I wouldn't even consider this $800 over priced toy. I consider it a toy as it is useless as a serious transport system. First this vehicle cannot be used under wet weather condition. The electrical system will be damaged if you do. It also cannot climb steep hills beside the consumables eg. batteries and wheels are very expensive to be replaced beside the motorboard uses small low profile rubber wheels which can cause bumpy,uncomforatble and dangerous ride on uneven road surfaces.

Fun, good design, but VERY unreliable--my 2000r lasted only two weeks! And for no apparent reason: battery is shows full charge, so is either likely either PCB/controller or motors have failed with safe, normal use.

The hard tail design certainly could be made for smoother ride.

Mostly it is just a pisser that the maker, Roth Motors, won't service or warrantee it! I notice too they provide no mailing address or phone number on their site (or domain reg.). What, or why, are they trying to hide!?

I hope the xr proves more reliable, but this is a common problem with new products: great design never reaches market success because the venture buys manufacturing that is too cheap, so the products fail in the users hands, and the brand never takes hold.

David Roth: nice design. Manufacturing company: you s**k.

I agree. This scooter is horribly made. I went through two months of hell with these people. For my story, please check out:

http://strobersmeanderings.blogspot.com/2008/08/roth-motors-sucks.html

Don't buy this without reading the above first.

I also bought one (stupid me) in September, and now half way through November -and its dead. I've had to replace both motors, three rear wheels, and now it looks like the controller PCB is dead. Kicker is that they don't even apper to have the controller in stock!!! Whuh? How can they do that to us?! The warranty is so bad, it may as well not exist - I saved about $100 by fixing my motor myself instead of shipping the whole stupid thing (battery, and charger too! they demand!) to California. So now, it looks like my best hope is at motorboardmods.com, where someone has been designing a new controller card without the help of Roth motors.. I'm really sad about all of this.

Total cost of my scooter so far: $1180... and counting.

Yeah, as others indicate, the 2000XR is a really neat idea that - unfortunately - was not executed very well. The scooter is certainly innovative, and it's a blast to ride (as long as you're on relatively smooth surfaces). But for the price ($800 clams for the base model and $950 for the extended range model), this machine really does need to be more reliable than it is. The Internet is chock-full of stories from people whose Motorboard stopped working properly after only a short period of ownership. It's great that Roth Motors pushed the boundaries of technology in producing the Motorboard, and they are to be applauded for the effort. But they clearly released this product to the market without an adequate amount of prior testing and/or quality control. And as a result, these Motorboards are much too unreliable; especially considering the premium price tag. Hopefully they'll make these better, beause the Motorboard IS a great idea! But it's not ready for prime-time just yet. My advice: Look at the electric offerings from Go-ped. Yes, they are bigger and heavier, and as such they lack the portability of the Motorboard. But with Go-ped, you won't be stuck with a broken scooter after only a couple months. Oh, the Go-ped also has far more speed and power. Which, for most people, is a very important consideration.

Hi I am very interested in tracking down david roth or john lynch of roth motors or who ever is incharge of roth motors as i wish to licence the scooter or buy the design as i feel we have a great solution for a very beautiful scooter that just lacked many good ideas and marketing.Also the after sale was so bad it was not worth describing.
Please if anyone can help there will be a free scooter for you.
Regards
Andrew Kingston
I am based within the UK but travel throughout the world and wish to develope this scooter to the highest standard yet at the best price.