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Why You Should Change Your Old Electric Scooter

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Scooters are not just meant for kids. If you want to avoid the hassles of parking your car or being stuck in traffic, then you should invest in buying a scooter. Electric scooters also come with a variety of features allowing you to choose one that will suit your needs. Whether you are an urban commuter or you want to take on nature travel, you must get a scooter suitable for your needs. Also, the engine noise associated with motocross tracks is a bit of a turn-off; hence, you must replace your old electric scooter with a better one.

1. Improvement in battery technology

More companies today are producing better electric scooters. This has increased competition in battery production. These recent years have been characterized by environmental-friendly and economical scooters. It is, thus, necessary for you to change your old electric scooter to allow yourself to experience the joy of these newer, improved batteries. These electric scooters have long-lasting batteries, which enables you to travel for up to 43 miles per charge. Also, battery consumption when the scooter is motionless remains minimal, so your charge will last longer.

2. Affordability

The electric cars are pricey, and biking is exhausting. Consequently, scooters are the most viable option. This means that to save some cash, you only have to change the old scooter for a newer model. Also, if you do not take a long-distance journey, scooters are better than electric bikes. They are available at affordable prices with great qualities. If the scooter is damaged, it is easier for you to get spare parts. The repairs will also not cost as much as they used to for the older models; click here for more information on repairs and pricing.

3. Speed Increase

With many electric scooter models released recently, most companies are competing to provide higher speeds and more control to the buyers. There are scooters, today, that go at an average speed of 60mph. This is why you should replace your old scooter and increase your speed. You cannot afford to miss the new upcoming powerful motors, which are equal to 400cc engine hence guaranteeing you great speed.

4. Better Appearance

You can change your scooter and get a better and fancy looking one. Most of them now come with a pillion passenger seat. They have stylish and contemporary designs. This means that they are more elegant and boost your self-esteem when you are riding around the city. The new models are equipped with a larger cargo box hence allowing you to carry more luggages.

5. Greater Control

The upcoming scooters are equipped with powerful motors, thus allowing the users to handle all acceleration of the motor. This means that you will not need a clutch and a gearbox. Besides, the scooters are environmentally friendly. This makes the new electric scooters efficient hence fun to ride.

Features To Consider When Buying a New Scooter

Ducati Super SOCO electric scooters
Ducati Super SOCO electric scooter

· Electric Motor

Before you choose a scooter for yourself, you need to consider whether you can climb mountains on the scooter. If your grounds are not smooth, then you need to choose an electric scooter with a motor that is powerful enough to allow you to climb fast without any issue. At least a 350-watt motor should do the trick.

· Range

You will have to consider how far the batteries can go on a single charge before you buy one. The range will also vary depending on whether you will be riding on flat ground or rough terrain. Temperatures will also affect the mileage of the scooter. You should put that into consideration too.

· Portability

The last thing you want is an electric scooter that is too heavy to carry around. One thing is for certain; you will not always be riding your scooter. Sometimes you will have to carry it around. While all scooters are relatively smaller, some are heavier than others. This difference could cause a huge problem for you. Whether you are buying online or from a brick and motor store, you need to consider how much weight you can handle versus how much the scooter weighs.

Conclusion

Old electric scooters put you at high risk of an accident. Also, sticking to your old machine limits you from experiencing the great power that comes with the new upcoming one. The British government is now subsidizing the production of electric scooters. Hence, they are inviting more innovation and more producers to enlarge the Market. You cannot afford to miss such new inventions, which will be revolutionary in the upcoming days.

Source: MotorbikeWriter.com

New Gear: Big Bike Parts UltraGard Essentials Cover

Big Bike Parts UltraGard Essentials Covers for Honda Gold Wing and Can-Am Spyder.

The UltraGard line of motorcycle covers from Big Bike Parts now includes a new Essentials cover, created specifically to fit GL1500 and GL1800 Honda Gold Wings and the Can-Am Spyder RT, RT-S and RT Limited. These half-covers feature a SoftTek windshield liner, an elastic hem, rustproof tie-down grommets, bungee tie-down cords and antenna wear pads. They’re polyurethane-coated for weatherability, come with a handy drawstring storage pouch and carry a 3-year warranty. Best of all, UltraGard Essential covers are priced at just $36.95.

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Source: RiderMagazine.com

Matsuyama pushes through the pain for impressive Motegi win

As the final laps appeared in sight though, it was down to a key group of six in the fight for the podium – Matsuyama, Munandar, Azman, Thai rider Tatchakorn Buasri, Shoki Igarashi and Nishimura. Drama hit on the penultimate lap for Nishimura, however, as the number 3 suddenly tagged the rear tyre of Munandar ahead of him and went down. That left Matsuyama with an open goal, and despite his fractured wrist, the number 11 would emerge victorious nonetheless.

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Defending SX1 champion Brayton soars to Port Adelaide win

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Triple Australian supercross champion Justin Brayton delivered another commanding ride for Penrite Honda Racing to win the SX1 main event at Port Adelaide tonight.

Brayton worked his way into the lead on the opening lap and sprinted ahead from there in what was the only traditional format final of the 2019 season.

In the end the American lit the candles with a 9.757s advantage from Luke Clout (CDR Yamaha Monster Energy), who managed to turn the tables on teammate Dan Reardon in South Australia. Local Brett Metcalfe (Penrite Honda Racing) rode to fourth position.

SX1 newcomer Richie Evans (Yamalube Yamaha Racing) showed he belongs in the class by recording fifth place, ahead of Honda-mounted privateer Joel Wightman in a solid P6.

Next best was Jesse Dobson (Husqvarna), while national champion Todd Waters (DPH Motorsport Husqvarna) made a late move on Jackson Richardson (Rockstar Energy Honda), as Dylan Long (Empire Kawasaki) completed the top 10.

In the championship standings following two of five rounds, Brayton now leads by eight points over Clout and Reardon, with the series set to continue at Wollongong’s WIN Stadium in New South Wales on Saturday, 9 November.

Detailed results


Source: MotoOnline.com.au

Four riders share fastest sector times in competitive Q2

Pramac Racing’s Jack Miller was the man to beat in Sector 1 onboard his Ducati GP19, heading Maverick Viñales (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP) by over a tenth. Cal Crutchlow (LCR Honda Castrol) takes top honours in the second split, the British rider also sitting just ahead of Viñales. Sector 3 belongs to the Petronas Yamaha SRT pairing, Franco Morbidelli slightly faster than teammate Fabio Quartararo, before Marquez proves he has the edge in the final split.

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Oldenburg rises for first SX2 victory in South Australia

News 19 Oct 2019

Oldenburg rises for first SX2 victory in South Australia

Opening round winner Hayes and outdoor champion Todd crash out of final.

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Penrite Honda Racing’s Mitchell Oldenburg has won round two of the 2019 Australian Supercross Championship in SX2, delivering a dominant performance at Port Adelaide in South Australia.

Oldenburg scored his first win on Australian soil by a commanding 6.555s over fellow American import Josh Osby (Raceline KTM Thor).

Fast-finishing Aaron Tanti (Serco Yamaha) almost made it consecutive runner-up results, however an error on the final lap allowed Osby back through for position. Defending champion Jay Wilson (Yamalube Yamaha Racing) and Chris Blose (Penrite Honda Racing) filled the top five.

Supercross rookie Regan Duffy (Raceline KTM Thor) impressed with sixth place, followed by lead privateer Connor Tierney (Yamaha), Tomas Ravenhorst (KTM), Bradley Taft (Empire Kawasaki) and Dylan Wills (Davey Motorsports KTM).

Major news in the SX2 main was the exit of early leader Wilson Todd (DPH Motorsport Husqvarna) and opening round winner Jacob Hayes (Serco Yamaha) – separately going down in the same rhythm lane on lap three.

As a result, it’s now Tanti who leads the championship following two of five rounds, two points ahead of Osby and a further two ahead of tonight’s winner Oldenburg. Previous leader Hayes has now dropped down the order to seventh.

Detailed results


Source: MotoOnline.com.au

Crutchlow “optimistic” after qualifying P5

“That’s always the aim, but I don’t know whether I’m going to be on the podium or 15th, I have no idea at the minute,” continued the Brit, when asked if a repeat of last year’s Japanese GP podium is on the cards in 2019. “We’ll have to look at the situation in the morning warm up because we have a different bike to try, a different setting of the bike to try, because today we weren’t able to try it so we just used what we had in the practices for the qualifying. So today was a little bit of a wasted day with setup but I’m optimistic about what we’ll try in the morning.”

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Did you know Marquez now has pole at every MotoGP™ circuit?

8. Last year’s polesitter Andrea Dovizioso, who has been on pole at Motegi three times, has qualified seventh. Only twice has he qualified lower on the grid at Motegi: ninth in 2017, when he fought back to take the win, and 13th in his rookie year in MotoGP™ in 2008. This is the eighth time this year Dovizioso has failed to qualify on the first two rows. A podium finish for Desmo Dovi tomorrow would be his 100th in this Grand Prix career.

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Marquez claims first-ever Motegi MotoGP pole position

News 19 Oct 2019

Marquez claims first-ever Motegi MotoGP pole position

Sixth place on the premier class grid in Japan for Queenslander Miller.

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Defending champion Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team) got the business done in Q2 at the Motul Grand Prix of Japan, setting a 1m45.763s to claim his first-ever MotoGP pole position at Motegi.

Behind the Spaniard is Petronas Yamaha SRT duo Franco Morbidelli and Fabio Quartararo, 0.181s splitting the leading trio.

The Saturday morning rain had cleared for qualifying and after a damp start to FP4 proceedings, the Twin Ring Motegi was dry for both Q1 and Q2. In the second part of qualifying, unsurprisingly it was Marquez who was straight in with the fast times.

On his first flying lap the number 93 edged out Jack Miller (Pramac Racing) by just over a tenth but on his next lap, Marquez propelled himself to over a second ahead of his rivals, with Quartararo getting within 0.8s after a couple of rapid laps.

Morbidelli and Miller then exchanged P2 in quick succession to reel Marquez back in, but the ruthless eight-time Champion then moved the goalposts further – 0.567s his advantage at this point before fresh Michelin rubber was put in.

The Yamahas of Quartararo and Maverick Vinales (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP) were then looking fierce as the duo took turns in being Marquez’s closest competitor. They couldn’t get within two tenths of the Repsol Honda though, as another Honda rider then pushed himself onto the provisional second row.

That man was Q1 graduate Cal Crutchlow (LCR Honda Castrol), with Morbidelli then pouncing onto the front row. Red sectors then appeared for Crutchlow and Miller, but the two would both lose time in the latter half of the lap. Marquez was then matching his best time and sure enough, he found tenths in the final split to improve his time.

Quartararo was lacking just 0.090s on his final flying lap but couldn’t quite find enough time, the Frenchman slotting in behind teammate Morbidelli on the front row as the two Petronas machines shadow Marquez, the Italian claiming his equal-best MotoGP Q2 result.

No-one could beat Marquez today as he now boasts a premier class pole position at every circuit on the current calendar, another nice little record for the number 93. Fourth place for Vinales means there’s a triple M1 threat coming the way of the champion on Sunday afternoon.

Crutchlow produced a sterling job to stick his LCR Honda Castrol RC213V in the middle of the second row, that’s the Briton’s best qualifying result since being on the front row in America, with his good friend Miller lining up alongside him in P6 as the leading Ducati rider.

The two red factory Desmosedicis lineup seventh and eighth in Japan, Dovizioso leading teammate Petrucci from the third row, with Aprilia Racing Team Gresini’s Aleix Espargaro impressing again on the RS-GP to claim P9.

Both the Spaniard and Valentino Rossi (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP) set the same time, as the two Team Suzuki Ecstar machines of Q1 graduate Alex Rins and Joan Mir complete the Q2 pecking order at the Japanese GP.

In Moto2, Luca Marini (SKY Racing Team VR46) secured his first pole position of the season in sensational fashion after going over a second faster than anyone else in Q2 at the Motul Grand Prix of Japan.

On a damp track, the Italian was untouchable as he heads to two FlexBox HP 40 machines of Augusto Fernandez and Lorenzo Baldassarri on the front row. Australian Remy Gardner (ONEXOX TKKR SAG Team) will start out of 10th position on the grid.

SIC58 Squadra Corse’s Niccolo Antonelli toughed it out at the Motul Grand Prix of Japan to claim a third pole position of the season in his first race back after suffering a broken wrist and collarbone at the San Marino Grand Prix. Even more impressive was the fact that the Italian had to fight it out of Q1 too.

Although the rain had stopped falling at the Twin Ring Motegi, conditions still required maximum focus and attention. So much so that the four riders who progressed through from Q1 used the experience gained in that session to great effect. Antonelli led Estrella Galicia 0,0’s Alonso Lopez and teammate Tatsuki Suzuki.

Detailed results

Source: CycleOnline.com.au

Double Japanese qualifying delight for Petronas Yamaha SRT

“First of all we had a good pace yesterday and today was tricky conditions, there was some wet parts, some wet corners. This was our weak point let’s say, we had similar conditions in Brno, when we swapped to slicks in the last moment. Actually I made a big step in these conditions, front row was actually not the goal but we did it so we’re really happy about it and we’ll try to work a little bit more in the warm up, to work on our pace and see if we can do a good job again,” commented Quartararo.

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