Hey how much are these things and where can you pick them up?
on another note, what about licences do you need one?
Lastly who makes them and what is the service like, hopefully they do not originate from a certain Asian state, but if its from its much smaller neighbour, l am all for it.
Having lived in that state, l can say they are handy and practical. l had one with a rechargeable battery which was good till the battery died. Sadly this thing broke down a lot could be cos mine was a hand me down. Thankfully here they are easy to fix, but its a bit inconvenient like when you are rushing to work school and discover its dead.
But with the traffic chaos here, they make a lot of sense, l was getting to town much faster on them than people in cars though the journey is about 30 km. Which poses a problem. if you are liberal with the throttle, you will get there and will definitely not make it home. The stated range is 50km, but l believe it varies with how enthusiastically you use the throttle.
Anyway due to this 'range anxiety' the very heavy batteries 14kgs, the high theft of motor bike or batteries and the inconvenience of asking your friend or workplace to 'charge' your batteries for 8 or so hours deterred me from using them regularly.
l then opted for a good old fashioned bike, faster most times than cars when there is a traffic jam, only problem is here you do not buy a nice bike or the fellows will 'liberate' you from the responsibility of owning it. Thankfully it is usually done in a non violent manner, in your absence, but still having spent something like Rand 5000 on a bike, you wouldnt be too happy to see it gone!