Video: Exploring the outside and testing off-road capabilities with NIU’s XQi3

With the winter in full swing, it’s simple to spend more often than not indoors, however when you’re nonetheless trying to scratch that itch to get out and spend extra time exterior exploring, the XQi3 by NIU is the proper resolution to discover each trails and concrete spots. On high of NIU designing the XQi3 with some nice dealing with for off-road driving, it’s additionally totally street-legal.

It’s at all times a blast to be out within the trails having fun with nature however for city areas, there’s often quite a bit to discover and fortunately the XQi3 is ready to be registered as a moped. NIU has an EKHO Vendor collab that allows NIU to promote licensed and registered automobiles to clients instantly, making it simple to trip off with a completely compliant street-legal bike. 

Earlier than we get into the way it handles off-road let’s undergo among the fast specs.

The XQi3 has a high velocity of 45 km/h for street-legal use and as much as 80 km/h for off-road. Powering the bike is a detachable 72v 32ah LG lithium-ion battery, which provides you a max vary of 90km on a single cost, in fact, that may differ relying on if you’re in eco or sports activities mode, however it’s actually loads of vary to discover new trails or new websites with out having vary anxiousness, and since it’s detachable, you’ll have the ability to cost it wherever, anytime.

Okay, now that we bought a few of these specs out of the best way, it’s time to dive into one of the vital thrilling features about this bike which is simply how nice the dealing with feels whereas driving off highway. This most likely gained’t be listed on a spec sheet however the broad grippy seat and general design of this bike makes it very practical as an offroad bike. 

NIU made this bike for riders to really use offroad and one of many apparent indicators of that’s the inventory skidplate that they added for extra safety. 

Whereas the light-weight really feel and torquey motor give a ton of confidence whereas driving, realizing that the bike is strong sufficient for this sort of driving is encouraging for making an attempt out new sections that will usually really feel intimidating. 

And with that additional stage of safety dropping the bike isn’t as worrying as you would possibly suppose making it simple to select up the bike, and proceed driving simply as you’ll on another powersports bike. 

As for the suspension the XQi3 makes use of adjustable entrance and rear KKE suspension that allows you to fine-tune the compression, rebound, and preload relying in your measurement and what sort of driving you propose to do. 

Whereas driving by roots and unfastened dust the 19-inch off-road tires maintain up surprisingly effectively and with the tread patterns not being too aggressive it’s an amazing steadiness between traction and sturdiness since very aggressive tread patterns sometimes put on out pretty shortly when utilizing them on the tarmac. 

And to brake the XQi3 options 203 mm rear disc brakes and 220 mm entrance disc brakes giving some nice braking motion for each on and off-road motion. 

NIU additionally added some nice tech onto the XQi3 which incorporates seamless app connectivity by way of Bluetooth letting you unlock a world of options from monitoring your battery and automobile standing to monitoring your route historical past. 

As well as NIU is the one firm within the class that has the power to ship out OTA updates.

For safety the bike makes use of an NFC card to unlock  however can be unlocked by way of bluetooth.

And thru your controls in addition to the show you’ll be able to navigate to eco or sport mode and you too can use the Ultraboost to get you as much as 8000W up from the 3500W of rated energy. Via the show you’ll additionally have the ability to test your battery stage, velocity, lap occasions and extra. 

For added security, NIU included an emergency kill change the place if disconnected, the characteristic will robotically reduce off energy to the motor simply in case of any emergency. 

For these unfamiliar with NIU, the model is now celebrating their 10 yr anniversary and with that they’ve introduced that the model can be beginning meeting within the US and is quickly getting into into the powersports phase .

Total it is a nice feeling offroad bike that’s totally street-legal and comes with all the necessities to be totally compliant as a road-legal moped. I had a ton of enjoyable exploring 

With the XQi3, the premium construct high quality, lengthy vary, and adaptability make it a blast to exit even when it’s the center of winter. 

To take a look at NIU on socials you will discover them @niumobility and for extra of their lineup you’ll be able to take a look at their web site right here.

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