Common Mistakes New Electric Scooter Owners Make
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- Опубліковано 31 тра 2024
- Here are some tips for properly setting up and riding your new scooter. These are the mistakes I see most often from new riders.
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when i pull the drive latch it doesnt drive accelerate can you tell me what i need to repair or buy to replace , the wheels dont move but everything else works even the speedometer lights up but no whell spinning.
What do you think about blade x10
I thought about a Tesla, but then I bought a zippy dual motor scooter and it cut my commute to 9 minutes and I always have the best parking at work. It’s fun as heck, I actually spend time going home exploring the city vs stressing at all the lights. I refuse to drive unless it’s long distance or the family is coming with me
instaBlaster.
Not to mention its about 39k cheaper
I have bought the Tesla first, then a 10x. They are both fun.
no snow at your place, i guess
Hell yes
I'm a 50+ teen, Looking forward to my scooter arriving. I'll be sure to follow your tips bud, cheers.
Hehe
How’s it going Steven ?
@@yhwhjakjakkak7577 Loving my scooter bud. Tough being in the UK and scootering but heck YOLO.
@@stevenwilson9579 mine came today, went out for a ride and two police officers at the side of the rode flagged me down. So I rode past them and they chased me on foot! I didn’t stop because I know that they’d have confiscated it.
I literally received it today!! April 7th. Ridiculous. Macclesfield Area Cheshire.
@@stevenwilson9579 good to know ur doing good mate
My tip is to keep both hands on the handle bars at all times. It's not like a bike where you can go one or no handed. It makes hand signaling impossible, but until you are very comfortable on your scooter, I would recommend keeping both hands on the handle bars.
If you take your hand off make sure it's the throttle hand. When you keep your hand on the throttle and take your hand off a bump will make you hit the throttle and make you wobble.
Learned this tip the hard way
@@grahambronson2153 Me too! Got two weeks left in my arm cast since I broke my elbow coming off, I'll have a tighter grip next time for sure...
I ride with 1 hand all the time, it’s super hard but sometimes you’ve got to eat or record a video of something
@@DARK_AMBIGUOUS Well up here in mke the roads dont agree with that. you cant go 10 feet without hitting a pothole
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I thought leaning forward to accelerate and back to decelerate came naturally to me, I felt instantly that was what I needed to do after a few rides.
I would also recommend against riding on uneven surfaces like you could with bicycles that have bigger wheels. I learned that the hard way.
Depends on the suspension of your scooter. Some have shocks and dampeners on both wheels, as well as a steering dampener that prevents your front wheel from being jerked side to side in rough terrain and prevents yourself from oversteering at high speeds. But these are mostly on high end models like the Nami Burn E2 Max. The scooters shown in this video has none of that
@@thethinkingtreefrog8061 I've just ordered an apollo pro, surely i can take it off road lol
prolly mentioned before, but as ive seen many of vids now: Waterproofing your scooter is the key too if you want to ride in rain or wet conditions. All it takes is few sealants and a piece of rubber for mudguards/shocks if you can cover them too. Most important is to seal every hole from deck to outside where are holes. On that theres more than enough videos too and it costs about 10-15euro for good stuff :)
Can you please link to some good videos?
@@humanwithaplaylist sorry i havnt favorite any of them. Just search most of them have some part of good hints.
I suggest wearing some gloves, falling at 30mph will destroy your hands
Wrist quards...I fell at 36mph and broke my right wrist...then kept riding for 3 hours
Other things too
I have these same destroyed hands right now 😂
I just crashed in 29 kph and my face is litterly filled with blood same with my knee but my hands are ok cuz I had a jacket protecting my hands. I got my scooter yesterday and this was like my third ride on it
@@skymed3095
Don't give up brother. Like any other, blood will be spilled in the mobility revolution. In fact, no revolution has ever come without personal cost to those on the right side of history.
If anything from your scooter is broken you might be able to find replacements from AliExpress.
Hopefully no broken bones, get well soon.
These are some great suggestions. I think proper setup is probably the most important thing you said and I love the way you said it. Most issues I see people run into from broken parts, to even crashes are the result of improper setup and/or maintenance. Having the throttle and brakes in the wrong place leads to slower reactions on stops and poor control. Loose bolts lead to increased wear on hardware which weakens them and causes parts to break. 15 Minutes of extra time in setup and another 15 minutes of maintenance every 100 miles of riding will save a ton on scooter repair and medical bills. Thanks for the video!
2:35 never put ur break levers like that if u need to break at high speeda u will crouch and lean back and in that position u set up the break levers u cannot press them and if ur standing up while emergency breaking at high speeds u will very likely go over the handlebars
Coming from bicycles and motorcycles, the hardest thing to do is compromise on using the bars to anchor. You are occasionally obligated to do so on the scooter. On a motorcycle especially, this is a no-no. The bars are for control only, not holding on. Anchoring with the bars creates bad steering inputs.
The paradox being the lighter and faster the cycle is the lighter and more sensitive it is to steering inputs and the more susceptible to bad inputs. The scooter makes you anchor with the bars at times because their is no chassis to grab with your knees/thighs to anchor as you would on a motorcycle. While also being very light and extremely fast steering. It is a challenge to learn to anchor and control steering input. You do all you possibly can with your stance and body position, but you can't do 100% with stance. You gotta use the bars a bit. Especially on a super powerful scooter. It's hella fun, though!
Care is needed when riding over wet leaves on mud or concrete not just when braking but in normal riding, as the back wheel spin can result in a total sideways wipeout or if you lucky like me I was able to shift weight drastically and regain stability. It really came out of nowhere, one second I was riding casually upright, the next I was completely sideways.
Can confirm. Fish tailed at 30mph on a patch of mud. Hit the ground and rolled so i came out pretty much unharmed.
when he said to practice in your neighborhood before big city roads..lol I live in Brooklyn, NYC everywhere is the big city road. The learning curve on riding in the street in NYC is simple, if you didn't die, you pass. repeat until you're a road demon lol
I live in Brooklyn new York too try going to a park that's what I'm gonna do
Go by Caesar’s bay, or the side of the highway going towards elmhurst. Long stretch of mostly uncrowded paved road
It be Speed Demon Time When I Ride at Night Harlem
@@l-Lucid-l this is a great spot for that.
@@JoseASoto-bp4wi my favorite spot is by dykerheights, there’s a huge park that extends like 12 blocks down 86 street. Can full throttle for a long time. Another road near it leading towards a hospital is just a long straight line with a huge long turn you can lean and turn on like a nascar track. Great practice for high speeds
Riding skateboard style makes turns feel interesting.
and keep the steering wheel with on hand in the middle
Out of the box: check the screws, adjust the handlebars, check TIRE PRESSURE. On mine the backtire was properly inflated, the front tire wasn't and you'll probably want a tire gauge with a long nose the back tire valve is sometimes kinda tough to access without a long nose gauge. If you've ridden a motorcycle before you're familiar with the physics. Don't be stupid, wear jeans n long sleeve shirt til you know your machine road rash at 15 mph will make you hate the world. A helmet isn't a bad idea either, any physics majors wanna tell people how fast you're really moving when the speedometer says 10 mph?? Take it on hard pack dirt first, hurts less than concrete if you fall. Don't fear falling just learn what to do when you lose it.
I've used threadlock on new screws etc. It really helps and isn't too bad when you need to unscrew either
blue locktite.
Thanks. I’ll look that up.
It‘s my birthday soon and I ordered one. Glad I stumbled upon this video, thank you so much!
Wish I'd seen this before. Got my new scooter, got on it on a quiet trail and gave it throttle and it decided to enjoy the scenery without me...
Hhaahahahahah
Great information for new riders ! Nice trail !!
Hi, two things about your set up ideas.
Your control clamp screws should be snug enough the controls not to move easily but not so tight the controls cant rotate out of the way when an impact happens and they will.
I see broken controls often at work and its because people think they clamps need to be so tight they cant rotate on the bar.
We figured this out in bike shops long ago. Save yourself the cost of replacing broken controls and possibly getting stranded because of a mishap thst is easily avoided.
As for the angle of your brake levers they sould be set so its a straight line from your finger tips through ypur finger joints, wrist and fore arms.
If you put your levers as low as you did your wrists are too bent forward and cause them to roll over under hard braking going over bumps or manouvering. This can pitch you forward over the bars and cause a crash.
If your levers are too high/flat and yoyr writs are bent so the heel of your hand is below the bar and your fingers are above you hands will go numb.
The bend in your wrist cuts off the circulation to your hands.
If you keep the ergo grips that come on scooters. You should only keep them if they are clamp ons, slip ons will always rotate and always be a potential cause of a loss of control.
Your clamp on ergo grips should always positioned for that straight line through your fingers wrist and forearm.
Ergo grips arent as helpful as you think and you should try a pair of good round clamp on grips available at any bike shop.
Thank you! Just rode a scooter for the first time on the weekend and bought an Apollo ghost yesterday. Can’t wait to get it but I’m definitely gonna take it easy for the first little while considering it’s an “expert” level scooter. Even though cruising around on one all weekend, I feel pretty comfortable on one, I’m definitely a beginner.
I used to ride a longboard, so my stance is very skateboard like, I just keep my front door kinda straight all the time, instead of just when pushing on a board. Works really well.
This was actually super helpful. I thought because I grew up skateboarding I'd just be a natural but the tips you gave really make sense
This and Electric Scooter Guide's videos are the best info for a rookie like me. Thank you!
The weight distribution part kind of reminds me of lessons my instructor would tell me when I was running a horse like shifting your weight forward and backwards in the saddle to help and counteract where the horses riding to stay stable and make it easier on the animal
I'm a complete small vehicle virgin. I've always hated biking, but I have most of my experience there.
I recently got a Ninebot Max because I loved the big heavy Lime scooters all around town. they feel safe and confortable, but the Ninebot kicks a lot harder, feels very light, and leaning into everything scares the hell out of me. I admit, this is only my second commute on it as of writing this, and I'm commuting during the winter season so there's some sketchy patches I have to avoid, but I'm so nervous i'm going to wreck on it because the brakes want to throw me forward off it (leaning back is spookier than I expected!) and I can't comfortably grab the brake in time because it's directly forward of the handle. this video helped a lot, I think I'll try adjusting the brake down so it's not as hard to reach for. We'll see.
Thank you for saving my life! 🙏🏽
Good I will keep this things in mind when I get mine
Thanks for this great video! Very helpful and informative!
Exactly what I have been looking for! Thank you!
Thanks, I just got my first scooter and need to practice. This was helpful
Excellent advice! I will make sure to secure all the parts and make sure the scooter is ready to ride :)
Thank you. That was a very easy to follow, informative video.
I just had to return a Ninebot E22 because the app wouldn't connect. Just got a Fiat 500 U2. Have yet to take my first ride. This video was extremely helpful for kind of knowing what to expect. Thanx!
Pretty glad I learned most of these myself :) but I still struggle at turning because I had a small accident in my first 2 weeks from this
I hope the turning tip will help me from now on, thanks!
I have just bought my first scooter (a Go-Trax Ultra) and rode it for the first time yesterday. I had never ridden a scooter before. I am normally a bicyclist so I know a few things about leaning and braking. First off, I rode it in our building parking garage, so no traffic there to worry about. The only problem I had was the unexpected surge of power at start-off. A lesser and more gradual power surge would have been easier for a beginner. I am still leery about starting. The tips concerning the stance, turning and braking noted in the video were good. There were also some good suggestions in the notes below.
Push the scooter first. Then press accelerate
Yeah had the same thing with my dragon gts v2 ended up with sore wrists from the acceleration
Very helpful video soon getting my own will use the tips thanks !!👍 nice helmet by the way !!✅
This video came out 2.5 weeks after I went over my handle bars and chipped 2 teeth and broke my arm on my Q1 Hummer, all to avoid hitting a Jetta that pulled out in front of me lol. Great tips though!
Will definitely use these tips, great video!
Thanks for making this video!
Absolutely fantastic video! Thanks.
hace unos dias me cai del scooter, veo tu video y encontre mi error x lo q termine en el suelo😢.... gracias por tomarte el tiempo de explicar como se conduce un scooter... lo aplicare en mis rutas saludos 👏
Excellent advice - especially about positioning controls, and foot positioning.
Thanks for the video bro, very useful!
Thank you. Very helpful information as I am looking at getting an electric scooter.
this video was really well made. i made the mistake of just charging it up and then going for the ride as i lost my vent cap on the 2nd ride when testing it out with 2nd gear. also with the mount of the acceleration, i didnt know it was unnatural and incorrect. i'm just way too cautious with everything D:
Thanks for the tips!!
Great video if you've never been on a scooter at all even a razor
Not the razor scooter😭😭😭
I kept a razor scooter in my car so whenever I want to just ride or drop off my car for service I can a way to work scooter,been doing it for 10yrs, but now electric I'm sold!!!
great info. You really hwlped me out. I know motorcycle tuning is important and most of it transfers over. Didnt know brakes should be to the inside.
Great video! - Appreciate it!
Great video short and too the point thanks 🙏
I just subscribed to your channel looking at more videos thankyou for talking about safety you see these scooters and say to yourself that's easy to do without thinking about safety. Now I feel more relaxed about buying a scooter practice makes perfect.
Thank you. The best learning video!❤
I am new at riding scooters, but I am very mechanically inclined, and unfortunately, manufacturers don't always design their products to withstand rider weight and vibration. Be prepared to make changes. I needed to add split lockwashers where there were none, replace nylon locknuts with regular nuts and split washers, replace and modify seat hardware. The list goes on. It is not uncommon to see a lot of scooters waiting to be repaired in a desler's shop, something that I would be slightly embarrassed about. But that's were the money is if you're a dealer.
Thanks! I should get mine within 7 days, so this will come in handy.
Another point you could have mentioned is driving on diffrent terrains. Some roads may be more bumpy or because of landslides, more slippery. It's very easy to forget the forces when you are driving such a small vehicle!
i just bought one for a paper run its pretty good fun for sure - its a pure air im in UK
How much is it and what’s the design called
Very helpful, thanks.
That's very good. Will do. Thanks.
Another tip I found useful is for people who live where you drive on the right hand side, keep your right foot forward. Reasoning is if somebody throws their parked car door open you'll only hit the door with your shoulder vs leaving your chest open as you try to swerve and it's also easier balance-wise for swerving out of the way. Easiest way to remember is whatever side parked cars are relative to you, that's the foot you put forward.
Are there anymore videos you did talking about the basics of riding a scooter for the first time I know I watched this one thankyou much
Brilliant video!!
Wow thanks alot I been thinking about getting a scooter my work place always talks about safety. I didn't know it looks easy to ride now I have to think about getting a scooter like anything it's like riding a bike. Follow the basics of riding a scooter and I will be alright.
I’ve just got the chaos 1000 off-road scooter and it’s a belter 👌🏽 fantastic inventions these electric ride on scooters , my scooter also got a seat so even better than standing up 😃
Thank you!
What trail are you riding on at the very end?
Great video! I know you introduced counter stealing to a lot of people with this video. That alone can save your lives Dr! I’d say worth the price of admission
Thank you for a very sensible and extremely useful presentation.
Best presented & most usefully informative scooter advice ever. I’m sure you will have helped prevent many accidents or worse..!
38 here...not growing up anytime soon but my age is probably the only reason I paid attention and listened to this video
I just got my first scooter today, so I'm watching as many of these videos as I can. Nicely done.
Great tips!
Wish I seen this 3 days ago. Especially the part on the braking. Thanks!
Yee 😂😂
I lowkee did a hit and run 😂
@@youngdollo2430 hahahahaaaa
Thinking about buying one. Very informative video, thanks
I've been using a not so intuitive technique for making sharp turns: I lean in only with my body and I keep the scooter vertical for the tires to have the biggest possible ground contact, in my opinion having better grip and a lower chance of sliding out and falling over. If there's an argument against doing this, please tell me! Keep safe, and happy scooting!
I do this too, works better for tight turns than rk9s normal technique
At a certain speed this technique is sufficient, especially in snow/ice/rain/sand conditions. The reason is that up to a certain speed, calculated from the scooters weight, speed and grip vs driver body weight and angle, the counter weight will be higher than the pull force of the scooter. When you reach the peak speed though you will want to direct the center of the mass in line with the pulling center of the g-force or you will be thrown of. Naturally, when riding on ie snow, you will significally lower speed anyway and because of the much lower traction from the road you also do NOT want to add to the g-force by centering your mass. In this case it's a pro to spread mass over a bigger area, as your technique suggests. ;)
i do almost all but i never knew that about braking, ill have to try. thanks
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Hey wow! Super helpful video. I ALWAYS profess the importance of loctite when first setting up a scooter on my channel. Screws love to rattle loose on every scooter, eventually.
I did not expect this to be as helpful as it was, thanks
Awesome tutorial... keep up the contentd
Man, can't wait to use these tips on the Mantis 8 I'm gettin' this week!
How was it
Im getting the Horizon maybe for christmas
Excellent tips!
Dude, you deserve wayyyy more subs...
I do this with my bikes. But this information needs to be shared everywhere.
Great tips! I just ordered a scooter and will definitely be doing a proper set up! Thanks!
Good tips dude.
Just bought one and when I accelerate I feel like I'm about to fall backwards. Gonna take some getting use to. This video is extremely helpful.
I heard you can set your own speed maybe try setting it at a slower speed until you get comfortable with it good luck
@@dcar7446 Yea, many of scooters can be modified so it doesnt start with so big jerk motion. Just check some info how to get in master setting. Dont know anything about scooters yet, but yesterday seen dude explaining this where he had three modes for acceleration...where lowest was you had to kick to start and highest with a big jerk motion that you have to counter.
I got a question for ya, Im trying to navigate a particularly hill covered city with roads leaning upwards of 40+ degrees. Going down hill I can keep the speed in check with my breaks, but uphill Its almost impossible to go dropping down to 3mph and I end up needing to walk it up. Is there a way to either tune up the scooter to deal with hills better OR set up my GPS to help find more gradual roads? (Using a Superfun 450watt, 20mph top speed, 220Lbs capacity, Im sitting at 205 with my backpack)
The biggest mistake I ever made was to believe the salesperson on how far the scooter can travel.
This helpful, i am looking to get a scooter and while I have had a push scooter it is no comparision to something with an electric motor
Look up your P-settings and adjust the parameters to your preferences.
Also, I discovered my Joyor X5S has a speed limiter I could disable by cutting a single wire. Like magic my top speed increased from 16 to 21 mph.
To me, Riding a Scooter is much like Downhill Skiing or even Ice Skating. When you start going, you lean forward to gain as much speed as you want. To stop, you lean back and dig your skis or skates in. And with Turning... You lean into the direction you want to go, "Cutting a Corner" as skiers say.
Thank you for the good video.😎👍😍
Thanks I done all of that but I do disagree on one..i learn also noticed that when riding at like a skateboard or like a surfboard is betting with rocky roads or bumps am in nyc. Some streets are mess up and I learn bending knees and surfboard style gets me balanced more,
I call the knee bend 'attack mode' I used it whenever the roads get a bit more adventurous, keeps everything smooth and fun
Great video, you're a natural!
Having your feet, one in front of the other, does not contribute to "facing forward" as well as having your feet side-by-side. In fact, quite the opposite. Having one foot in front of the other forces your body to be constantly twisted in order to face forward and is fatiguing if you're on a long ride. Side-by-side is far more comfortable for a long ride. Some electric scooters do not have a wide enough floor to comfortably put your feet side-by-side, however. I have a Hiboy S2 Pro, which has a very large floor. Also, it has rear suspension - which means the farther back I can place my weight, the smoother the ride. So, I usually place my feet, side-by-side, very near the rear tire. I have no problems. And, it's extremely comfortable.
Pretty common sense stuff. I admit I'm guilty of the wanting to unbox and ride.
Will try to do a proper set up when new scoot arrives. 👍
Hey RK9! I just got a new dualtron city scooter and didn't charge the battery before taking it out for a 30 to 40 minute ride. Did I just completely compromise the new battery? Now I hear that it's very important to charge for 8 to 12 hours before first ride. Thanks for the help!
Very good tutorial.
Very nice video thanks
Which multi tool was that.. the blue one you used.. thanks
Great video. Can you confirm which handlebar extender you use?
Do you recommend buying extended battery or keep a predefined constant charging cycle to maintain the battery