May Scooter Insider

Overloading scooters - how to avoid what we have learned

Scooters have weight limits posted in their specs. Trouble is, they are usually optimistic at best. 120kg seems to be the universal ‘suitability’ weight for something not cast in bronze. Here are the ‘But’s’....

…But the range will often be pitiful for a heavy rider, especially uphill. Factory range? Forget it.

…But heavy riders (or 2-up riders) can easily overheat cabling, melting it and causing shorts

…But the structure of the scooter can fail more easily

So, for all riders, we suggest a 20kg buffer between rider weight and machine max. Match rider size to scooter size (and bigger scooters are more fun!)

Where to Ride - Hauraki Rail Trail Ride Update

A nearly-as-famous-as-Otago Rail Trail much nearer for us Aucklanders is the lovely Hauraki Rail Trail. A manageable day out from the City of Sails, and packed with sights to see, there are some significant upgrades going in. Click here to check out this link for fun facts and pics.

New Surron Coming

You are probably familiar with the Light Bee X from Surron, the best selling electric dirt bike. There are a lot around the NZ neighourhoods, silently having a great time and going where no noisy petrol dirt bikes have gone before…Now there is a new big brother on the block - the Surron Ultra Bee. Much closer in size to a full-size dirt-bike than the Light Bee, this one is beefier, gruntier, (12kw peak) and way faster. Demo model arriving in June, pre-orders happening now

Check it out in full here

Readers Rides

This is David and his Mantis King. No mods on this one, he is just collecting it, but there is a tale to tell….

David’s colleague, also David (must be a thing with Hawaiian Airline cabin crew names!) cunningly inserted Apple AirTag in this scooter that they share on Auckland layovers. When it was stolen when he turned his back, they led to its swift retrieval. You can read more on this happy tale here:

You can read more on this happy tale here