Common Mistakes New Electric Scooter Owners Make

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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[RKRides]

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[rambowar]

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

[Jimmymcgee]

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.

[marktreu]

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!

[stevenwilson]

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

[martinsdaugins]

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 :)

[joshuaokoro-sokoh]

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.

[andyjame]

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

[Maykay]

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

[rhnsn]

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.

[juliansprojects]

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

[easyybreezeyy]

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

[vincentgranville]

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...

[thomashando]

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

[mitchhahn]

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.

[kevind]

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

[PabludS]

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.

[ChandlerHWhite]

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

[mjbogdanov]

Thanks for this great video! Very helpful and informative!

[lespearson]

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!