Okinawa Praise Electric Scooter Review - Bikereviewbd

                     Okinawa Praise Electric Scooter Review

The name Okinawa may appear Japanese, but Okinawa Scooters is a 100 percent Indian electric two-wheeler production company, headquartered in Gurugram, near Delhi. And the Okinawa Praise is the second electric scooter from the company, introduced later last year. The Compliment is the flagship electric scooter from Okinawa and boasts of several best-in-class features and performance, including a range of around 170 - 200 kilometres on a single fee of the battery, and a top speed of 75 kmph. We put in some time riding the Okinawa Praise around Fresh Delhi, to see what this new electric kid scooter offers.

TThe style

The Okinawa Praise definitely appears good, and the front side apron with the vast strip of lights combining the LED headlight outfitted by the LED day running lights call and make an immediate impression. It's a long, full-sized scooter and is much longer than the 125 closed circuit Honda Grazia and however, new TVS NTorq a hundred and twenty-five. The Praise looks big, long and definitely has road presence, and we encountered several admiring people who had a few of questions about charges, range etc.

The Okinawa Praise has a long set of features and has of quality components

Seem closer, and the Compliment rewards you with their long set of features, including the full-digital instrument gaming system, USB charging port, cubbyholes to store a drinking water bottle or two, and disc brakes on both front and rear rims. The front disc braking system employs two combined disks, with the caliper grasping both smaller inner disk and a bigger external disc. Front side wheel is suspended from a hydraulic telescopic fork and the rear gets a set of dual tube shocks. The underseat storage space is nineteen. 5 litres, enough really to store a few household goods, and the charger (which by the way, takes up quite some space), but not enough to store a complete face helmet.

In all, the Okinawa Praise certainly looks unique, and big, and gets the qualities to make you take a second look, even if you're not shopping for scooters, and the one at that!

TThe performance

It's an electric, so there is noise, simply a calm electric hum which is barely audible in traffic. Which may be the key to you boasting about zero emissions and all, but India still has to heat up to the concept of soundless two-wheelers. And, when will be certainly no noise, no audio, anyone can jaywalk in front of you, even when they see you coming, and other two-wheeler riders will make unexpected turns in front of you, so you must be on the horn a lot, contemplating the other motorist, or pedestrian's next move. It's a bummer, but is not a deal breaker. You in no time get used to the soundless way the electric scoot goes.

Digital speedometer quickly gets to speed, thanks to the Sport mode and the 'Turbo' button

The Reward is quick, quicker than any electric scooter we now have ridden so far, and the digital speedometer quickly climbs the numbers. You will discover two modes - Economic climate and Sport, with Overall economy offering better range but less power. The Sport mode naturally offers faster acceleration, up to about a speedo-indicated 60 kmph. On the left handlebar, there's also a 'turbo' button, but don't be fooled into believing really turbocharged, it just offers you a surge of more electric power which will see the speedo reaching out from over 60 kmph to an indicated 74 kmph during our test runs. Thus far, so good, and appears to be fast enough for the daily commute or possibly a quick dash to suburbia. And a claimed selection of more than 150 kilometers (actually 170-200 km said range) will leave you without the worry of jogging out of charge.

The Okinawa Praise isn't actually as quick as seems initially

But ride it for some time and when the morning traffic starts picking up, 75 kmph on the Praise's speedo doesn't seem to be fast enough; in fact, even 60 kmph on the speedo seems a great deal slower than it is. A quick comparison with our support vehicle, and a peek into the speedometers of a few of commuter motorcycles affirmed our doubts. The speed-checking device on the Praise is, well, a little too optimistic, and is off by more than 12 kmph from the genuine speed. Therefore, we mistrust if the claimed seventy-five kmph max speed is actually achievable. In actuality, 60-62 kmph top velocity is more like the actual top speed.

A GPS speed test exposed the speedometer reading has a more than twelve kmph error margin

In fact, whenever we tested the actual speed with a GPS based app, our suspicions were confirmed and the actual speed was quite below the suggested speed. The truth is though, 60-65 kmph excellent enough for a city runaround, especially for an electric child scooter, therefore the Praise is more rapidly than any other electric scooters, but it's not as fast as really claimed to be.

TThe ride

As long as you're riding on soft roads, like almost all of the roads during our test ride, the Praise offered a smooth ride, mainly. It's only when you hit a few undulations on the highway, or some joint parts on a flyover, the scooter jolts and cash, despite the flashy looking suspension at both ends. Ride quality certainly leaves a lot to be desired, specially when the heading gets rough. The Okinawa Praise's bouncy ride quality will make you re-think if it's the ideal ride for our highway conditions, particularly when the current crop of scooters with internal combustion motors have changed the sport many times over in conditions of handling and performance. For the, it's still acceptable, but for really change the game in the scooter segment (electric or otherwise), the Compliment needs a better, more comfortable ride.

The Okinawa Praise has comfortable ride quality over soft roads

The footboard is on the taller aspect, so the rider seems cramped, since you have to bend your hip and legs a little too much. It's not excruciatingly not comfortable, but definitely not a desirable riding position. Controlling is neutral, and for most users, the Reward will not be much of a disappointment in that department. But again, when comparing other scooters in that same price bracket, the Okinawa Compliment doesn't 'wow' you with its handling or supply you with the confidence to push the scooter around a part. The MRF rubber is grippy enough, but the brakes need some fine tuning. Under hard braking system, the rear locks up too quickly resulting in a slight skid and the front lacks the nip or progression to drop speed.

The riding position is cramped and the high footboard makes it not comfortable

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TThe last phrase

The Okinawa Praise is priced at? 65, 500 (ex-showroom) and that makes it slightly more expensive than several new and popular internal combustion engine (ICE) scooters like the Honda Grazia, TVS NTorq 125 and even the Suzuki Access 125. Of course, the largest USP of the Praise is that it's electric - so running costs will be far less than a conventional ICE scooter, and it's spending green with zero emissions. If those are qualities you would like in your choice of tires, the Okinawa Praise certainly deserves a close look and consideration.

Despite the shortcomings, the Okinawa Compliment still offers very good value as a skilled electric scooter

Our test ride involved riding the scooter for more than 80 km in and around the city, and the battery level signal still showed three-fourths of charge left, so we guess, the Praise will easily offer more than 100km of range on a single charge. Recharging time still completes in about 7-8 hours, but an optional quick power adaptor (costing around? 3, 000) may reduce that amount of time to two hours to fully fee the Praise for use. It's still one of the better electric scooters on sale in India right now, nevertheless the game is going to change soon with bigger players with over 20 or so years of manufacturing experience and expertise entering the electric scooter space. Right up until that happens, in a given time or two, the Okinawa Praise is now among the finest electric scooters you can buy, despite its shortcomings.