Kaabo
Kaabo King GTR
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63.7 mi estimated · 55 mi claimed · 48.2 mi tested
The claim is 0.9× the estimate. How this is worked out.
Sixty-five miles an hour, 13,440 watts of peak output in boost mode, and zero to 15 mph in a second and a half. The King GTR is the fastest thing in this catalog and one of the fastest production scooters sold anywhere. What makes it more interesting than the raw numbers is the range honesty: 48.2 miles measured against 55 claimed is an 88% ratio, the second best here, because a 2,419 Wh pack has enough headroom that Kaabo did not need to exaggerate. Twelve-inch self-healing tires, adjustable hydraulic suspension, quick-swap battery access and NFC unlock complete it. The realities are a 137-pound machine that is five and a half feet long folded, a 10-second boost mode that is genuinely dangerous without full protective gear, and IPX5 sealing that is modest for the money. Owners treat it as a motorcycle-adjacent vehicle, and the accessory ecosystem — dampers, cameras, phone mounts — reflects that.
- Approx. price
- ~$3,099
- Estimated range
- 63.7 mi
- Claimed range
- 55 mi
- Top speed
- 65 mph
- Weight
- 137 lb
- Weight class
- Rolls only
Best for: The fastest thing here, for riders in full protective gear
Specifications
- Estimated range
- 63.7 mi
- Claimed range
- 55 mi (0.9x the estimate)
- Tested range
- 48.2 mi
- Top speed
- 65 mph
- Motor
- Dual motor, 4,000 W (13,440 W peak)
- Battery
- 2419 Wh at 72 V
- Wh per dollar
- 0.78 Wh/$
- Wh per pound
- 18 Wh/lb
- Weight
- 137 lb — rolls only
- Max rider weight
- 330 lb
- Tires
- 12" self-healing
- Suspension
- Dual
- Brakes
- Dual hydraulic disc with regen
- IP rating
- IPX5
- Charge time
- 8.5 h
- Folded size
- 64.1 x 29.4 x 20.9 in
- Lights
- Headlight, taillight, turn signals
- App
- Yes
- Cruise control
- Yes
- Approx. price
- ~$3,099
- Released
- 2024
55 lb and up — this goes where it can be wheeled, and lives at ground level. Estimated range is our own calculation from the battery capacity; the claim is the manufacturer’s.
Features
- Dual hub motors, 13,440 W peak, 72 V
- 2,419 Wh pack with quick-swap access
- 12-inch self-healing tubeless tires
- Adjustable hydraulic suspension front and rear
- Dual hydraulic discs with regenerative braking
- Ten-second boost mode
- NFC unlock and app
- Turn signals
In its favour
- Tested 48.2 miles of a claimed 55 — an 88% ratio almost unheard of at this power
- 12-inch tires and adjustable hydraulic suspension make it stable at genuinely high speed
- Quick-swap battery access, which most hyperscooters do not offer
- Regenerative braking alongside hydraulic discs
- NFC unlock and turn signals fitted from the factory
- Zero to 15 mph in 1.5 seconds — the quickest acceleration measured in this catalog
Against it
- 137 lb and five and a half feet long folded
- Boost mode is dangerous without full protective gear and a steering damper
- IPX5 sealing is modest for a $3,000 machine
- 8.5-hour charge
- At 65 mph, legality on public roads is questionable almost everywhere in the US
The lists above combine the specification sheet with what owners of this model report.
What owners say
Summarised from owner discussions and long-term owner write-ups.
Sixty-five miles an hour, 13,440 watts of peak output in boost mode and a second and a half to 15 mph. The King GTR is the fastest thing in this catalog and one of the fastest production scooters sold anywhere, and what makes it more interesting than the raw numbers is the honesty of the range figure: 48.2 miles measured against 55 claimed, an 88 per cent ratio, because a 2,419 Wh pack has enough headroom that nobody needed to exaggerate.
Owners treat it as a motorcycle-adjacent vehicle, and the accessory ecosystem reflects that — steering dampers, action-camera mounts, vibration-damped phone holders. The advice that recurs is about the boost mode, which several owners describe as something to approach carefully and never without full gear. The other realities are physical and legal: 137 pounds, five and a half feet folded, and a top speed that puts it outside every US low-speed device definition by a wide margin.
What owners like
- Tested 48.2 miles against a 55-mile claim — an 88 per cent ratio that is almost unheard of at this power level
- 12-inch tires and adjustable hydraulic suspension make it genuinely stable at speeds where lighter machines get nervous
- Zero to 15 mph in 1.5 seconds, the quickest acceleration recorded in this catalog
- Quick-swap battery access, which most hyperscooters do not offer
- A large accessory ecosystem — dampers, camera mounts, phone mounts — because owners treat it as a platform rather than a finished product
- NFC unlock and factory turn signals, which the specialist competition mostly leaves off
Common complaints
- The ten-second boost mode is dangerous without full protective gear and a steering damper, and owners say so plainly
- 137 lb and five and a half feet long folded
- IPX5 sealing on a $3,000 machine
- At 65 mph it is not street legal anywhere in the US on any plain reading of state law
- Owners report handlebar-mounted accessories needing careful choice because of vibration at speed
Questions people ask
What is boost mode?
Does it really do 48 miles?
Is it legal to ride on public roads?
How does it compare with a Dualtron Thunder 3?
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