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Brand new, barely released into the US market, less than 2 weeks old and I'm already bored stiff with it! Nice platform, mostly good build quality with some missed attention to details, but a solid platform that rides really nice! I've already been taking it apart. I guess the warranty is voided...OOPS!
It has a 64" wheel base. It's just 2" shorter than the Zap. It rides like it's lots bigger than it is as a result. It doesn't feel or handle like a twitchy short wheel based scooter.
I took this March 8 2022. So yeah...brand new! It now has maybe 40 miles on it and I've charged it once. The battery came with a very light charge on it which was enough to ride maybe 5 miles and try it out as soon as it was assembled.
Anywhere there is a large "Dualtron" logo, there are RGB addressable LEDs under it. The included LED controller does some interesting effects via a little IR remote. The plastic parts (fenders) are nicely molded and not rough. Ignore the sticker glue that I had yet to clean off. Integrated into the back of the rear fender is 4 LEDS for brakes and directionals that are plenty bright.
Both wheels are this way. You can see on the left side, the valve stem. This was stupid! There is not enough room to get a 90 adapter in there and typical bike pumps lack a schrader fitting short enough to fit that little gap for filling your tires. The inner tubes REALLY need angled valve stems! On the motor cable, you can see where the outer insulation has torn away. Apparently Dualtron uses super glue to secure the cable into the channel in the swing arm. Pulling it back out tears off the outer insulation. Apparently you are not supposed to ever need to service your EV!
This was disappointing. I pulled it out of the packaging with a kinked rear brake line. The scooter has hydraulic brakes. It's just a matter of time before this starts leaking. A new brake line is on order and covered by warranty. I have a bike brake bleed kit. This won't be hard to get the brakes going again after I replace the brake line.
The accessory kit covers everything you need to assemble the scooter. The manual was written in clear English with a few typos here and there. It did a reasonably good job covering assembly. Some functionality that you can change settings on were lacking any explanation what they do. The charger is almost useless at 1.75 amps! 26Ah battery at 1.75 amps = 14 hours to charge.
It came with a decent set of tools that were perfect for assembling the scooter. I really didn't need anything else to assemble it.
A few days after owning it, I was taking things apart to take a look inside. There's a small cover that hides all the wiring and controllers in the very front of the deck. In it is a switch that is clearly labeled "Spare Switch". It literally does nothing and goes nowhere as can be seen by the lack of wires going to it. The dual charge ports plug into the battery wires via automotive grade bullet connections. I would have used XT30 connectors...and will.
The scooter has front and rear motors and when I pulled off the heat shrink around the rear motor bullet connectors, I found them like this. I wasn't pulling on them. Whoever put the phase wire connections together never checked if they were pushed together. The left most bullet is barely connected.
Crammed inside that space is a tiny 5a DC-DC on the right side, a mess of wiring, LED accent light controller, mosfet switch for the head lights, flasher module for the directionals and a dual 6 fet controller.
It has a 64" wheel base. It's just 2" shorter than the Zap. It rides like it's lots bigger than it is as a result. It doesn't feel or handle like a twitchy short wheel based scooter.

I took this March 8 2022. So yeah...brand new! It now has maybe 40 miles on it and I've charged it once. The battery came with a very light charge on it which was enough to ride maybe 5 miles and try it out as soon as it was assembled.

Anywhere there is a large "Dualtron" logo, there are RGB addressable LEDs under it. The included LED controller does some interesting effects via a little IR remote. The plastic parts (fenders) are nicely molded and not rough. Ignore the sticker glue that I had yet to clean off. Integrated into the back of the rear fender is 4 LEDS for brakes and directionals that are plenty bright.



Both wheels are this way. You can see on the left side, the valve stem. This was stupid! There is not enough room to get a 90 adapter in there and typical bike pumps lack a schrader fitting short enough to fit that little gap for filling your tires. The inner tubes REALLY need angled valve stems! On the motor cable, you can see where the outer insulation has torn away. Apparently Dualtron uses super glue to secure the cable into the channel in the swing arm. Pulling it back out tears off the outer insulation. Apparently you are not supposed to ever need to service your EV!

This was disappointing. I pulled it out of the packaging with a kinked rear brake line. The scooter has hydraulic brakes. It's just a matter of time before this starts leaking. A new brake line is on order and covered by warranty. I have a bike brake bleed kit. This won't be hard to get the brakes going again after I replace the brake line.


The accessory kit covers everything you need to assemble the scooter. The manual was written in clear English with a few typos here and there. It did a reasonably good job covering assembly. Some functionality that you can change settings on were lacking any explanation what they do. The charger is almost useless at 1.75 amps! 26Ah battery at 1.75 amps = 14 hours to charge.

It came with a decent set of tools that were perfect for assembling the scooter. I really didn't need anything else to assemble it.

A few days after owning it, I was taking things apart to take a look inside. There's a small cover that hides all the wiring and controllers in the very front of the deck. In it is a switch that is clearly labeled "Spare Switch". It literally does nothing and goes nowhere as can be seen by the lack of wires going to it. The dual charge ports plug into the battery wires via automotive grade bullet connections. I would have used XT30 connectors...and will.

The scooter has front and rear motors and when I pulled off the heat shrink around the rear motor bullet connectors, I found them like this. I wasn't pulling on them. Whoever put the phase wire connections together never checked if they were pushed together. The left most bullet is barely connected.

Crammed inside that space is a tiny 5a DC-DC on the right side, a mess of wiring, LED accent light controller, mosfet switch for the head lights, flasher module for the directionals and a dual 6 fet controller.
