular TV show.

Aaron

Loading the gears up with either power or regen they mesh harder and make noise.  Letting them free wheel with no load on them, they should be a lot quieter, ie coasting to a stop .vs. a powered stop via regen.  They will make some noise but nowhere as near as much as when under a load.

Aaron