I addressed that, you simply cant just buy slower scooters with more range, companies upgrade the speed, power, battery and suspension all at once. Dual motors mean better traction on acceleration, thats a safety feature, when a powerful single motor can spin and slide on wet or muddy terrain. Larger tires offer more comfort and stablity, there are many benefits to having a higher performance scooter than the top speed alone. Why would OP not want a more capable scooter for almost the same price? Many people like myself bought a basic scooter that barely suits their needs, only to find that they enjoy riding it and want more power and speed down the line when their skills improve. You can limit the power and speed on a faster scooter if you want, but you cant magic more oomph out of a basic scooter. I ended up selling that first scooter at a loss, because thats how it is with used stuff, just trying to save a new rider from making the same mistake.
You can get a teverun blade gt2 for $1600, I have 4000 miles on mine, great scooters. You may not need a 52mph top speed but its nice to have to grow into as your riding skills improve. They have great kke hydraulic shocks for a smooth ride, and come with a steering damper, which is required safety equipment IMO for anything that goes faster than 30mph.
Segway is pretty overpriced for what they are, and the range they have is pretty low, parts and tires size are proprietary so you have to buy from Segway for big money. Ive absolutely beat the crap out of my teverun, even broken bones in crashes on it, replace a brake lever that got ripped off, and its good to ride again.
I wanted a scooter that could hit 50+mph, so that when the battery gets low I can still maintain 45mph to stay in front of the traffic on 35mph roads, but I needed one weighing less than 100lbs so I could manage carrying it up a flight of stairs. There are very few scooters capable of 50+, at <100lbs, its a nearly perfect scooter for my needs.
Its either the same weight or 15lbs less, depending on which figure you trust for the weight of the gt2, 12 mph slower and only runs 10in tires. 10in tires are a dealbreaker to me, the size of the tire is the most limiting factor for scooters, 11 to me is the bare minimum if you plan to go faster than say 30mph. That extra inch will make a huge difference in comfort and stability, plus PMT tires upgrade a scooter to such a degree that I veiw scooters that cant fit them as being effectively handicapped. Though I think there might be 10in pmts by now, I havent checked.
I would recommend buying PMT stradale tires and a wider handlebar, swap those in from the get go. Its nearly a perfect scooter, just those parts have to go. The stock tires are closer to car tires and they have a squared off profile, so when you lean in a turn only the corner edge of the tire is touching the ground and its much more likely to skid. I race my scooter at Intro 2 Speed events and I cant go back to stock tires, they just suck too much. With the rounder profile on the PMTs, in a lean you have more tire touching the ground than you do on a straight, I found that even with the powerful motors on the blade, once I set my lean angle I could full throttle through the apex without losing traction. Feels incredible shooting through that apex at full blast.
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You can get my scooter, the bade gt2 with a smaller battery for 1700.
Teveruns are well built, and have some nice features.
Even if you dont care to go 50+ mph, its cool that the scooter can do it.
Im coming up on 4000 miles on mine.
Yeah, unfortunately, most dual motors are designed to go closer to 40 mph which usually pushes the weight closer to 70 pounds. Unfortunately, I think the battery tech just isn’t there in order to shave the weight down that much.
The only thing I can think of it anywhere close is maybe something like the Emove cruiser V2. I think by focusing on a single motor with a bigger battery makes sense. So I think they could probably get it done by shrinking the frame a bit and going for a smaller battery.
I think the closest is going to be something like the Teverun fighter mini. Still a bit more weight, but I think the extra speed and battery size are worthwhile. I have always found about 75lbs to be about the maximum weight that you get the best performance and range per pound
The closest thing is really the Vsett 8 at right around 55 pounds. And that goes about 25 mph but with a solid tire. So honestly, I just don’t think it’s physically possible to have something that can go that speed without having a big enough battery to give you more than 10 miles of range and enough power that it doesn’t take you a mile to get to top speed.
Honestly nanrobot they have such a bad reputation for design flaws and for having horrible warranty support. I know numerous people who have had to deal with electrical gremlins and defective motors, and given the runaround when it came to trying to get a replacement part. Right now ausom has some good offerings in that price range. Although I slightly prefer Teverun. Something like the fighter mini I think would probably serve you better and be more reliable. Although it really depends on what you’re able to get at what price point where you live.
Honestly, the biggest thing is going to be the shop that you purchased from in terms of warranty support and source for parts. It’s very hard to have confidence that they’re gonna be around to still be able to provide parts at a reasonable price. Teverun seems like a solid option even if the shop you buy it from is not the best because luckily almost every part seems readily available at a good price from AliExpress. So you have options. 7620r seems pretty great although getting the later version seems better, especially if you need to deal with the steering dampener.
Inmotion, I would only not recommend because I’ve seen their terrible customer support on their electric unicycle side of the business. They also seem to be discontinuing in someway the RS so I will be confident for parts.
RX7 on paper seems like a great scooter for the price, but I’ve also seen pretty terrible customer support from roadrunner and I know a few different scooter shops where I live and they seem to suffer a lot from electrical gremlins.
Teverun I wouldn’t say it’s perfect, and there may be some bias because they typically see the more higher end versions. But the friends that I know at shops have those as their personal ride and don’t really seem to have as many mysterious issues if that makes sense. Like with randomly dying controllers or motors with failing hall sensors. Stuff that doesn’t have a very clear physical damage component to it.
Lastly, I think if you search on this sub, I think there is very recently someone who purchased that same scooter from Wilson’s, who didn’t have the best experience out of the box, but the shop did get him a replacement with an a decently reasonable time. So although it’s a crummy situation to be in at the very least, I think that’s the sort of experience you would want if you have issues.
If you’re in New York, maybe you would want to consider these guys since they seem more local and I have heard decent things about them online. Although I always recommend doing your own research. https://www.speedwayridersnyc.com/shop/fighter-supreme-7260r-electric-scooter/?srsltid=AfmBOooXYrjru0kYSmHevL7m4C0PzwPrjMb61AabsevgXnvHJWmH3qRU
Generally, I prefer Teverun and that one is a decent option. I think the only thing holding it back is that it does use tubes which means it could be somewhat annoying to do a tire or tube change. The motor cable also doesn’t have a quick disconnect so it’s very similar to a Vsett 10+ when you want to do anything with the motors, which can be kind of frustrating. Although I don’t like the look of the teewing. It sucks cause $1000 is a really bad price point for a scooter. I hate to tell people to spend more money but around the $1100 mark you’re making a lot of compromises with build quality or quality of life improvements like quick disconnects for the motors.
How much is that? Does look pretty cool and I do like that. It has the quick release plugs for the motors. Only thing I’m not a fan of is those folding latches with the circular latch. I’m just such a big fan of the folding latch that’s used by a Teverun
I purchased it from teverun's offical online store about a week ago. I recall both the black and yellow versions were in stock at the time, hoping this helps you. 🤗
I'm biased towards Teverun partly cause Superscoots is very good about their warranty. But I live in Canada where they're based out of. If you're in the US idk if there's a better place
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