Guys, many of you may have to consider a YoBike for your kids, brothers, sisters, ladies, etc. (as many of us ourselves are bikers). So, I would like to share this experience of owning the YoBike for about 7-8 months.

Well, my dad purchased a 250 Watts Yo Bike. It was a very torquey machine. It took some 4-5 seconds to reach Top Speed, some 27 kmph (on speedo) & stayed there all the trip. It was good at climbing uphills too. I had some time with it.

I really loved its picking up speed - there was a slight increasing motor sound, similar to one coming from electric trains, etc.

First 3-4 months of owning it were fine. Later, problems regarding reliability started showing up. For example, it started making squeaking sounds from the rear suspension. Secondly, once the rear tyre punctured and we had to drag it, with the thin tyres getting crushed and wheel rims scraping ground. It was a bad & embarassing moment, as my dad recalls.

But it's tyres were later replaced with fatter ones sugested by company. The 2nd set of tyres were fat & reduced this top speed to 24 (on speedo) something ...

Finally my dad sold it off for some 11,000 /- to an Advocate. Phew! It finally ends here, right? Wrong! Read on ...

2 Months later, the Advocate came back fighting with us - saying that the battery had to be replaced. The Service Centre told them to go to Ahmedabad & get its Battery replaced. Cost of Battery Replacement?? A Shocking Rs. 12,000!

We somehow apologised & settled those blames. But that's how our experience was. From now on, We'll think 10 times before purchasing anything that's same as electric bike!

Benefits :-

• Torquey at all speeds upto 27 kmph (speedo).
• Very economical, environmental friendly & noiseless.
• Can stay at top Speed all trip long (unlike our gasoline friends).

Disadvantages :-

• Reliability Issues - Like Very Non-Durable Chassis/ Suspension with Squeaking sounds coming from them.
• Stock Tyres were very thin & puncture prone - Maybe solved now by company.
• Single Battery Charge lasts not very long (say 10-20 kms).
• Expensive Batteries have to be replaced after some charge-use cycles. At 12k per Battery set, they are very expensive!

I say that the TVS E-Scooty is much better than this YoBike, based on Bike India Review. Go for it! It's more reliable!

This topic will be helpful to potential E-Bike Buyers, so that they know the basic complications owning it! and I thought there is no better place for it - than the ownership section ...