Common Mistakes New Electric Scooter Owners Make

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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

I'm a 50+ teen, Looking forward to my scooter arriving. I'll be sure to follow your tips bud, cheers.

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.

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!

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 :)

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.

I suggest wearing some gloves, falling at 30mph will destroy your hands

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.

The Latest.Bike Scooter was everything I imagined. I’m 6ft4 200 lbs and it cruises perfectly… worth every penny!!! Thanks Gotrax!!!

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.

It‘s my birthday soon and I ordered one. Glad I stumbled upon this video, thank you so much!

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

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

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've used threadlock on new screws etc. It really helps and isn't too bad when you need to unscrew either

Great information for new riders ! Nice trail !!

This and Electric Scooter Guide's videos are the best info for a rookie like me. Thank you!

Thanks, I just got my first scooter and need to practice. This was helpful

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