Honda's Electric Motocompacto E-Scooter is a Rechargeable Tire Shredding Monster

We Put Honda's New Motocompacto to the Test!
By Aaron Gaghagen and Brian Gillespie

Back in the day Honda sold a super compact fold-able scooter that fit in the back of their City, a subcompact JDM hatchback, called the Motocompo. The tiny, quirky scooter has become a hit in the US even though it was never sold here. But we found our ways through importers. The Motocompo was only produced from 1981 to 1983. Honda did tease an electric version known as the Motor Compo concept in 2011, but nothing really came of it. Flash forward to 2023 and the spirit of the Motocompo is back 40 years later with the all new Motocompacto. We were lucky enough to snag one of only five delivered to our local dealership. Right away we opened it up and put it to the test!

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[challacustica]

I love how hilariously Honda this is, even if it didn't have motocompo's heritage. I personally couldn't use one since I need to make long commutes without public transit, but I really wish I could! Would love to see it be advertised with a City or a Jazz like the motocompo was.
Great little machine.

[derekdiggerbussard]

Will own one of these very soon 🔰
+ Big shout out to the owner of that extra clean Crx. Owned 2 red ones. One was 89' Si, 2nd was a 91' HF with a Si head I had replaced. Both very clean both manual with close to 300k. Other than a starter relay randomly getting wet on one. Those cars never skipped a beat. 👌🏽

[DirtyDovi]

Honda should have designed the firmware so that at 1/2 of the max RPMs,
a power surge would kick in to simulate VTEC. hahaha
If these where awd [double wheel motors] I'd already have 1 in my Element.
They definitely look fun.

[AndrewHadi]

Looks like a fun indoor mobility helper.

[MattLitkeRacing]

It’s going to be fun to ride one next year

[FORDLYFAOTEAROA]

Pretty sweet accessory to have all this time after the original

[jamielannoo]

There’s gonna be one of these coming home with me when I do my next lease it’s gonna be in the deal

I live right near a Metropark. It’ll be fun to ride up the bike path.

[reneesui]

I ordered mine as soon as i could and it still has not got in yet! ugh i want this tiny thing so bad!!

[Bigheadedwon]

tiny, solid tires + no suspension would be a nightmare on the roads in my city. I had a Ninebot G30 with bigger, air filled tires, and any time I rode it even 4-5 miles, my arms would already be semi numb from all the potholes and just poorly paved bumpy roads. I suppose sitting down would help a little there, but then it would leave your butt to absorb the jarring and make that numb.

Suspensionless scooters are terrible to ride if your streets are crappy, you feel every single bump. That said, I might get one of these once the Reddit'ers figure out how to mod it to go 25 lol.

[ayylien]

I want one of these but the range and speed seem too limited. I guess the lack of suspension too is a negative point. I am eyeing the Acer ebii e bike too.

[joethemanager]

This bike would be super useful to me. I live in philly without a car, and right now I work from home, but that's gonna change next year. The office is in one of the suburbs and there is a train that goes there, however they just kinda dump you into a parking lot and you have to wait for a bus to take you anywhere. Walking to the office from there would take like 25 mins too. (Not to mention taking the bus or subway to the train station in the city...)
With this I can just ride to the station, pack it up and bring it on the train, and then unpack it to ride from the station to the office. Neat!

[migzz]

Going from a 1970’s Honda kick n go to this would be a good enough scooter upgrade for me😂

[stGenCRXs]

This could be a great track bike! Stay all Honda! Hope they sell replacement parts like tires after that power demo! 😂

[Hopko]

I am 1 second into this video and already so jealous!

[BrendanEvan]

I don’t know when I’d use one but I want one

[thatdudefromthefuture]

That is one cute cruiser bike you got there haha.

[StopItRyan]

I would love to see an aftermarket for these: extended range and removing the top speed limiter would be a great start.

[raidurgesh]

Got to give Honda some solid credits here. Think of vision, precision and engineering packed in a sub-1K electric scooter. This is a really great product considering the requirements the project would have started with!

[jdmegcivic]

What is the tool for in the charger box?

[EapeTheMatrix]

All batteries are stored and shipped at 50% charge (nominal voltage.) A 36v battery is 42v fully charged. 36v at 50% and 32v 10% cut off flat battery.