an affordable e-moped with style!

Since its unveiling late last year, the Juiced Scorpion has been a hotly anticipated e-bike. Regardless of an preliminary delay in deliveries as a result of COVID-19 pandemic, Juiced Scorpions have been arriving at doorways throughout the US, together with Electrek’s.

The Juiced Scorpion could also be an electrical bicycle by definition, however its retro-inspired design harkens again to the basic mopeds of a long time previous. To me, it undoubtedly feels extra like an electrical moped than a standard e-bike.

It doesn’t matter what you name it, there’s no denying that the Juiced Scorpion wows with its design.

However is it value the $1,899 price tag?

That’s precisely what we got down to decide.

Juiced Scorpion video evaluation

You already know you wish to see the Juiced Scorpion in motion, proper?! Test it out under in our video evaluation, then proceed studying for our full detailed evaluation.

Juiced Scorpion e-bike tech specs

• Motor: 750W Bafang rear hub motor
• High pace: Claimed 28 mph (45 km/h) although I reached about 90% of that
• Vary: As much as 45 miles (72 km) on pedal-assist or nearer to half that on throttle
• Battery: 52V 13Ah 676Wh (detachable and lockable)
• Weight: 100 lb (45 kg)
• Max load: 275 lb (125 kg)
• Wheels: 20 inches with 4-inch fats tires, mag-style solid wheels
• Brakes: Tektro hydraulic disc brakes (180 mm rotors)
• Entrance suspension: Hydraulic fork with adjustable pre-load, compression, and lockout
• Rear suspension: Swingarm with twin adjustable spring coilover shocks
• Extras: Moped seat, included rear rack, included fenders, massive LED headlight and tail/brake gentle, superior matrix LCD battery meter, kickstand, USB charging, Shimano 7-speed drivetrain

Juiced Scorpion: It’s all within the design

There aren’t many e-bikes on the market fairly just like the Juiced Scorpion.

In relation to electrical mopeds, we’ve seen crowdfunding campaigns for different makes an attempt at rivals however no deliveries but. We’ve seen $4,000 electric mopeds from a few companies. However Juiced is the one one to this point with something fairly just like the Scorpion at this worth level.

Between the twin crown suspension fork, bench seat, large halo moped headlight, sturdy low-step body, bench seat, and enormous purposeful rear rack, the Juiced Scorpion has perspective for days.

The broad avenue tires and suspension mix to make carving deep into turns an absolute dream.

I like reducing into corners tougher than I feel I ought to and feeling the Gs as I pull laborious on these huge tires.

I like how further the bike is, with that huge ol’ headlight giving it a retro face and the bench seat letting me scooch up or sit again as I see match.

And I may even pedal the bike, although it’s not a enjoyable bike to pedal with none battery energy, that’s for certain. You are able to do it, however I wouldn’t wish to run out of cost 10 miles from house.

For regular pedal help, the bike works surprisingly nicely, even when it doesn’t appear like a motorcycle that may be enjoyable to pedal. You’ll should attempt one to see what I imply, however I didn’t really feel odd in any respect pedaling it.

Luckily, the 676Wh battery is pretty massive, and Juiced even affords a bigger 1kWh battery in the event you ought to wish to improve. Regardless of the cadence-based pedal-assist working simply tremendous, I’m responsible of utilizing throttle more often than not just because I really feel like I’m on a motorcycle once I journey the Scorpion. With throttle-only using, the 45-mile vary drops down nearer to 20-25 miles, relying on how I journey.

Once I do select to pedal, I can unlock a better high pace than the 20 mph throttle restrict. Nonetheless, I’ve by no means been capable of attain the claimed 28 mph high pace. I can hit 25 mph, however that’s about the place I high out. And it doesn’t appear to matter if I’m pedaling laborious or simply giving the pedals a slight push – so long as that pedal-assist sensor detects that my pedals are spinning, it’ll let me bypass the 20 mph throttle restrict.

One add-on I extremely advocate for the Scorpion is a set of mirrors, or at the very least a left-side mirror. With a motorcycle like this, I discover myself using within the highway rather more than the bike lane. It looks like I’m on a motorcycle and so I journey it like a motorcycle. However with a high pace of 20-25 mph, I undoubtedly discover vehicles creeping up on me and typically shocking me, and so a set of mirrors is extremely advisable to ensure you know the place the vehicles are round you while you take the highway.

I additionally acquired the alarm/horn with mine and I can extremely advocate that accent as nicely. The horn isn’t fairly loud sufficient to warn vehicles while you’re going full pace, but it surely’s lots loud for decrease speeds and as a pedestrian alerting system. It additionally excels as an alarm, the place its delicate set off and loud beeping at a standstill imply no thief will ever make a quiet getaway together with your journey. The distant is even fairly good trying – not low-cost like most different e-bike alarms.

Shut, however not good

The Juiced Scorpion is a ton of enjoyable, but it surely’s not good. My one criticism of substance is that I want I may squeeze extra energy out of it.

At 750W, the motor offers acceptable efficiency although it’s definitely not the sportiest journey I’ve ever had. I’m undoubtedly not doing burnouts at this stage, and the acceleration is okay however not thrilling.

A part of this is likely to be psychological; the Juiced Scorpion has such a sporty presence that I count on it to launch as aggressively because it appears to be like. A part of it may also be the load. This 750W motor on a 50 lb e-bike would definitely speed up faster, but it surely takes longer to rise up to hurry on this 100 lb tank.

And perhaps they simply wished to avoid wasting one thing for the HyperScorpion, which might hit 30+ mph speeds and looks like it accelerates even tougher, at least from the preview videos we’ve seen of it in action.

Remaining end result: an amazing compromise

Finally, I feel Juiced Bikes needed to compromise on the entry-level Scorpion to maintain the worth cheap at $1,899, they usually succeeded there.

The bike performs nicely, even when it isn’t the sportiest, hardest accelerating e-bike I’ve tried. And along with the efficiency, you get a ton of options that you just gained’t discover elsewhere.

Every little thing from the bike lighting, the hydraulic disc brakes, the magazine wheels, the customized moped body, the total suspension, the big rack that would simply help a passenger or supply trunk/field, and many others. These all add to the manufacturing value, and $1,899 is greater than cheap for a 25 mph e-bike with a totally-customized in-house design and loads of high-performance elements.

The Juiced Scorpion can scratch that itch for an electrical moped with out breaking the financial institution. And if you wish to actually tear up the highway, you’ll be able to go nuts with the HyperScorpion.

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