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I understand you’re Looking for something in the $2500 range but if you can afford to fork out a little bit more $$ you can get a good of road type of scooter. I own the wolf king GTR and the emove roadster and neither one has given me problems. I ride them daily. I alternate between them and I commute 35-40 miles round trip to work 5x a week. Of course forging over more $$ doesn’t guarantee you anything 100% reliable. Good luck.
Can confirm. I crashed my mantis many times and it never broke. Learned all my lessons on that before getting the King GTR which has also held up perfectly. (No crashes)
270lb here. Kaabo GTR is the GOAT. A good alternative—I use—is the Segway Ninebot F30 (bought at Costco). I swapped out the stock tries for rigid (all rubber cores). This way they never pop. Doesn’t matter how hot the pavement gets, they are great (gets hot in summer in swf). Also because they are rigid they can handle more weight. It’s a solid just cruise around the neighborhood scooter.
Kaabo king GTR here. 35ah battery. In eco mode it tops out around 18 mph. I’m 6’4” around 200 pounds and I’m confident I could make it nearly 100 miles on that scooter. But I drive fast, hard acceleration, and I still get 40-50 miles. New scooter is about $3,600 right now.
Segway is a very good brand and the only problem I’ve ever had is cracked rear rims. If I ever manage to do that to my current Kaabo GTR the rim itself is replaceable, you don’t have to buy a whole new wheel tire and motor assembly
If you have the money and want that brand go for it. You can get better performance for less, but it’s a very high quality scooter with a very well integrated app. I’ve had a few Segways, (ZT3 Pro, GT3 regular). My current scooter is a Kaabo GTR, and I’m never going back to anything else unless I want something I don’t have to care about as much. I’ve found that Segway rear rims are quite fragile, but I may have beaten on my scooters too hard. Frequently check the tire pressure. If you have too low of pressure and hit something the bead can burp or the tire can immediately squish and damage the rim.
I second this. I can jump mine off curbs at lime 30 mph and it doesnt give a shit. Ive hit potholes at full speed and kept going.
My kaabo wolf king gtr max eats these roads up for dinner. Just have to soften the suspension a bit so I'm not hurting when the ride is over though.
Kaabo Wolf King GTR is a pretty good entry level scooter with nice suspension and good lights.
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