55 Miles in Portland on a NIU NQiGT Electric Scooter
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- Опубликовано: 21 авг 2024
- Update: As of March 2023 the NGT PRO is no longer imported into the US by Genuine Scooters. If you're looking for a very similar scooter, check out the NGTS Sport from NIU. That has taken the place of this model in the US but is almost identical in ride experience.
Taking a NIU NQiGT Electric Scooter out for a rip around Portland.
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I really loved this video - it was a great review and such a lovely little exploration of a beautiful town I hope to see one day. It's the first time in a long time I watched a video at 1x speed and from start to finish without skipping. Awesome.
Damn, this put a smile on my face. Thanks for watching. Hope you get to ride here someday.
Great video buddy! Long video but you keep my attention! Ordered my nqi recently but its a long wait time for me.
Thanks for watching! Enjoy that new scooter.
I’m in Seattle. I just got my NQI GT, this weekend. I can’t say enough about it. It is SUPER fun, and I just Sail by the gas station and laugh.🤣
Congrats! Stop for chips though!
Max speed for sport mode?
@@alfredorojas4764 about 45 mph. Of course a little dependent on rider’s weight etc.
I am 220 lbs. on a flat road I can hit 45 mph.
The point is though that you really can go anywhere you want in an urban environment, if you just find an alternative route to the freeway. Find all the normal roads with speed limits less than 45.
I have a white one. Very environmentally friendly, and electricity costs are cheaper than gasoline. No traffic jam😁
All true! Thanks for watching and enjoy your rides!
Love this video. You did a great job showing what it can do, up down and around town. Will be calling today for a test ride. 😎
Thanks, Gus! And it was nice to meet you in-store!
I really enjoyed your demo ride on the NIU NGT. Some day I would like to get a GTS. The only down side to this scooter is the choice of colors. I would like an all red one no stripes. Thank for showing how beautiful Portland is. Please do more NIU demos.
Thanks for watching!
I have been riding one of these for 2 years now. I have done 21,000 km or 13, 000 miles if you prefer. The ride is still as good as it was when new. My battery condition is at 77.9 having had 221 charge cycles. The roads in my city are fairly bumpy and this resulted n a stress fracture on the frame mounts for the licence ( number ) plate hangar as it was waggling up and down a lot ( I will have to get that fixed as I am out of warranty ). Overall I am quite happy with my puchase.
I bought the full height windshield. This offers superb protection from wind and rain but when it gets cold and humid it's prone to fogging and the full height screen blocks your view completely under those conditions. I would recommend a mid height screen that protects your chest and that you can still see over the top.
The bike carries two people comfortably and although is slower doesn't feel like it's struggling unduly. That bosch motor has a fair amount of torque.
The indicated speed is a little high but only by two maybe three miles per hour . Mine does an indicated 47mph when doing 45 in reality.
It's a stunning little town bike and paired well with my R1100RT which I have been using for longer distances.
Thanks for that info!!
Shame they had to fit that battery into the underseat storage. I see the built in storage as a major plus of scooters over motorcycles. I hope after a few more iterations they'll fit all the batteries under the floor and restore that storage space. Thanks for the review.
Agreed! For now adding a top case is the only option. Thanks for watching!
Nice POV. Here in central Florida, speed limit signs are apparently ornamental, so I think I'd want at least a 150cc equivalent scooter but I can see it in some smaller communities in Florida for sure.
Of course I'm not entirely sure the video is real. The last time anyone saw the sun in Portland was in 1932, an event so traumatic they called it "The Great Blinding".
Haha! Thanks for watching.
Enjoyed your video, so after 10+ years and 3 Harley's. My last one being a Softail Streetbob. I decided it time to considerably downsize. I got a (in my opinion good deal) So I traded in and got a new Vespa 300 hpe and a new NiU electric scooter. The Vespa is superb and the NiU perfect for the none motorway rideouts, amazing. Both scooters are for pleasure alone.
JP Liverpool UK.
That’s a great story! Enjoy those new scooters and the lifestyle that comes along with them.
@@VespaPortland Thank mate, Now the weather is warming up I'm enjoying getting used the scooters twist n go. Before the H.Ds I did own othe bikes n scooters since way back in the early 1960s
One thing to finish it was great owning the Harley's.
Just bought a niu mqi gt evo... Fantastic bit of kit... I sail past petrol stations at 68 mph!!... Insurance £116 £0 road tax & I charge it at work 👌... Wished I bought one ages ago... But was holding out for the evo model.
Congrats! They are fun scooters and it’s nice not to have to visit the gas station often except for chips and a beverage after a nice long ride. Thanks for watching.
Funny that you need to pay extra for dmv. Most countries in europe has special tax exemptions to promote electric vehicles
Maybe some day! This is gas guzzlin’ country and we are reluctant to change. 😆
Great video, thank you. Gonna buy this exact model to zip around Bristol with my wife.
Enjoy it!
@@VespaPortland oh, I will :D cheers mate
Love the video. You missed the perfect storage place for your breakfast burrito. The bottle holder/cell phone/wallet storage spot by your left knee is the place I'd keep a burrito while riding. I wouldn't recommend this but with the connected front and rear brakes you can ride one handed while munching a burrito or similar breakfast food.
Dig your style!
My Chinese classmates used it to travel in China for two months. Riding 4000 kilometers is really crazy. He carried two battery packs
That sounds like a great riding experience. Thanks for watching and sharing.
You passed a radar speed check sign that said you were going 27 and your speedo read 29, so there it is. Optimistic as you predicted. In this case, 7% - 8%. On par with most bikes actually.
Good eye! Thanks for watching.
@@VespaPortland Do you still have that for sale?
That scooter went to Hawaii about a week later! We do have a new one in stock though.
@@VespaPortland I just realized it was 2020. :) How do you compare this to the Elettrica 45mph version?
Great video
Thanks for watching!
Removable batteries is so genius, get a 2nd.set of batteries charge them at home, while using the 1st.set, and swap them when need it, this will double the range, triple the range with 3rd.set, and so on and so on.
That would be cool. Problem at the current time is the batteries are quite expensive. ~$1500+ each if I remember correctly. Maybe over time those will come down in price. Thanks for watching.
@@VespaPortland _Maybe over time those will come down in price._
I'd say unlikely. According to the USGS, if the demand for batteries goes global, there is only about 16 years of readily available lithium left to be mined, and after that, we'll need a crap-load of oil to get at the other stuff. Also, making lithium batteries is an environmentally ugly afair.
18:00 is exactly what I wanted to see. The moped going up a what appears to be a relatively steep grade hill. Sold! I rode one with Lime earlier today, because I'm building one of my cars and the other one I just don't want to drive right now because I'm sick of spending HOURS finding parking every day when I get to work and when I get home after work.
Hoped that exactly what you wanted to see was the burrito content. 😆
Thanks for watching!
@@VespaPortland Oh of course, that comes standard! xD
I live in the UK, road tax is zero here for my NIU NGT.
Lucky!
@@VespaPortland That includes cars also, Tesla etc.
I need one of those.
They’re pretty fun. Thanks for watching.
Excellent review
Thanks for watching!
Great video man! I see one of these in my future. How worried are you about theft?
Thanks for watching! Not really worried about theft in that there is GPS on board and the few that have been stolen, that we have known about, were recovered quickly by just opening up the app and seeing where the scooter was. Of course it would also help if you had a garage or something so that people don’t get tempted to take it in the first place.
Thanks for quick reply. I live in a 15 story apartment building in Syracuse NY. Unfortunately our underground parking isn't monitored anymore and some bicycles have been stolen over the last 10 years or so. I really like this scooter. Thanks again and great Videos!
If you don't have to drive too far with your scooter, you can leave one battery at home and then you can still lose your helmet and some things
That’s true and a good tip!
Except you can't use sport mode with only 1 battery
That’s also true! Thanks for watching.
Great video, I like this bike. One question on regen braking, do you have to hold the brake, or will it regen by just letting off of the throttle? Thanks.
Must hold the brake. Thanks for watching!
Regen is useless.u need to brake and u need to go fast because regen works best with high rpm but it takes time to win only 1 % is not worth it.Also heat up the brake pads.
NIU Is underrated quality. Isn't it?
If we are interpreting your question correctly - you're referring to the perception people have that things made in China are usually low quality, cheaply made, etc. We've had one person change their mind after learning the NIU is made in China but no one else has seemed bothered by it. What gets lost in Chinese manufacturing debates is that, if a company tells a Chinese manufacturer to "make it cheap" they will cut corners to fulfill that request. If a company wants quality, they can get that from China too. After all, Chinese workers aren't any less skilled than those in other countries. From what we've seen, the NIUs are well built electric scooters that have already been proven in something like 40+ other countries. Thanks for watching.
@@VespaPortland I didn't mean to say antthing about Chinese quality.
I meant to say that Niu is relatively unknown and therefore underrated.
Thanks for your video.
Got it! Yeah once news of them spreads we think they're going to gain quite a bit of traction in the market. Take care!
@@VespaPortland That is my guess too.
Good luck with your sales.
Do you get vibration on the windshield between the connections and the Perspex? Mine always did till I used some amalgamation tape on the metal bars where it’s close to the Perspex. Sorted all the vibration noises out.
Definitely got vibration there. That’s a good tip to stop it. Thanks!
I bought a zoom scooter and really like it. I couldnt find anyone in the states that sells the NIU?
They have a dealer locator on their website. www.niu.com/en/niu-store-finder/find-store
Is a motorcycle license required for this? What about insurance?
In Oregon and Washington you’ll need a motorcycle endorsement on your drivers license to legally operate this particular NIU on public roadways. It needs to be registered with the DMV and you have to carry vehicle insurance just like you would with a car. The slower NIUs, at least in Oregon and Washington (30mph top speed) only require a drivers license to operate but still need to be registered and insured. In other states there may be more strict or more lax regulations. Check your local laws.
Any Black Friday deal? I was at your shop and wanted to take one around the block and was ready to buy in September but ...
Hi Stephen. We don’t have Black Friday deals in general but definitely not with supply chain issues remaining as they have been. When a unit moves we have no idea when it will be replaced.
Hows rusting on the new models? Any better than the older models? Any issues with rear braking in the wet?
We haven’t seen rust issues on the NIUs yet but we’ve only had them for ~2 years. No issues with braking in the rain that we’ve noticed or have been reported to us.
I know it's a lot to think of where and actually add music to these: I could do it for you and you can see if you like it or not.
Sure go ahead! Only really interested in adding music if it's a longer stretch of just riding clips with no talking.
I much preferred this music-free video, and wasn't even aware that it was the lack of music that made the video more enjoyable for me. Silence goes well with this silent scooter.
Thoughts on using it for food delivery?
A gas scooter would probably be a better bet for food delivery. One tank of gas is gonna be under $5 which is covered in one delivery and you get nearly 100-120 miles on that tank. Plus if you’re low you can fill up quickly and still finish the food delivery instead of having to charge for a few hours.
What screen do you have on the front and is it any good?
The screen in the video is the taller windscreen from NIU. Manufacturer accessory. It was fine. The way it mounts makes it rattle around a little more than I prefer but it does block the wind.
@@VespaPortland Thank you, great review, I enjoyed it.
What helmet do you wear?
In this video a full face Scorpion. Can’t remember the specific series but it’s in the $250 range.
What is the life spand on these litium batts?
After 600-800 charging cycles, the battery still has 80% of its capacity left. In total, the battery can last for about 5 years. This can vary depending on the general care and use of the battery.
@@VespaPortland thats alot of km or miles🤯
@@VespaPortland That's an interesting question. Noticed the Swedish agency of those charged pretty much €3000 for 2 new batteries, while they sell the entire bike with 2 batteries for €3500. Basically having to buy a new bike every 5 years seem a bit unreasonable. Any thoughts on that? Apart from that part, I do love the concept of these bikes. Also like how the bosch engines make them fairly silent. Great video!
Tough one to answer! As someone who keeps vehicles for a long time, it does seem a little unreasonable that the batteries are that expensive. On the other hand, the battery in those bikes is the only thing that has any significant cost. The GenZe battery was something like $2000+. That said, a lot of people trade out their vehicles in 5 years or less or their needs change and they stop riding, etc. Battery prices may drop in the next few years but it’s a hard to say. Just another consideration for folks looking into electric scooters at this time.
I’m sport mode max speed?
43. Although I got it to 50 downhill.
Those turn signals are hideous. US stupid regulations.
They aren't exactly beautiful but... no choice at this point. Thanks for watching!
@hdidane00, not sure if you are referring to the sound or the looks of the indicator but if you are referring to the sound, it can be changed - there are choice of 5 tones (I believe) although I don't like any of them.
The looks. But yeah the other sounds aren’t much of an upgrade.
NIU charges subscription for their app...?
That's a deal killer for sure. It tells of the kind of mindset NIU has. Greed.
Nickel and dimming their costumers.
Well, it's free for the first couple years. Option to continue using the app after that for a fee. Most services aren't free. You're either handing over money, or you're handing over data for advertising (like in the case of Facebook).
It's just so damn ugly. I'm a Vespa rider, and nothing looks better in my eye, but their electric offering is hum-drum and stupid expensive. I sure wish someone would make a Vespa-esque bike at a reasonable price.
BTW, How do you carry a coffee on a scooter?
What we’ve seen is that whether or not someone thinks the scooter looks good mostly comes down to the age of the rider. The younger crowd really likes it. Older, it’s hit and miss. For coffee you can get a cup holder that hangs off the bag hook. Wraps around the cup and freely moves side to side to remain level. Corazzo used to sell them. Now someone else probably does.
@@VespaPortland Thanks.
Yup, eye of the beholder.
Re: coffee: sadly, my 2015 Primavera doesn't have a bag hook.
It sorta does on the front of the seat. Plastic piece slides straight out. But you’d need a very short holder to not have the cup contact the battery housing.
You get a like just for honking for BLM.
Loud and proud! Thanks for watching.