:roll: I would love to know about peoples past experience with electric scooters at BM, which ones work, which dont, what to look for etc. My fiance and I both have some health issues, would truely appreciate your help.
Anxiously awaiting,
Watermelon Mama
Electric Scooters
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AntiM
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http://www.burningman.com/on_the_playa/ ... index.html
That link should answer any questions. Stand up scooters only, anything with a seat needs permission.
Good luck,
margaret
That link should answer any questions. Stand up scooters only, anything with a seat needs permission.
Good luck,
margaret
My electric scooter
I am an old fat woman with bad knees and have had a scooter at Burning Man for several years.
I ride standing and it is great, but the Playa is very hard on scooters. The first year the ignition switch went, next year my tire got over pumped at home at the scooter store and got a bubble and this year and I can already see that the battery is not staying charged.
The obvious issue is charging them. It takes several hours.
I don't know why people cannot just answer your question and quit telling you to do it the way they think it should be done (biking/walking), we always seem a little short on compassion and long on judgement here on the Eplaya.
I ride standing and it is great, but the Playa is very hard on scooters. The first year the ignition switch went, next year my tire got over pumped at home at the scooter store and got a bubble and this year and I can already see that the battery is not staying charged.
The obvious issue is charging them. It takes several hours.
I don't know why people cannot just answer your question and quit telling you to do it the way they think it should be done (biking/walking), we always seem a little short on compassion and long on judgement here on the Eplaya.
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It is to bad that you are asking about scooters this late.
I started a thread awhile back. Also there is a thread on battery power I learned a bunch. I bought a new two wheeled scooter. Got extra batteries. Then three storage(12volt car) batteries and a inverter. We have a generator that pumps up the storage batteries that power the inverter and in turn powers the charger to the scooter. Sitting down on a scooter at 5mpr with wind gusts is damn hart to ride. So I installed training wheels. While i was at it i added a stereo. This sound like a lot. Not so. The scooter$160,extra batteries$65,storage batteries had one bought one$74 the third one is the one in the van. Our camp rented a generator, my cost$50, inverter$60 and the stereo speakers $3(@good will). The rest is stuff from around the house. If I had it to do over. I would have spent more on the scooter.
I started a thread awhile back. Also there is a thread on battery power I learned a bunch. I bought a new two wheeled scooter. Got extra batteries. Then three storage(12volt car) batteries and a inverter. We have a generator that pumps up the storage batteries that power the inverter and in turn powers the charger to the scooter. Sitting down on a scooter at 5mpr with wind gusts is damn hart to ride. So I installed training wheels. While i was at it i added a stereo. This sound like a lot. Not so. The scooter$160,extra batteries$65,storage batteries had one bought one$74 the third one is the one in the van. Our camp rented a generator, my cost$50, inverter$60 and the stereo speakers $3(@good will). The rest is stuff from around the house. If I had it to do over. I would have spent more on the scooter.
I'm the contraptioneer your mother warned you about.