Guys, today we’ve got for a review full custom electric scooter with some offroading
capabilities!
We will test it separately and in battle with dirt bikes!
Moreover we’ll find out how it goes on water!
Stay tuned we are to start right now!
Hi guys as usually its me just a voice over and you are watching review machines!
Without being sad lets ride this bike right now!
And first of all I should mention why this bike is so unique.
Well this scooter is built not only for city riding but for riding on a rough terrain also!
But any offroading adventure starts on a good road, so lets start our tests here on asphalt!
Well as I mentioned it’s a full custom electric scooter.
There is only one unit for now, but the engineers are ready to build more of them if it is successful.
The idea of the project is to build a versatile electric transport both for good roads and
offroading!
Yes there are already numerous other similar bikes.
But this one was created as the most reliable heavy duty unit!
As to the main specs.
There is a battery 72 volts 32 amper hours, so theoretically maximum range can be up to
200 km!
Regarding maximum speed it is limited up to 40 miles.h you can see it on the dashboard
now.
Well the speed is not very impressive, but the acceleration is really insane.
It makes from zero to 40 in few moments!
Such power results from a special hub motor specially built for this project!
The author of the project states that the bike can vie with a 300 hp car!
Up to 40 miles of course.
What a serious statement!
Dirt roads and rough terrain – here our scooter looks as fine as on a good road!
As I’ve said the electric bike was designed for long distance travelling both on asphalt
and on offroading.
That is why the reliability is one of the main features of this bike – you shouldn’t
be afraid of getting broken far away from your home.
This unit has been tested for almost a year in the severest conditions, water and dirt,
bumps and jerks.
But it is still in good shape as you can see.
By the way there are three modes of driving – eco for grandmoms, middle and most powerful
sport.
And sport mode is really awesome, we were so impressed by it!
And especially our camera man.
Well lets move on!
I
think the design of the bike may seem quite weird.
But we should remember it is a custom bike not a serial production.
And it is sure to have a special style, maybe some people find it not very bright, but it
is rather hard to stay indifferent to it.
By the way, the scooter is very durable due to the materials that its made of.
The frame is made of high quality aircraft aluminum and most parts of a body are made
of a special kind of carbon.
As a result the bike is very light.
The total weight is only 60 kilos!
Besides there is a good suspension system, that provides comfortable riding.
Front suspension was taken from a dirt bike Kayo, the rear one is also an adjustable shock
absorber.
Another interesting feature – it is a charging system.
It takes only about two hours to charge the battery from 0 to 100%
Well its high time to add in our test some competitors!
We chose a couple of similar bikes to compare them with our electric scooter.
The first one is Dirtbike and the second is a touring bike Scout.
The both have 125 cc engine capacity.
Well take bets guys, electricity or gas?
We begin with a drag racing!
Our bike is at the left!
Lets go!
A really insane acceleration is shown by the electric bike!
It takes off like a shot!
Lets make another try!
And the same result – electric bike takes off much faster than others.
And last try from different point of view!
This time dirt bike shows a better result, but anyway electric one is faster.
And it is an absolute winner in our drag racing.
By the way we should take into account that we made this drag in the afternoon after several
hours of aggressive riding, so the battery wasn’t full of charge by the moment.
And now lets move to the rough terrain!
There is a place with a lot of hummocks and hills and this is conditions that are very
suitable for a dirt bike.
It is cut out to ride on a such terrain!
That is why it doesn’t have any problems here.
Scout also shows a good result here.
But it turned that our electric scooter has too little wheels for such conditions.
So it can’t climb this hill without help.
Now lets try our bikes on sand.
Well even the dirtbike has some difficulties here but definitely it looks better than the
electric one.
Small wheels are not good for offorading.
In this way we found out that the electric bike can’t be considered as a real dirt
bike.
Well its very good for asphalt and earth roads, but it is not suitable for rough terrain.
And after these tests the author of the project decided to improve his bike and make it all
wheel drive by installing the second hub motor in the front wheel and change the tires for
more aggressive ones.
Well it will be interesting to see the result!
Thanks our competitors and we have one more interesting trial for today!
When we are reviewing any kind of electric transport very often we have a question – what
about water?
Is it afraid of rain and puddles?
Well its not rainy today, but we are going to drown it in a lake!
In fact all the main parts of the bike are waterproof, that is why we decided to try
to drive it into a deeper water.
And this is more interesting!
But at the moment we notice that we lost our gopro camera.
Well lets see the camera adventures for a change!
Now it is being drowned and lays at the bottom.
Meantime overland we were looking for the camera and by the way do you know what the
fish it is?
Well lets get back to the topic now!
As we can see after being drowned the scooter works without any problems.
Well it seems that it is really a waterproof device!
And now it is high time to speak about the price!
The total budget of the project is about 4000 dollars.
Well not very cheap, but most part of the sum was taken by an expensive materials like
aluminum and carbon.
What do you think about the bike?
Please post comments with your opinions.
If it is worth to be serial produced or its just another custom toy?
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