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#5104
Love the sucker.
Motorino is a Vancouver company...Shops everywhere out here service them..
I know people with Motorino scooters and e bikes that are decades old...
never a problem getting parts or service to fix them..
Built like tanks too...damn durable...

So I know there won't be a problem with parts years to come...
and since the battery banks are "owner replaceable " ( I can pull them out myself..swap them out...externally charge them etc...
I am very looking forward in the next couple years trading the batts in for the next gen batts that will last even longer...
That is the only thing they could do to improve on any concept of e bike...
road laws here are that if it goes any faster "by motor" ..than 32km per hour ...then it needs insurance...etc etc...
Downhill I just let off on the throttle and coasting I've hit 70 an hour yesterday...engage the throttle downhill and it kicks in the motor which winds the speed back and delivers about 15% of the excess energy received back to the battery....not bad...I am sure that will improve too...

If I were to get their road version ...it would be great ...but impractical for the island ...and island hopping...and my work...
So yeah...
Can't wait to get longer range batteries for it...
a year or two...I am sure the range will be almost double...if not more.
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