2022 BMW CE 04 | Scooter or Something Else

We take a look at BMW's idea of "Urban Mobility", to try and figure out where to use it.

Video Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:00 4 Questions
1:20 What is it?
2:00 City Commute
8:13 Power
9:15 Top Speed
10:30 Storage & Ergonomics
13:25 Verdict
15:42 Range

[Todd]

I’ve rode street bikes for over 35 years and here is what I think about that CE 04….sweet!!! I’d ride it. Back decades ago I had a Honda Passport scooter. It was a blast to ride, especially at night. Lol
That scooter is badass. I ride a ebike and I am sold on ebikes for around town.

[defaultuser]

I love your reviews, you're so chill and laid-back.

[greggwilliams]

One more thing…I did not purchase for a long term ride. It was purchased for local beach city riding. Don’t purchase if you wish to go a longer halls. Awesome for local driving. Seriously a wonderful experience

[stevesanelli]

What a funky little machine! Yeah, range anxiety is the biggest #1 issue unless you have charging stations along your route. Great stuff Scott ⭐️

[hawkwood]

My opinion is that EV's are well suited for urban commuting. Once you got to know the vehicle and integrate it into your lifestyle you would become familiar with it, adapt, and get past the range anxiety. Having said the the range on that thing is awfully short. You would certainly have to plug it in every night. No matter what we think EV's are the future, it has been legislated in most western countries. I appreciate you reviewing them Scott. I'll hang on to my ICE vehicles thanks. I'll be dead before full adoption arrives, thank God.

[brianglendenning]

Interesting but expensive for what it is. City based early adopters will love them. If you had the resources you would obviously have one of these for an urban commute and an s1000rr for the weekends.

[OneStrokeTwin]

I lived seeing the beautiful town you live in, I live Germany, lucky to have travelled there several times.

[darthfran]

Great review, I think this thing is so cool! If I lived in a busy city, definitely would consider.

[robortkristensen]

I will not downgrade to this from my BMW C-evolution electric scooter for the following reasons in this order:
1 - My favorite ride mode Coasting is gone. Regen is activated as soon as you touch the brakes anyway.
2 - Wind protection and design is better on the C-evolution. Spesially with the tall Puig windscreen.
3 - My C-evolution has more power and longer range.
4 - The belt drive is better protected on the C-evolution
Side note: My C-evolution is my all year daily and practical commute and saves me a lot of cash on petrol. Despite its weight is quick and nimble through traffic. My other bike is the 2021 R1250RT and is used for the longer hauls between March and October.

[alfafan]

I have one since 2months and i love it.. use it every day

[andyx]

Reminds me of the funky 2 wheeled contraptions that Honda experimented with over the years, except a lot more expensive to service :)

[jeffestrada]

Thanks for the review. I will stick with my petrol powered motorcycles here in Melbourne Australia 🇦🇺 👍👍👍👍👍👍

[kid_mesc]

I love how this thing looks and I bet is great for city rides. Would definitely consider buying one, not new tough lol, maybe in a few years.

[andrewvickers]

It's a $15K memorabilia item from the Moonraker film set. Yeah I'm not a fan to put it lightly, but I do enjoy your reviews ;)

[Fernando]

Hello Scott! Thanks for sharing another bike experience on the channel. This time a novelty, the future as they say. And it is quite like so, because it is not the present yet I’m afraid. The high price of the bike combined with all its limitations, like top speed and range, are two strong counters to the power sensations of the electric motion that is stunning, the silence, if you appreciate to go on Stealth mode, you got it. It is also very beautiful in a modern aesthetic point of view and that’s all. Ho! I was forgetting:- you’re being environmentally correct and feeling making part of the ones who make part of the solution for the preservation of the planet, doing your good citizen contribution to minimize the gas pollution. That’s an extra attribute for the owners of a BMW CE- 04. Maybe these are enough advantages to decide for buying this Scooter and with the additional factor that it is fun to ride, at least for a while. It resembles the song - Fallin’ & Flyin’ by Colin Farrell and Jeff Bridges -, where falling feels like flying, at least for a little while 😅
For this kind of machine I think I’d go for the Yamaha TMAX Tech MAX, nice and easy ✌️✌️

[jaquanellis]

From the handle bars back is a beautiful design. I love it. I just wish they didn’t go with the moped style front end. I’m looking at it from back to front like, nice nice nice eeeww.

[borisfosnaric]

I have test drive it today. For city perfect out of city too low range. Regarding sound - this is a biggest difference. The future is coming. When a owners of electric car will buy motorcycle, absence of sound will no be a dealbreaker. But cars have at low speed artificial sound and this scooter not. This is increased risk.

[ronny-drz]

Yup, totally agree - we ride to relax & explore - who wants to worry about having enough charge to do that? Cutting adventures short & interrupting the flow :) Neat concept for the city dweller, but lots of cheaper $$ gas scooters to fill that gap. Thanks for the nice review.

[larryvanputten]

Strange object seen in space! Thanks for this science fictionish review!

[kniffeine]

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