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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Electric Cowboy on June 06, 2020, 02:07:53 AM
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So the company Boom Moto has requested I come out and give them some technical feedback on their bikes and give them some reviews. I am pretty excited. It looks like they have a range of bikes imported from China. Some less powerful than the Evoke Electric Motorcycles and perhaps some more powerful than the urban classic line.
I am pretty interested because these guys don't seem to be blowing smoke up anybody's butts yet. They definitely have a lot to learn still, but they aren't pretending they know everything, and I have seen improvements in their video content etc. already.
I also am a fan of the low cost, low power bikes. It gives a LOT more people access to introductory electrics and bikes that won't kill them when they whack it wide open.
I see one thing that I don't think I'll like much, but isn't a hard change for people like me. Rear brake on the handlebar. Maybe Im standing on the porch yelling, get off my lawn, but, get off my damn lawn son! I think it's just a preference thing, but I'll see what happens when I actually get on one of them.
What do you guys think? They already have a claimed 35 units in stock, and one of their videos does in fact show a room full of fully assembled bikes. So that's at least better than Lightning Motorcycles who haven't yet been able to show a room full of ready to sell assembled bikes.
The fact that these guys I have never heard of in the middle of America are ahead of lightning in getting to market already is amazing to me if nothing else.
Still a lot of room to improve on their riding footage, but it's getting there and does contain some info. They have a couple vids.
Place your bets, love it or hate it? I mean coming right to us for a review is balsy and gives me hope they might meet the claimed specs, which seem reasonable for small inexpensive bikes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2tsi_dQF1Q
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If they're just bringing them in from China and then reselling them then it's not a surprise that they're ahead of Lightning.
I imagine the reason for the brakes is because it emulates a scooter and those are really popular in China and similar countries that these lower cost bikes are targeted at, and it makes design and assembly a bit simpler.
The i200 plastics are a blatant copy of the BMW S1000rr and i100 also looks familiar, the i300 may be based off one of the Kawasaki nakeds.
Not sure I believe the ~120kg weight unless the battery is fairly small, and there's no way they're getting 90mph from 10kW, 75mph is more believable with full tuck.
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More like 65mph.
As for rear brakes ... since I got a scooter I now realise that they are in fact definitely better on the left bar... if there's nothing else for your left hand to be doing.
Cas :)
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The poser roundel trademark should give some clue to IP behind the skins...good luck w/ it.
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They were actually better than I expected.