Unboxing & first ride of my new CSC Monterey electric scooter
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I learned to ride on one of the Honda scooters as a young kid back in the ‘60s. Looked a lot like this, but with a 50cc engine and it was red. Many great memories.
It’s nice to see classic designs getting respect in current times.
I got one when I was 13, a 49cc '81 lc50 champ :D
I like the retro look and the high visibility yellow blends the classic color with a safety element. Would be nice to hear the range at 30-35, and then accessories available like a rack or panniers for the back for those grocery runs.
They don't even make it in yellow. Only in ugly black. Check the site. And total price is 3100$
@@chezeface1142 Yes its available in yellow. Scroll down the page.
Looks like the Honda 50 from the 1960's, had one, they were a very cheap way to get around and vertically maintenance free.
What about horizontally?😂
30-35 miles/hour is about 48-52km/hour, that's quite decent for town riding.
I would love to have one.
Nice reviews
Seems like a really fun ride. I would totally get one if I still lived in California
5:03 if you focus on the lower half of the screen at this point... its so trippy. It reminds me of those old 90s racing games where the bike/car stayed at once place and the road moved backwards under you
I knew I couldn’t be the only one
I've been racing motorbikes for decades and if I lived in an urban area, I'd sport that cute little ride in a second. Nice work.
Sweet video and awesome scooter. I've been following your channel ever since I stumbled upon it while designing an electric motorbike for my final year thesis and seeing the emergence of more electronic 2 wheeled vehicles gets me more and more excited everytime I see one
Even just a third more power would’ve sealed it. Although it’s nice to know they got the handling and ride right.
I really like the style of the bike, Thanks for the review.
Perfect for when I’m out camping and don’t want to pack up the van just to go into town for lunch,love it.The yellows my favorite to😃👋🏼
I'm happy to hear CSC is still in the game, I have their ebike kit installed they make quality products
CSC is the museum of old Honda small bike frames. They sell a Nighthawk 250, a old style Rebel 250, a Metropolitan and this Cub...all with their own trade names. I think any of those could be electric or gasoline.
The CSC Monterey is powered by a 1.5kW continuous and 2.6kW peak motor and a 60V 26Ah (1,560 Wh) removable battery. It’s rated for a range of between 20-65 miles (32-100 km) depending on rider weight and road conditions.
would love to see a more detailed look around the bike including tech info like maintenance, charge times etc
It sucks
Not worth showing specs.
Get a used gas bike.
Ebikes aren't worth the money.
@@theadventuresoftaco7306 There is a huge market for ebikes, and they have some major advantages over gas bikes for certain situations.
That brings back memories for me for the similar looking gas scooters back in the day. I bought a Sears Allstate from a grade school classmate that didn't run when I got it.
Not only is that a really nice scooter but I love the place you are driving it in , wow what a beautiful city.
Brings back memories of my Honda 50 in the 80's
I had the 70cc great little bikes..
I miss the CT 90
Mine go back to the 60's :). Wish they sold them in Hawaii. :(
@@growmiezhomiez8760 CT 90 it is available check with two wheeler dealer near you, new four stroke model import available,
Great looking scooter. Can't get over the price ! This would suit my needs nicely. Would love to see a more detailed follow-up on this. Sure, a bit slow, but the bright yellow visuals and riding curbside should make this do-able for many. They're gonna sell a ton of these !
If you were around in those days, the honda 50, which is what this is modelled on, could only manage about 32mph without serious tuning.
$2,000 price...are you saying you think it is high or low?
@@ThaiChinaMalay .... I am thinking the price is very reasonable compared to something similar here in Canada. Although if he was quoting in U.S. dollars that would work out to approx. $2500 + in Canadian funds. Still a deal in my book. Cheers
@@morrisp.5583 Price is good...but it is Chinese scooter...bad news
It's now more like $2800 delivered to the door
That is a sweet looking scooter and love the updated led twist to a vintage classic.
I've just started to get into ebikes and scooter and this little yellow scooter looks like a blast!
This seems like a great urban scooter. I live in San Francisco, and wondered how it copes with hills. 2.4KW should be more than enough, but would be great to see it in action.
they wont work on the hills..... only on flat areas
Need more torque for Frisco
This is my first visit to your review and appreciate the honest evaluations. I am interested in adding solar panels to my Ford E250 and am hoping to get a primer to break down the particulars of installation to help me DIM. Would you recommend one of your books for this project? Very cool vids, man.
The modern version of the Super Cub by Honda is so expensive it's a joke. This is a much better option. If they could punch the top speed up a notch it would be a World beater for sure !
Honda is expensive for a reason.
Soon as this ebike dies on you and u have to push it home,you'll want a Honda.
@@theadventuresoftaco7306 Although I agree with the sentiment I may have had to push my Cub home yesterday
every year they are getting nicer and nicer!
What a nice scooter, the retro look is excellent for my taste!
You have just about the greatest job possible.
Looks good, not a big fan of yellow but I like the styling.
That is a great eye catching color and looks like so much fun to ride!
very cool, my step mom had a Honda Cub 50 years ago, she loved it!!! I always thought of it as a plastic toy with an engine, I do love them now!!!👍👌✌😁
Perfect for a college campus and trips back to the dorm. Great for late evening runs to get a coffee or pizza! The gasoline powered Cub may be more robust, but is almost twice the price!
Bumblebee bikes in the UK do these. They are so cool 👍
Wow I didn't know you could get something like this for so little. Looks like amazing value.
Mike, new to your channel just wanted to say thank you for all the videos. I have been watching your how to build a e-bike battery. I think I am becoming a expert with all your help 😁 thanks again.
Wow, she's incredibly beautiful, she's like a big little bee. With good company and flight. I didn't like yellow until now ... I fell in love.
It's a great fit for women..
I totally get that! And even bearded and 66, i can so easily see my putting a box on the back and fetching groceris and running errands. (I live in a small town in the S.F. bay)
@@raylarkin5004 That electric motorcycle isn't for you it's too girly lol. You can get a fast 60V or 72V electric scooter that comes with a seat. And then connect a trailer to your seatpost. You can haul 100lb worth of stuff including furniture that's what I do.
@@raylarkin5004 If CSC made some colour matched hard luggage it would be great; I like to run errands on the bike, parking close to where I want to go.
@@noobz5056 I'm not concerned about others perceptions. I think its a fine bike.
Really nice looking scooter! That's what urban cities need!!!
Love the look of this scooter! Had one in the 60's and going to get one of these after watching your review! THANKS!
This scooter is an incredibly interesting machine. I can't imagine buyng it in any color but sunshine yellow.
Neon red?
Powdsr blue?
Looks like my Honda 50 cc that I rode in late 60’s in London rush hour. Definitely like it!
I was a total idiot 15 year old. Drafting close behind a car at 40mph or so after dark, when I started to fall behind, switching off the headlight was good for a couple more mph. How I survived that age is inexplicable.
that thing is sharp! i'd love to see another video breaking down its features
Great. Thanks, now I want one. I guess I will have to dive down that rabbit hole to find out how to get it here in Portugal...
Oh, this is so tempting! I live two miles from work. Two miles! It seems so silly to drive a big ole car for such a short distance. I wish this went up to 40 mph. It would be so ideal. It still kinda is. :)
2 miles??! Can you walk??
@@carlbernsen1290 It’s actually 1.6 miles and no it wouldn’t be practical walking. Wish I could ride a bike, but the roads aren’t bike or pedestrian friendly. No bike lanes and no sidewalks.
@@TheJournier Wow, that’s such a shame, it would be the perfect daily exercise. But you know that, sorry.
You can get an electric kick scooter at that price point that will easily do 40 - you might find that a bit disconcerting though.
Wow that 10 mph less is going to add a whole 15 seconds to your commute.
Did I miss it? Did you give us expected range? That's a sharp little scooter.
20-65mi. So 20mi since you'll be full throttle most of the time.
@@marsrover001 Yeah, that's what I figured at that price. Too bad. Thanks for the info though.
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@@marsrover001 But I guess 20 mi. would be at full load, that is with 2 people on it, right?
I love it, my first bike was a 1964 Honda CA95 (the 160 Dream) , later I found a 1963 CB72 (the 305 dream). I was getting some work done at a small engine shop (in the mid 80's) and he had just bought a (early 60's) CB50 (just like this bike, fairing and all) he paid $20 for it, and said: "I might never get to working on this, you seem to know it, give me $20 and its yours to get going". I cleaned the carb, and took it out a few times a summer when my boys were between 4 -8, they loved wearing a "real" motorcycle helmet, and sitting in front of me as we cruised in the neighborhood.
I keep coming back to this video. My family has 2 e-bikes, but I would like to "graduate" up to something like this. Going to have to start saving.
Great review. I suggest when you mention the cost you include the “dealer prep” “fee” which is mandatory.
He uncrated it from a box. There didn’t seem to be any dealer prep. How much is that fee and what exactly are they doing?
$400 link in the description
@@Viewer19 Any idea what one gets for their $400?
Yeah, c'mon Honda get it in gear! No pun intended.
Love the look! Seems like one could bump up the specs with some diy changes, and you'd have that great foundation to work from...
looks cool,thought it was a cub when I spotted it. great little work tool for short trips.
looks great. really tempted. and for 2K? Question: how far can you go on a single charge and how long does it take to fully charge?
I would actually be interested in this question asked. This looks super fun
at the max speed of 32 maybe 30miles its weird because of the weight and size just a guess tho
@@Pushstart_oak spec says between 20 and 60 miles and only capable of a 10% gradient!
@@kevindarkstar 10% grades are actually considered pretty steep in New England, and not all that common at least in the southern section.
@@kevindarkstar That kills it for me - I live at 8,000 ft smack on the continental divide.
So what's the status with your cub build? Edit, I just looked back at part 4 and you promised there would not be such big gaps between episodes any more.
Congrats Micah, definitely big florida vibes with the color.
Looks like a fun Downtown vehicle you can load up, take with you, and then go anywhere you want.
Or small towns with 30mph postings. 😄
I would be interested in the time and distance between recharging. Also the make, model and type of battery.
Would like to hear about range experience if possible.
On the website it says 20 to 60 miles depending on rider weight, where your riding, temperature and other things. Go to the website he put up for info. Looks really cool though.
Excellent 👌 video, that motorcycle is very well built, before it had a Super Cub 50 cc from the year 1980, excellent motorcycles and now in its electric version they are still phenomenal.
That reminds me of the mopeds I had as a kid. Cool retro look.
Some info about the battery capacity, charge time, range in miles and/or operating time - THAT would have been needed.
I'm glad he did not there are so many review channels out there that do that and they really don't show much time riding it which I hate.
Hi Mikey, I'm an Englishman who retired with his wife to Spain. I decided to start cycling again but due to the fact that it is quite a hilly area and the temperatures are high, my wife suggested I try an ebike, and I absolutely love it. Mine is an NCM and we decided to get one for my wife and got her an Ancheer. Both are 250W, but my wife is finding it a little tough on the Ancheer, so we started to look for an alternative. I really like your videos and was really interested in the one where you talked about SinglesDay shopping holiday in China and how it was safe to buy from AliExpress, because I have looked at the site many times but have been frightened off by the risk of losing my money. After seeing that video I thought it would not be as risky as I thought, so we picked out a 400W Lankeleisi bike. We felt that would give her the extra help she needed to keep up with me. At first it was supposed to be coming from Spain and then they asked would it be ok if it came from China due to the Covid19 situation. We were happy to accept that. A couple of months later it eventually arrived. On assembly it was clearly not of the quality I expected. The frame and gears appear acceptable. The wheels and spokes are of poor quality. The battery rattles in the holder on the bike and was supposed to be an 18ah LG, but the sticker on it says 18ah Samsung, which would also be acceptable, but the casing seems of poor quality which does make me wonder. After assembly, before my wife rode it, to make sure it was safe I rode it myself and it is clearly not 400w, as it struggles on the slightest slope, which the other two bikes sail up. The LCD screen does not register the charge of the battery on the indicator, although when you flip through the different modes it does register 41.8volts, which for a 36v battery means it is fully charged, so I removed the battery holder on the bike to check if there was a loose connection and discovered that the controller is only 11amps. This means that the peak wattage of the motor would be 36v x 11amps = 396watts. The motor is labelled with the peak wattage and not the nominal wattage as you would expect, and as indeed the NCM and Ancheer are labelled. The front mudguard does not fit. The preassembled rear mudguard does not follow the contour of the wheel.The seller does not respond, and the response from AliExpress was to negociate with the seller until I pointed out that it is difficult to do when they are not responding. The dispute procedure has led to what appears to be a final offer of a refund of 172 euros out of a total selling price of 858 euros, which is around 20% of the cost, but would still leave me with a bike that is unfit for use. To try and sell it would make me as dishonest as the original seller so I have no wish to do that. My question is, with your experience of dealing with AliExpress, do you have any suggestions of how to deal with this problem? Surely AliExpress must realise that this is not the way to build a customer base. You obviously buy in bulk; have you ever heard if this treatment is the norm for ordinary retail customers because obviously we don't have the buying power? I know this is not your fault by the way, it was purely to ask for advice on how to deal with them because I seem to be getting nowhere. I also hope this will serve as a warning to others thinking of buying from AliExpress.
Very cute scooter. Thanks for another fun episode.
The bike looks classy!
Question: How can this company sell this for 2k and ALOT of ebikes cost the same or more?
You can build yourself an awesome 1kw 48v 20ah ebike for under 500 quid. There are to many rich folks is why shop ebikes are off the scale in crazy price ,rubbish performance ,high maintenance , flashy nonsense .
supply and demand, simple. Don't let them fool you about material and labor costs.
@blacknester
If Chinese gasoline scooters can be sold at sub-$2000, then they surely can sell electric ones for around $2000. In fact, replacing a gasoline engine with an electric motor is much more cost saving. A gasoline engine takes more milling and assembling to manufacture than making motors on assembly lines.
Perry, CSC Motorcycles is the importer and distributor and selling direct, no middle-man mark up. Check them out on line.
@@darcychu9652 not even chinese bikes, many Honda, Suzuki, and Yamaha bikes are sold for less than 2k, so a goddamn 2k ebike is fucking stupid. For more than 2k you can build yourself 5kw bike with big batt.
Almost looks like a Honda 50cc scooter.
The guy did state that they are modelled on the honda cub series
And just as fast😂
You mean a honda 90 a 50 was smaller just sayin'
@@justsayin6795 Well you are wrong. The 50cc, 70cc and 90cc were all the same machine. Just different barrel bores.
Like Tomos colibri t12 from 1960+
Love it ! Reminds my childhood !
Great review, that scooter looks great
Nice indeed but I'm with the "not quite fast enough" crowd.
Yep, I kind of fall into that “I hate myself for liking this so much” crowd.
Did I miss it? What’s the range?
I was wondering the same
you might make it around the block, at least it's light enough to push home.
The CSC Monterey is powered by a 1.5kW continuous and 2.6kW peak motor and a 60V 26Ah (1,560 Wh) removable battery. It’s rated for a range of between 20-65 miles (32-100 km) depending on rider weight and road conditions.
32miles
I Like it. Beautiful little scooter, I can imagine me on that. Also great demo thanks
I've got a 1980 v registration c70 old six volt round headlamp model fully restored in aqua blue they r shooting up in value here in the UK I paid eighteen hundred pounds for it two years ago .legend of a bike 👍
Would love to see someone modify one of these with more power.
What happened to the specs? Battery capacity/range, charge time.. what do you charge with... is the battery swappable... where's it built?
Click the arrow to the right of the title.
Drop down menu.
All info is there
@@crashandburngaming5103 not in my browser view of TH-cam.. other than going to the manufacturer site.
I also own a 1979 CT70 and do basic maint dilligently.
i just replaced the chrome piece that goes on the begining
of the exhaust. the battery, service and hold down band included.
New tires and tubes, oil change, brake check, grab handle under seat.
I really like the color of this bike! It's a real beauty!
Yeah it’s a great looking bike. It would be even better if it could manage 45mph!
I have a project for you :) conversion kit for a original Honda cub with mid drive motor etc :D Be the first to make it!
You the man Micah 👍🏻 love your reviews
Wow, am loving it already
It goes fast enough that the rider could suffer severe injuries to their ungloved hands were they to come off the scooter!
The absolute minimum riding gear should be helmet, eye protection, gloves, boots and jacket.
Unprotected palms and fingers don't do so well when contacting road surfaces hard...
I like it but ill buy a real supercub and wait for an electric from tha japanese, i dont want to support china..
How the hell will China compete in the Nuclear Arms race without our support.
What ever will china do without your financial support 😭
I love your content. Keep up the wonderful work.
In 1971 I had a Honda 50 moped I use to ride to high school. You would press a decompression lever, start pedaling, release the lever and it would start. If you come to a big hill you can pedal and help the motor. Moped is short for motor/pedal. If it doesn't have pedals, it's not a moped.😎
Great job !!! Love your reviews!!
I love this video; the retro look and the nice touches would be a great attention grabber in a nice beach town! I like the price too!
I like it! And I just subscribed! Thanks for the videos. It’s helpful
Beautiful Scooter! I love the yellow too...I wish my Revi Electric Vintage Bike was the same color!
love the looks and color too
This is a good channel. I love the content. Good job dude. 👍
Great looking scooter ✊🏽😎 your videos are great thanks again bro
Thanks for your review!! Nice scooter!
Thats perfectly matching the style of the Super Cub. Really like it. Thats the way as the Covec Schwalbe should have been done.
Loving the shape of the Monterey, not sure about the color but definitely looks good for the price.
Good review my guy. I'm remember riding the 50 cc -70cc Honda Super Cub in the Dominican Republic 🇩🇴 . Thanks for the video!!!!
Beautiful video, Micah!
New to your channel. Great vlog and informative. 👏🏻👏🏻 I like that bike… cool look and seems fun to drive. Thanks for the shared information.
definately very beautiful scooter .Amazing beautiful and smooth ride
New technology with Vintage touch 😍❤️
Not only it belongs on the road it’s gorgeous retro looking Honda from 70’s.
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Looks great! I want one!
Nice video and great looking scooter! Thanks
Nice scooter. Thanks for the review.
It looks well made be interesting to see how long it last over the years .