NIU NQI GTS PRO (2020 - on) Review

Don't expect to go far on it. A 35 mile trip in full power is about all you'll get out of the two batteries. This will be at a maximum speed of 45mph which is quite frankly terrifying on an average "A" Road where cars can do up to 70. It's home ground is a short distance city bike. In fact if you ride say 6 miles across town to work and back every day then this is not a bad choice at all. It's what it does best.Comfort wise it's not a question of how far can you go before you need a break. Your breaks are recharge enforced.

It's woefully underpowered. It can do 2 up and I regularly ride with my partner on the back. It doesn't really like it. If you're larger build then expect to only have yourself on it. It's 3.5kw, please be kind to it.

Mine was not assembled correctly. The number plate sub assembly was not correctly screwed into the rear mudguard. This meant that it was free to waggle up and down every time I went over a pot hole. The stress fractures caused it to fail at around 9000 miles. I did not get a warranty fix on this. It has been fixed mechanically ( bolts and a plate to rejoin the two pieces. Otherwise I have had precisely zero problems with it. It has to stay outside ( mid terrace house with no garage ) and has no rust spots yet. The only thing it's needed so far is brake pads and tyres.

Running costs are very low. I have done a total of 14,000 miles on mine. If this were a petrol scooter then I'd have spent about (@80mpg) £1200 on petrol. Instead I've used at most ( assuming 2p per mile on average with rising electricity costs ) £280 in electricity. Indeed it's likely half that. In this time I have used fewer than 250 charge cycles. The batteries are rated for 1000 charge cycles and will automatically die at that point to protect you from potential fiery death. Doing the math this means I have another 42,000 miles to go before they need replacing in 6 years time. At this point replacement batteries will be £2400 ( or thereabouts) and I will have saved about £4000 by not using petrol ( at current prices ) so overall I will be about £1600 better off. Please note that a "Full Charge Cycle" is anything that recharges more than 60% of the batteries. Expect 6 hours to recharge 20% to 100% . Incidentally the bike goes into limp mode at 20% battery. My advice is if you get to 30% then GO HOME / RECHARGE IMMEDIATELY. To maximise your battery longevity always recharge at 50% battery, that way you are well within the trigger for using a Charge Cycle.I have done the bulk of the maintenance myself. My local bike shop asked for 1.5 hours labour to change the back tyre @ £60 an hour because of the faff of taking it apart. Replacing the rear tyres is a pain because you have to disconnect the motor from the controller meaning you have to remove the seat and battery compartment to get at it. You then need to clip the cable ties holding the motor power lines to the frame and free them before taking the rear wheel out. However, I have discovered that changing the tyre is very doable at home if you have a half decent set of tyre levers and a compressor or a garage near by who's airline you can use. Oil changes are obviously not a thing so there's no costs there. All it ever needs are tyres and brake pads. Do these things yourself and this is the lowest maintenance cost bike you will ever own that's not a pedal cycle.

It gets very little as standard, register your app before that first ride or it won't reflect your actual mileage. If you buy it second hand then your app will only ever tell you how far YOU have ridden, not how far the bike has been ridden in total. Unlike other scooters is has NO storage under the seat. You could get a pair of gloves in there. This is because the under seat space is taken up by one of the two batteries ( the other is under the foot pan ). On the plus side it does have built in GPS tracking, immobiliser and alarm. The alarm is not very loud but it's put at least one potential thief off from trying to wheel it away on the day I forgot to put a disc lock on it. I definitely recommend adding a screen for comfort in the winter if you are going to make this a daily commuter.