What a problem for these scooters: the maxi-recall is official, owners are furious – Drifts

Bad news for motorcyclists, with the company having been forced to recall these models due to some issues.

Safety is one of the fundamental aspects when choosing a motorcycle to buy, because certainly no one wants to take unnecessary risks when out on the road. This therefore requires careful checks by companies that produce two-wheelers all over the world and which have increased exponentially in recent years.

Scooters are undoubtedly among the most popular vehicles, considering how they allow you to move around the city easily, minimizing maintenance costs and fuel consumption. Furthermore, today it has become increasingly important to create scooters that can be electric, in order to significantly reduce CO2 emissions into the air.

A small contribution which, if brought to a national scale, will significantly reduce fine particles in the air, as demonstrated by the first studies carried out in California. So in order to ensure that electric motorbikes become more and more frequent on everyday streets, we have seen how Chinese companies are among the most attentive to the ecological transition.

The VMoto was born in Australia, but its production takes place in Nanjing, and on the occasion of EICMA 2023 once again had the opportunity to show off its great innovations and be appreciated. It’s a shame, however, that in recent times some problems have been encountered relating to some of its scooters which will have to be recalled due to a significant fault.

VMoto recalls scooters: problems for VS1 and CPX

Apparently the VMoto she realized that for the CPX and the VS1 there is a problem related to the steering column. A decidedly significant limit, especially for vehicles that are used mainly in the internal and often narrow streets of cities, therefore they need to move nimbly and turn easily.

According to the company there would be an irregularity in the use of the uprights, thus causing excessive tension on the bolts which in the long term would lead to them breaking. For this reason it will be directly there VMoto to contact its customers to evaluate any possible steering problems of all its models.

Being something mandatory derived from a potential problem in the construction of the scooter, it is the VMoto who takes full responsibility for the costs of repairing the motorbike. Among scooters the CPX and the VS1 they are among those that have become most popular in recent years all over the world.

Il CPX it is an electric scooter with a length of 202 cm, a width of 76 cm and a height of 145 cm. Completely zero impact, its engine is capable of delivering up to 6.5 horsepower, with a battery that allows it to stay on the road for a total of 70 km with a price of 5100 Euros. The market value of the is slightly lower VS1, with these it reaches 4690 Euros, despite being appreciated for its greater autonomy, with 160 km between one charge and another. At the end of this recall, VMoto will give customers even more performing and popular scooters.