The Super Soco TC Max

🏍 Bikes: Super Soco TC Max
🎥 Gear: GoPro Hero 9 Black + Huawei P20 Pro
🥝 Location: New Zealand

🎵 Music:
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Thanks for watching!

- newzeroland -

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[nataliemorgan]

My TC Max is my first bike and I love it. I think it’s great for beginners and I’ve had a lot of fun exploring my local area!

[petergrove]

I have a TC Max, along with two other “normal” motorbikes and I think the TC Max is most definitely fun to ride as well as being a great commuter bike. Puts a smile on my face every time I ride it, particularly as I ride past petrol stations. 😉

[moestrei]

Good set of questions at the end. I have a sort of sad story on this one. I took the effort of importing my dream classic, a Moto Guzzi 850 T3 FB all the way from the US to Straya. Got it certified and registered and rode it every day. The gentle vibrations, the slurp noise when opening the tab, the groll of the V2 ganished by the ticky-ticky sound from the tappets. Just great, relaxing, loved it to bits. One day i thought it would be good to have a little for commuting. I actually converted a Ninja to 8kW hub. No noise, just the wind, smooth and yet surprisingly powerful. And regen. So i rode around on it for a while until one fine sunny Saturday i thought it is time for a trip with the Guzzi. Started her up, fuel smells, rattle rattle, vibration and that unnecessary noise. I started the trip slightly has happened? I rode past the local servo noticing yet another price rise and thought about the electric, which gets charged on 3 280Wp solar panels. Then I had to slow down. I rolled back the throttle but the engine with its large flywheel just kept marching on. So i was forced to convert my brakepads into dust creating unwanted heat in order to come to a stop. I finished the trip very distressed: The bloody electric had destroyed the love to my Italian lady. I had a few more go's but decided now to sell it. Sad, sad. My car has been replaced by an EV also. You have been warned !!!

[caramelzappa]

I really want more bikes like this available in the US. For now full-sized emotos feel like they're too expensive for how limited they are, but having something like this Soco TC max for everything local and a bigger gas bike for trips seems like the most reasonable compromise with todays tech and prices.

Had to sell my Zero SR due to the pandemic, and as much as I miss it I don't think I can justify buying a new one when things are back to normal, looking more into options like this.

[pondopondo]

Thanks for the vid and thanks to the comments, guys. Very helpful.

[furtherWA]

Having ridden the Livewire (which I think you show at the end of your video) man was it a LOT of fun. Enjoy! Still ended up purchasing the Energica. Come back!!!

[chotiwatwijitlakkan]

I really like the design of the motorcycle. It's really good to use electricity instead of oil for your pocketbook and for the environment.

[gasdive]

Fun is where you find it. There's a guy in my town who rides a Grom.
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All day.


Every day.
I see him out almost every time I leave the house. I guess he just likes being out on his bike. He's an older guy, almost certainly retired. Having fun.

[dumpthepump]

Perfect for (big) cities. I test drove one a few times. It's no nonsense but still a blast to ride, makes getting to work or doing errands a fun thing to do again!

[stevenb]

I would totally put up a poster of this bike in my garage if I had a garage. The scoop for cooling the motor kind of makes it look like the Livewire with the big lumpy cylinder on the bottom. I honestly think they breathed more life into this little bike than a lot of the Zeros. The Zeros definitely have better performance but I kind of think this one has more passion put into it.

[audiencemember]

Thanks Sanford!

I really liked Jen's review at the beginning, she really conveyed how it feels to ride it (but was worried about the ghost foot brake, glad it wasn't an emergency situation.) It was really nice to have at that start of the video before you came with the stats and info. Also the other two Soco models are hub motor, I'm sure they feel different.

I need a poster of the Damon Hypersport for my garage wall... first I need a garage.

[blengravers]

Waiting for the next video...excited too!

[TheRealAlpha]

Someone once said "It's more fun to drive a slow car fast than a fast car slow." I kinda wonder if that can't also be said for bikes. I mean not everyone is a hotrodder or can even handle bikes with insane amounts of power so for some people the Super Soco is enough if it handles nice... like me mostly, I work at home so I wouldn't mind one for neighborhood riding.

[MrAntimationStudios]

I have a non-max I use for my daily commute, luckily mine is able to be de-restricted to 80km/h. I agree that the drivetrain is pretty uninspiring, but the real fun of these is their low weight. You can really throw these things around, and they can carry a lot more speed through corners than you might expect!

[BuntaBall]

I love mine. 4, 500 km riding to work. I desribe it as 9/10 sized. Its practical and fun. I have riden from Geelong to Lorne via Great Ocean Rd. And it was fun. Its different to riding a 900cc. But it hits a lot of boxes. Fun, cheap, low registration, low maintenance, charges from standard outlet. Not the bike to ride around Australia but is it?

[komfalcon]

You have created a new riddle for transcendental mediation.
If an electric motorcycle doesn't make a sound on the street, is anyone actually there riding it?
Mind vortex.
Third person motorcycle shopping is more enjoyable than I would have expected. :)

[stevenb]

Nice. I love the Guts from Berserker. And Dean from Supernatural was perfect.

[hreisig]

This was one of your top 10 videos, loved Jen starting it off and all your thoughts. To me, this lacks the thrill of the throttle that pulls me to ride my Zero DSR as often as possible. I want a bike that challenges me to up my game on a spirited ride, plus get me to where I need to go practically. The DSR is still my perfect bike, but I can’t wait to see what you two decided for your next ride.

[markkitaoka]

Prior to Covid my commute was via airlines. Luckily I have not had to car commute for ten years. Your question about why we ride is a very good one Sam. I ONLY ride for pleasure. Even when I was street riding my smoker bike back in the late 90s to work it was just for pleasure. I read somewhere either here or on your Livewire post that someone feels that a 600 smoker is a better deal. I guess it's how one defines a better deal. Everyone is different. For me my 2017 DSR with Charge tank for 10.5k USD is just right for me. I do plan to test ride a Livewire because my friend in Australia wants my view of it compared to my Zero. Paying double for a new bike doesn't hit my jam button right now. My Cybertruck is delayed and I'm hoping to match an Airstream Basecamp 20 to that and put my DSR and Sur Ron in the back to hit the road. So like I said it's all about everyone's individual priorities. I feel sorry for those whose motorcycle priority is for commuting.

[DuncanJimmy]

Great to see you riding around in my neck of the woods, and LOVE that the battery is removable. If my quick bit of research is correct, a spare would cost around NZ$1, 500 (incl. delivery), so having the option of charging it away from the bike is huge means theft is far less likely and you could double the range since it only weights 11kg.