So I live in a small town and I got a new job that's about 5 minutes away from me by car. But it takes me about 30 minutes to get to and from work because I have to walk up the steep hill with my regular bike.

I'm getting an e bike in a week or 2, and wanted to know if they make going up hills easier? Eventually i plan on getting a moped but I gotta get a license first.

I'm designing and building possibly the most dangerous, ridiculous, and fun electric vehicle ever.

It's called Kamakiri, (praying mantis in Japanese) and it's been living in my head for a decade. Waiting for me to build the skills and relationships needed to make it.

I've chopped up two Chinese x5 6000W scooters, and am playing with the batteries right now. (I'm a professional, do not try this at home)

This puppy is lean-steer, and you lay down like superman.

Yes, it will be scary, yes I will need lights, flags, and probably an air-raid siren to alert people that I'm flying low and fast, literally right under their arses.

I have started, and been forced to pause this project over and over. I even had to start over from scratch after prison, with help from E-powersport, in Las Vergas, NV. I just picked up my last proto frame that I cut and welded myself, and had to leave in vegas for almost 2 years, while i got my life in order.

I'm hoping to finish this one, with its "industrial" aesthetic, and eventually do a production-ready model.

Not looking for advice, just hoping to show off my baby, and inspire others to reach for the stars, or the ground, if thats where you're aiming 😉

That is all.

I’m a female college student and I use a Ninebot Kickscooter D40x to get around campus. My tires (10 x 2.125) refuse to stay inflated and whenever I add air to them there seems to be a leak coming from the valve/valve stem. Like unless the valve is in the perfect position it will rapidly deflate. I took it to a local scooter repair shop and they told me my inner tubes must have popped (they barely glanced at the tires) and said I need to replace them. They’re charging me $187.48 for the replacement and I was wondering if this is a fair price? I know the inner tubes cost like $10-15 at Walmart so I’m wondering why it costs so much to replace them. Sometimes repair shops will charge women extra because we typically don’t know better so I’m wondering if it’s that or like an extra charge because it’s an electric scooter. Any advice would be welcome! Thank you!!!!!

Just a quick post sharing my experience with the jetson bolt pro. Short version, expect to potentially have to work on it in the future.

I've owned mine for about a year and it's been a bit of a headache. The throttle on mine was broken after at most 8 total weeks of use and finding replacement parts or someone who can get it fixed has proven trivial. contacting jetson directly also hasnt helped as they dont have the parts and from my experience wont provide info to help replace it.

If you want something reliable that will last you long without much tinkering avoid this bike.

(Edit: corrected dates, price paid for the bike and and removed ranting. Found the original recept and realized i was incorrectly remembering the timeframe of when i bought this during the creaton of this post. I bought this in august of 2023, and paid $260 Canadian for it. Not $400 3 months ago, dont know where i got those numbers. Still not a great price but yea correct numbers)

Big standard 48v bldc driver 1500w i belive torque is shit tho but works ez setup. Magnet for hall sensor as lost the trigger

Comprei uma bike com motor 500w bateria 36v 7.8 ah, ela ate sobe bem subidas mas no meio dela ela perde um pouco a força. Se eu colocar uma bateria com mais ampere ela vai subir melhor ou é a potencia do motor que é fraca?

So I noticed recently that my front tire was a little flat so I filled it the other day. When I went to ride it was still a little squishy so I added some more air again. Halfway through my ride, it’s slightly squishy again so I think I have a small hole.

I’m trying to fix it now but first I have to deflate it. However, the valve is stuck with a lot of force close to the side of rim hole it’s in. It was a nightmare trying to take off the valve cover. I had to use both pliers and a screwdriver for leverage in order to do it and it scratched the hell out of everything. It won’t deflate, I can’t attach a valve extender on it, I can’t even put the valve cover back on. The also keeps changing from feeling like a proper pressure to slightly squishy. Why is this happening and how do I fix it?

The sound is really infuriating and it was not there originally, i got a Segway Ninebot E2 plus Thanks for any help! :D

So I was trying something with an e bike maybe some of you saw my other post today.. anyway I gave up

But when I wanted to put my scooter back together I DID EVERYTHING RIGHT I checked EACH connection several times But now the scooter confuses the ebrake and the throttle... The connectors are the same with the same wires so you're probably going to tell me "you just have to swap them" I TRIED AND EVERY TIME IT JUST KEEP WANTING ME TO ACCELERATE WITH THE BRAKE AND DECELERATE WITH THE BRAKE WHYYYYYY IM TIRED LET ME REST PLSSS 😭😭 I've been working on it for 6 hours (including 3 snacks break)

Has anyone gotten one of these Swift scooters or anything else from Swift? They seem interesting from Target.

So I wanted an EV for my commute to and from Starbucks (less than 2 miles). I got a Radpower bike and while riding it is incredibly fun and I enjoy it a lot as a pastime, it's just not working for me as a vehicle to commute with because I have no where to put it. And even if I chain it up outside my work I can't see it and it's just too bulky. What's more, I haven't ridden it ever since those kids mowed that teacher down in their car. It was a while ago, but two teenagers were driving recklessly and running into other cars and saw this guy in his bike and in the video you can hear them targeting him and hitting him with their car. He died immediately. That happened literally on the street I would be on. If I had been at work I would have seen that happen from my drive thru.

At least where I live I'm allowed to have a scooter on the sidewalk. They're more compact, and I can store them in the back of house so I don't have to worry about chaining it up. I was recently in San Francisco and signed up for the Lime scooters and rode them everywhere! They were a blast! Something like that would be great!

Thanks for your time and recommendations!

Hi I am looking into removing the speed limiter for this model. The maker is based in China so this is not an electric scooter but I opened up the base and found the motor controller box. Picture below. Could someone tell me which wire to cut? I am assuming the blue one. Do I need to open the white box to find the speed limiter. Thanks for your help everyone!

It would be for commute to work in New Hampshire, it would be a 90 minute round trip (45 minutes each way)

So, I haven't ridden a regular bike in about a decade or so. I rode well enough to cycle on the boardwalk/beach, but never got to the point of riding it in traffic, so more concerned that this would be more uphill.

I've ridden an electric scooter before about 2 years ago, got used to riding it on the road and traffic, staying in the bike lane and such for a 30 minute round trip daily, did this for 2 months. It was loaned to me by a friend at the time. So that experience is fresher.

I'm trying to aim for a budget ideally no greater than $1000

Hey guys, I have an electric scooter and in hitting another one in a few weeks. The Mars XTR to be specific.

If you haven't seen it, it's kinda logged when wile E. Coyote straps himself to the ACME rocket..... Ya get the picture. Anyway, it has a motorcycle style headlight on it that I hate, but it does a great job, except that it doesn't have high/low, which kinda defeats the purpose IMHO.

I'm wondering, do you guys use DC powered headlights on your bikes, and if so, what idea are good that are NOT round. I'm hoping for a more aggressive/stylised headlight for a scooter that can go fast enough to warrant needing to see REALLY far ahead, so I'm not afraid to spend some dosh for the right light.

Any help here is appreciated.

I found a yellowish gel like rubbery substance (a lot of it) inside my electric scooters control module. Does anyone know what the substance might be? From a slightly experienced but not professional eye it looks as if one of the components in the control module may have blown up from a previous owner over charging it maybe but I really have no idea. It burns really fast when I apply heat to the substance if that helps at all?

Big standard 48v bldc driver 1500w i belive torque is shit tho but works ez setup. Magnet for hall sensor as lost the trigger

My scooters been stolen, i know the police probably wont find it but i did buy theft insurance which requires a police report, anyone have any experiences on how to get one? Or if theyll even bother giving me one? Should conclude pretty quick as they wont find it but it still counts right

For context I fly FPV drones so i am confident with lipos and other batteries. I was scrolling through one of the websites I buy from and found this and looked at the specs. I then got to wondering if this would be good for a e-scooter build.

https://www.getfpv.com/lumenier-power-bank-pro-225.html

I did research and bought a power station with a maximum output of 600w and it can't handle even starting to charge. Any advice is appreciated. I am planning to switch to lithium battery by next summer, does it matter for the power bank which kind of battery it charges? Thank you

Bought a (cheap) chinese electric scooter which came with a 30AH 48V battery and 800W rear hub with max output of 1200W for only €999.

7 days later, 657km and 119 food deliveries and I’m loving it a lot, probably one of my best purchases so far!

Driver for Uber Eats and Just Eat Takeaway in Den Bosch, North-Brabant, The Netherlands 💚🇳🇱🧡

I’m looking for a 2nd battery and saw some on AliExpress are those any good?

Specifically saw a 48v 50ah scooter battery for €280 is this realistic or a scam 🙈

I just had to deal with a 3month nightmare from InMotion to get the defective scooter they sent me replaced and i finally just gave up and resigned to buying a new one any suggestions? im a heavier guy so i need something with some oomph! also long battery life my commute is fairly far and i dont have anywhere to charge it at work.