InMotion V13 | First Ride | UK 

Amazing how these wheels have evolved since the early Ninebot days. Still riding my Z10 after all these years.

My 84 volt V11, and my 100 volt V12 get similar range. The V11 has a smaller watt motor, smaller volts, smaller battery, and less weight. V12 scaled up everything bigger - but the added weight, more current, bigger motor counters the range. Now seeing the V13, everything is scaled again, and similar range. Putting this equation together, as the InMotion wheels evolve, the range is constant, but how fast you can get to your destination is where the money is going. Speed is literally dollars. It would be fun to calculate dollars/mph/kph) - It would be a fun new factor in analyzing wheels.

A lot has evolved for EUC , now suspensions and roll bar are common for new WHEELS , great review Ian 👍, had lot of fun watching you this year ! Merry Christmas and see you next year ! Have a good one 🍺

Brilliant as always

Can't say I'm excited about this monstrous device and the range.

Nice! One of the only dealers & perhaps even non dealer who's opinions I trust. Let it out there Ian. Good Bad & Fugly! Cant wait for you to do the EX30 & Commander Pro as well

Brilliantly done review. Thank you.

One thing to keep in mind is that these lithium ion batteries are going to give you about 30% less range overall when the weather is that cold. I believe he said six degrees celsius, so that is going to take a massive toll on your overall battery. It is absolutely a significant difference, so the same type of riding in the summer would probably have yielded in the neighborhood of 45 to 50 mi. If I'm not mistaken, I believe Ian got around 47 or 48 miles on the Abrams with hard riding. That's about what I get on mine when I ride hard, but when I ride conservatively I get well above 60 mi. When I ride the Abrams without going above 25 mph, I always get well over 65 mi. I would guess that you could do the same with the v13. So having the Headroom to achieve very high speeds for short bursts while maintaining much lower speeds for typical riding, which is the way most people ride, I would guess that it's about a 60 mile wheel.

Can always rely on Ian to tell the truth and say it as it is. The only RU-vidr I trust 100% when it comes to recommendations

Wonderful information. Thank you. May you always stay Above the Wheel.

It was really nice to see you conducting your initial review from the Château Sampson Gardens.😜👍

Awesome 😎 thanks brother!!🙏

Nice review and very informative.

The rear lights are so bright! I'm excited to get it today

Although I rarely ride it anymore I still have an 84v msx I keep it for the nostalgia ❤️

Excellent review 👍

I'd love a suspension wheel. This one looks the right size for me. Looks pretty awesome.

I had never heard of or seen one these things until yesterday when visiting Brighton, now suddenly this has come up on my feed. I hope that it isn't a sign of a new hobby to come! 😅

What a beast!

Thanks again ian

Thanks very much 👍

Excellent video! And no shame, Andy did much better than myself, a very proficient RS rider, when I got my Master Pro, which was two times heavier than I was used to, first few days I had to hold to a pole to be able to get on it 😆 - now after about a month of riding it, I won't exchange the Master Pro for any other wheel in the world, you get used so fast with the weight and the power (albeit I am convinced that some wheels there in the wild, Sherman S and V13 included, may be better for suspension, maneuverability, water resistance, etc., nothing beats the Master Pro when it comes to long, winding, steep, paved mountain roads, that is where I am riding - and yes, I have a V13 pre-ordered too, main reason is the IP rating, here it rains like hell 5 months per year, and there is no rain the other 7).

Let's wait till they release it's smaller brother.

This is honestly the perfect wheel for me. Its tailored for my riding, since I don't cruise or really have the space to cruise that fast for long periods of time. Plus since I'm not exactly a young speed demon anymore, 50-60mi is maxing me out for a single day of riding. I know Ian has always had significantly lower mileage on every wheel than any other reviewer partly because he really does know how to max a wheel out, his weight, and the cold temps he rides in. Keep in mind this is probably the absolute worst mileage you could ever possibly get. I've always complained about how expensive the wheels have gotten but honestly I feel Inmotion wheels especially this V13 are more than worth the price considering the competition. I would rather pay this than half the price for the Begode wheels. The v13 and v11 are my perfect combo. I don't need anything else! Can't wait to see what you think after you tune the suspension for you Ian.

I want one. Never done it. Want to start at the top. This one is the one I'm interested in. I will buy one go paddocking and go hard. This looks like a whole new life. I'm in.

Amazing. I will be riding this on the highway

Your friend needs to do some leg workouts lmao you guys are such a chill vibe!

Im sticking with the Sherman-S. Just as good build quality WITH a damn KICKSTAND Inmotion!! AND a bigger battery. 32 MILES ? GEESH I dont THINK so.

You have to be a giant if the Abrams looks so little under you😂 by the way, i hope you make another more and more hundreds km experience of the Abrams too

Best EUC of 2022 by far

Great was waiting for this video. Much appreciated! You think it accelerates harder than begode master? (From standstill and 18mph) Or is it a bit more a sluggish at low speeds and wakes up when u get going? Thanks

I'd love to see a couple more range tests. Range while riding 40-60kph (reasonable pace, happy relaxed riding), range riding 30-50kph (fairly slow pace on a wheel like this). Throw in the range while riding 50-70kph to give riding fast but not full blast.

I think the end range test will be even lower. Don’t forget Ian hasnt ridden off road yet, and I doubt he gave it full beans on his first ride out when he needs to get used to the ride feel. I’m more interested in the abrams now. The larger wheel negates some of the need for suspension and the range is more than double the V13

Top pads are on the wrong side and upside down.

Any potential Inmotion will unlock it’s maximum speed potential for future advanced owners?

Awesome feedback on the first ride on this beast. I can see that the build quality is just up there as the V12 I tested from you guys. Just epic. How does the tyre feel is this one a more softer tyre compared to the V12's hard shell tyre? Also is that orange front bar metal or aluminium. I can see the the front light is really nice and bright for us riders here in the UK and the rear light is big and bright with no funny colours. But as you say this is a big wheel and I wonder how it compares to low down weight to the Monster Pro I tried. Keep well and keep up the good reviews.

I can not help but notice the ease at which you bring your new wheel down a flight of stairs. I live on the second floor and am wondering if I can do that with the same ease. Would it be better to drive it down front first as you do or rear first and let the braking help slow it down? Trying to understand so when I receive my new, first wheel I don't crash it first thing.

Please tell us some tire options. This is one data point that's been impossible to find.

You have to give the wheel time to adjust and so on. It’s like smart phone smart optimization where the more u use it and the phone understands your usage the battery life gets better. Sometimes my v11 give me such good range in colder weather than the previous day going at the same speeds and same route. The most I got out of my v11 was 50miles going at around 25 -28mph and averaging 17mph I weigh 155lBS

I see with the trolley handle folding backward will it be possible to ride seated and therefore is a seat being offered or could one be fitted?

Many (including Ian) are assuming that this unit is "representative"... Perhaps Ian should contact Inmotion and maybe perform a "Remote Calibration" or a checkup just just to be sure it is at its top levels. I always check even the output of the charger.

Moved to the UK now i am still thinking of buying a EUC waiting for some news in regards with the UK policy on Unis. I miss riding it coming from a Sherman :(

Cold temperatures, I imagine, have little impact on the powertrain (battery / electronics / motor) efficiency directly. The batteries and electronics/wiring are probably warming up pretty quick in these machines if you're really pushing it. Instead, it's the cold air increasing air resistance against the EUC and your body, which of course the impact worsens 'exponentially' the faster you go. The flat body against the wind body position on an EUC isn't great for aero to begin with, so the cold air just makes it that much worse. The wet ground is increasing rolling resistance as well. Then of course if it takes more energy to push through the air / water, the powertrain could be losing a bit of extra energy through additional resistive heat losses. Maybe the weather conditions are resulting in ~20-30% range loss on this EUC, which would put this up around 44 - 50 miles of range (with SOC down to 0%) in perfect conditions riding the same way... more if you slow down. The weight of this wheel and the width of the tire isn't helping with range since it needs to use more energy to accelerate and is getting extra resistive heat losses from that. Not sure if lack of dampening could be impacting efficiency. When it comes to EV cars... a lot of the non-air/rolling resistance cold weather energy losses are coming from the active battery temperature management on a much larger battery block and from running the HVAC.

Great information! I'v had my deposit on the v-13 for a very long time. The anticipation for some good reviews has been intense. With that said, I am so let down by the Challenger's lack of range. How frustrating to have everything you could want in a big cruiser wheel except the range to actually cruise. Therefor I can't say this is a legitimate cruiser wheel. It's just a big, expensive, beautiful work of art that goes really fast for a few miles. Like buying a Lamborghini that has a moped sized gas stank. WTF? I have the v-11 so I know Inmotion builds their wheels tall and thin. I would have preferred it if Inmotion made the Challenger wider to accommodate for more batteries. I am so frustrated at this situation because I don't believe Inmotion is giving us the amount of battery that we deserve for the price point. I am thrilled about the build quality and safety features, but that should be a given not a luxury for such an expensive, powerful recreational EV. I feel like Inmotion is using their build quality to justify not giving us the range that we are paying for. This is very obvious when you can buy a much older, smaller, lighter, nimble wheel for far less money that goes almost as fast. At the same time you get to enjoy 3,600 watt hours to cruise around all day long. Leaperkim gave us the Veteran Sherman. The first, high quality, built like a brick, high speed, long range cruiser. Not only did we get the build quality, but they gave us the range as well. That was like three years ago! Not to mention, Leaperkim was just a tiny start up company at the time! Yes the Sherman was the most expensive wheel at the time, but we got what we paid for.. SPEED / RANGE!!! Now here we are, almost 2023. Inmotion is the largest of all the EUC companies combined and they give us 3,024 watt hours on the heaviest wheel with a whopping 30 miles range at speed. All for the amazing price of $4,600! Is it just me or is there something wrong with this picture? When you can get a Master Pro with 4,800 watt hours at the same price, doesn't really seem like Inmotion is looking out for its customers after all. At this point I don't like Begodes unsafe build quality at high speeds and I don't like Inmotion ripping us off on battery, so I might go with the Sherman S or just wait till 2024 to see if the other two companies can get their heads screwed on right.

Excellent review love the look of this but 35 miles for £4k hmmm

Would love to see a range test at 15-25mph riding

No way. Just get a Master Pro! There’s no comparison! 🤟🏽

What a place to pick for a EUC shop, you have to walk upstairs every time?

This is very interesting. What’s your average and max speed?

No gloves haha - crazy man!

you guys planning on getting a t4 at all in 2023 mate?

I would love to see a range test at slower speeds - 20mph

Hi when you got 32 miles, around what speed were you riding? 45mph? 50mph?

This will allowed me to finally become gizmo duck

Nice video. I pre-ordered mine when they announced it but looking at it I am nervous. I am only a 5foot 3inch girl, should I be as worried as I am feeling? I currently own a v11, no problems but you had a side by side and it scared me a bit.

Could you please do a tutorial on moving your wheel up and down stairs. Some of us live above the first floor and have no elevator. You appear to walk your wheel down a flight of stairs with ease. Please teach us how to do that.

How is the suspension compared to the v11?

I enjoy my master but its shown me that range is more important than speed(to me). Its a great wheel but if I cant do the usual rides I do with it then whats the point.

Question: where's the EX20S 650 & 1000 test video.

I really hope this wheel lives up to the billing. Disappointed in the light though. My V11 light was amazing going down hill but up hill and even on the flats sometimes the light just pointed towards the ground making it hard to see, My Sherman light was much better Just hope the bearings do not rust in the rain like my V11 and Ex20.

Never tried but would love to test ride. Where I can do test ride in UK?

Hi mate did you end up sorting out this noise ? 7:46

Are there any unicycle's that have a 160-165kg(350-360lbs) max load lol? I'm a big dude and these look really fun, but I'm way heavy for most i've seen lol.

Can you tear it down to check up the bearings ? I had to change them on my V11 recently. Even if I didn’t pay them, it’s such a pain do worry every time we ride under the rain…

Looks nice but way to big and heavy. Ordered a begode t4 gen 2 the other day. Arrives today!

Great overview! It is a bit sad to see such little range and you didn't even have a off road component to it. I was expecting it to have 10% less range than a og sherman due to the larger wheel and extra weight, but sounds like with the much more powerful motor you can kill the battery in stop / start traffic. I'd like to see any overview on new firmware features like the power assistant that has been featured a couple of times. Would love to know the rim width, tire sidewall height and tire width.

As always spot on review. How far at under wack riding is what I wonder. Full wack at 32 miles is great.

Did mr Andrew graduate from the Jon Whalley school of motoring?? 🤔🤣👍🏻🎄

I’m 5’ tall and am wondering if it’s too tall for me. I have the V11 now.

but you mounted the high pads, on the wrong side 😉

my wish is a v12+ wheel and basically all the V13 safety improvements, the weight and size is just not for me sadly but I want the saftey

Idk about the v13, you have to be very experienced and fit to ride this heavy ass thing lmao

Mate you need to be in the EU also.... You still make the best reviews so Id love to buy from you in the EU not the UK... No seat??

Are there any regulations in the UK regarding these units.

Wow! That range is a bit of a let down! Sounds like its still got a lot going for it though. I’m curious to know more about how the weight affects the ride feel/style do you have to work harder to control it? Also curious about the top speed? Great looking wheel and great video thanks.

Thank you I an Samsung lol😂 for the honest review it's a fail wheel my master molicell weighs only 36kg and has 40miles range with gunning it 50mph speed...

The wheel is not for me. It's excessively heavy and based on some reviews, funzone is when riding stupid fast. It has basically 0 portability, near 0 low speed control and bad range for the riding it wants you to do. But I really appreaciate the safety engineering that has gone into the V13. That should be basically the new standard that everyone should reach (looking at you Begode)

It looks like a lot of riders are complaining the low range it gets, but apart from that, it's a wheel to buy?! I don't care about the range, I want comfort and safety. What's you thought on this Ian?

Honestly at this point I'm starting to wonder how much weight a wheel like the V13 can *pull*. Like... put on a bike trailer on the thing, and see if you can pull it, then add weight and continue until it no longer moves! That might be a real special test, though not very useful for most people. Though, obviously, the stupid idea of "what if I put batteries in a trailer, would I be able to ride while I charge , halfway across the country" is certainly something a lot of people are going to ask in their head... but I'm asking it out loud ;)

The wheel shouldnt have been at 9% at 100 volts. I just did a range test myself and had 8% left at 92v. This is weird

Bloody hell the UK? Lol😂

Top pads look to be on wrong sides cause they slope in at top. They should slope out at top.

I think Mike may need to work on his sales pitch.🤔😂

I do find it strangely reassuring to see both Andrew and Mike struggling with a bigger machine. It reassures me that I'm not alone in trying to ride the Master. With the exception of starting off, I am actually doing better than that, (not better than you obviously - I wish). My initial impression of the Master was actually a positive one, as opposed to Mike with the V13. Actually my only real problem with the Master has been the footplate height when starting off. Marty describes the Sherman-S as top heavy, it looks to me, that might apply to the V13 as well. Not saying that both of these wheels are not good wheels - quite the contrary. Looks like I'm going to get 50 miles out of the Master, I'm not able to pin it as you would say, not willing either :-) And the V13? - build quality, weather resistance, I'm jealous; the weight, the price, not so much. Questions - no you covered what I was still curious about, I guess I would like to know what Andrew in particular thought after say 50 miles, Mike no I don't think he was that impressed :-) The reason is like me, people are are buying these things when maybe they should be looking at something a little more conservative in respect to their skills (I'm totally unrepentant). Great video as ever, your perspective is always a little different from others we see doing these reviews - which is a good thing.

imo the most "fun" part of this wheel: on V11 you was needed to inflate/regulate 2 suspensions, here 4.. not fun at all

Why on earth would you put the pads on the wrong way? Must be extremely uncomfortable.

pads upside down

since these devices are battery based range is the end all deciding factor. 50 kms is disappointing

Funny enough I was riding v8 for half a day, about 3 or 4 hours maybe, and nearly crashed my v12 after in the same day. Apparently, it's very easy to get used to a smaller wheel but hard to switch to more wheel and more weight, so I'm sure there will be v13 fan club with people freestyling on it.

4:49 real men don't need gloves

Range is ridiculously low because it has a low capacity battery….limits the # of riders that will purchase it!

Dude! You’re on the wrong side of the road

Constructive comments for your kind consideration: 1)The dip on the headlights could be done automatically and electrically. The main headlights go off when a photodiode detects a car's headlights and the dip lights stay on. 2) Please put the regenerative efficiency in the specs. (We want to know how well it can negotiate the hills and valleys.) Ideally, at 100% efficiency, relief should make no difference to the range, assuming that the destination elevation is the same as the starting point. 3) Please offer us the motor power to battery joule ratio so that we can compare wheels. I have estimated that the dimensionless value to be about 0.6 to 0.7. Any extreme values require further thought. 4) Please consider a rear view closed-circuit camera. Obviously the top real estate would need to be increased. 5) Please tell us if super-capacitors are between the motor and the battery. Those surges in braking energies have to go somewhere. You don't want them wondering around the motherboard. (Energy cannot be created *nor destroyed* , and all that.)

+5555

32 miles! Lol no thank you. Sorry inmotion, try again. Imagine showing up in a V13 asking other (older) wheels to wait while you charge mid trip. Weak.

Too heavy wheel with too tiny battery. Sherman S is much better for the money :-)

Can’t watch this he isn’t wearing a helmet..

Ok, the v11 and s22 both have channels slots the parts slide on.... How is this constructed?!? Doing distance in winter is not a good time for the range test....

ONLY 30 FUCKING MILE RANGE!!!!! 30 MILE RANGE FOR $4000 GTF OUTA HERE! I was telling everyone for months it was gonna have v12 range and low and behold...🤣