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I've seen them and rode one. Aint worth a hill of beans in my opinion.
The effective range of them is so short, you'd be better off with a bicycle, which better for you and the environment as well. Say a typical day....you ride to work/school, then to lunch, then back to work/school, then the battery dies on the way home. You could use it to get to work and back every day, but side-trips will put you very close to "no go" territory quickly. And the recharge rate is not nearly fast enough to allow a quick recharge stop.
Also the top speed is not enough for any kind of interstate or freeway travel, which places them as in-town commuter only bikes.
Honestly, the only task which they would be appropriate would be perhaps getting around a college campus, or the occasional trip to McDonalds when you just want to ride.
Long trips, or travel are impossible on one, unless you like spending 8 hrs recharging at a hotel every 40 miles and on backroads only.
One other thing....you can re-map the ECU on the Zero bikes. And the result is of course...drastically reduced range, however you gain INSANE amounts of instant torque and power. So with a re-map, they would be awesome parking lot stunt bikes, as they are light weight, have enough torque to ground loop it.
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