2022 SEAT MO eScooter 125 first ride review - a personal EV for under £5k! 

*Great **Latest.Bike** Scooter ! I have had it for almost 2 years now and it is still working great so far! Brake and acceleration are really smooth!*

Everyone makes the same mistake with the battery removal, you are not supposed to raise the handle before you pull the battery out, as raised it puts to much strain on the handle, you should slide it out then raise the handle to wheel it, it's actually in the instructions!

Being able to take the battery indoors to charge solves so many issues

Thanks for the review and letting us know the details. Cool to see how far bikes are coming along. 💪🔥

A good review Tim from which I will highlight that there is virtually no downside to this bike. I have had one for a year and can confirm it is just fabulous. Originally bought to go into the garage of a motorhome and provide a means of transport from campsites, I now use it instead of a second car at home. I live in a rural area and can comfortably 'commute' up to 30 miles from a charge source. The option of a top-box allows for a reasonably sized shop AND room for a passenger. 👌👍

I rented one of these on holiday in Mallorca, it was pretty fun silently gliding down the beachfront, so nippy from 0 to 20mph, when I got back my motorbike felt slow off the line!

Very cool. And quite a useful safety measure it would appear, take the battery out and a thieving sod can't nick it as easily for a joy ride.

Well that was a most enjoyable review and actually really informative such as I now know it rains in Essex.

Now that was a fun little review of a fun little scooter. Speaking of which, I need to invest in a scooter to take to the track to get around on to take pretty motorcycle racing pictures (what a terrible run-on sentence. C'est la vie, I'm too lazy to change it.).

This makes me lament the disappearance of the e-mii. But not a bad 2nd place. Thanks for this.

I wish I could buy it here in the USA. It looks really cool.

Great video, unfortunately mine needs a new battery and charging plug, the front forks are too bouncy. I'm waiting to hear from the dealership regarding when mine is ready to pick up, seems to be having problems getting the parts, but when it's working it's great fun and cheap to run after hearing energy prices are set to go down. I can't wait to get it back, just hoping the same reliability issues I've had with mine don't return

Thanks for a good first ride review!

I have a full bike license. But with travelling in peak times in birmingham I barely go above 50 anyway as that’s the highest I can go legally on the Aston express way . Cost me £15 a week to do 120-130 miles a week .52x15 = 780 Insurance 100 Tax 80 Maintenance I do myself about £100 a year . So £1100 a year to run without they outlay of the bike . This apparently needs 6-8 hours and currently Octopus energy offer 5p an hour off-peak 12am-4am I would need to up every night so that’s 5p x4 = 20p x4 nights 80p but call it 1 pound That’s £52 a year compared to £780 that’s just fuel . But the ultimate comparison would be the Honda cbf 125 pre2021 which I owned and did 115mpg Cost of fuel uk is 1.40x4.5 = 6.30 a gallon Honda cb125f pre2021 cost £6.30 to 115miles 52x6.30= £327 a year in fuel for me Although I’m aware the new 21 is claimed 188mpg expect 150mpg So if insurance is similar for both circa 150-200 I would save £5 a week . Not a lot when you consider a replacement battery is £2000 and it will need one eventually.

It's actually a silence s01 made in Spain by silence for years, just re badged 👍🏻

Great review, really interesting. I like the battery removal option and there is a place for these in our cities .

Wow, with a few short accelerations in sport mode the battery went down from 92% to 89%. That's not encouraging.

I understand the focus is on the scooter however I would have liked to see this scooter riding with a petrol scooter in comparison to see the torque difference

Compré la Seat Mo 125 el verano pasado, y no puedo estar más a disgusto con el servicio post-venta de Seat. El 17 de Diciembre, circulado la moto se paró. Tenía energía pero no respondía al acelerador. Llamo a la grúa y el 19 de diciembre la dejan en el taller oficial de Seat donde la había comprado. Ahí empieza la odisea. A día de hoy no se ni lo que tienen la moto ni el tiempo que seguiré sin ella. Sólo se, porque es lo que me dicen desde atención al cliente y en el concesionario, que se ha enviado la batería a Seat para que la revise. Es inadmisible que traten así a los clientes. Si no saben o pueden reparar vehículos eléctricos, que no se metan a venderlos. Por lo que he estado investigando, mi problema le ha pasado a más gente. Pensaros mucho comprar, al menos en Seat, este producto.

Thanks for that - I've been looking for the 'right' e-scooter for a while, the JS2A from the likes of alibaba having been head-and-shoulders above anything else I've seen, but... alibaba... This S01 doesn't look horrible or horribly built, may have sufficient range and speed for me, and it's a nice bonus it actually has a bit of storage - most e-scooters have the battery right under the seat, sigh. I wonder if I can track down the original manufacturer to save a bit of cash?

Nice spot for wheelies. Btw, what about Your new bike Tim?

Thanks for reaching out... (that has to be worse than 'mobility')

does the velocimeter works right? mine marks 100km/h when in reality the speed is 85 km/hr and it does the same with the real km versus the odometer ones, idk why a brand like seat has the need to lie this way to their buyers. it´s sad..

whats with the silence s01 scooter? they are the same and they are spanish

Looks brilliant. Are they available only from Seat ? Shame as the other bikes were there you didn’t show the alternative colours.

Call me a thickie, but it’s just occurred to me, watching this, that unlike conventional bikes (and cars), leccy bikes won’t have that change of weight and handling between a full and empty “tank”. All that torque sounds good…….. thinking that giant triumph is gonna look comparatively light on torque in a couple of years time 😳

So its just a Silence S01/S02 with a SEAT badge?

Can't wait for more manufacturers to bring EV moped/scooters to the U.S.

I’m very tempted to get a scooter at the moment to commute with the price of fuel goin through the roof. Are these really a viable alternative? I’ve a couple of miles of motorway en route and the weather protection looks a bit rubbish. That’s what really puts me off.

if you hold down the set button whilst powering it on; it brings up a menu. I think in there you can unset the electronic speed limiter... Im curious if you have a go let me know what the top speed really is?

What's the voltage output of the battery?

Any good looking EV Scoots available?

It looks nice but for me seems a bit expensive and the small range and long charge time, I think carrying the 40kg battery up 3 flights of stairs would get old pretty quick too.

I wonder why you would buy this and not one from Silence directly?

What’s the point of the front brake lever?

Seems like a nice bike. It's just too darn expensive and the range in sport mode just ruins it for me. I would have to charge it way too often and i would always be thinking that i'm killing the battery a little bit every time i charge it. I wonder about the motor in the hub. Does that have a weakness if you drive through a lot of puddles? Part of it could get submerged.

Looks good and still has plenty of storage under the seat, not all EV scooters do.

If you could fast charge this it would be perfect

i bet the wheel bearings dont last

When will it be legal in the UK?

Looks like the silence 502.

Don't like the idea of brakes locking up so readily, especially since we have rain more often than not in this country. Electric bikes not pushing any buttons for me yet but it will no doubt work for lots of folk.

enjoyed this subbed range?

Don you need to have a cbt or can you ride it on a car licence?

It would seem most people on ICE bikes have a desperate need to draw attention to themselves, where the more noise they make the better. Living in Italy, the advent of electric scooters thus bring some hope of a more quiet and peaceful existence for the rest of us. The sooner they are outlawed, the better. Good riddance! 😜

....its £5800 now. Greed didn't take longto kìck in. Back to the Honda........

How was the cake?

Why are you trying to pronounce “Silence” the french way? Firstly, it’s a Spanish company and secondly, I’ve bought one in Spain from Silence direct and even they pronounce it the English way!

Why oh why do manufacturers make a compromise SOMEWHERE everytime. Software locked to 59mph…but why??? At least give us 65mph so we don’t feel like we’re holding up the entire world on a dual carriagway

Should have abs. As it doesnt no buy for me.

nice motor vehicle

regulators are soooooo slow adapting to electric clean transportation.

electric will be so expensive after octember that it would be better to use a sail on the back

Just what I need for the British weather a two wheeled washing machine

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5gs ? Nah

So it's twice the price of a 125 ice scooter which likely has lower emissions than the generation of electricity to charge the electric scooter.And when it's range has been covered it will be hours before it can be ridden again.

Mobility in Australia means locked up at home.

He couldn't even ride a scooter wobbling around looked unsafe a teenager could of done better

you are talking so much and saying nothing