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you get two runs off the first ball you
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hit the next for a four and the third
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ball it's a
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six but how do you top that welcome to
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the in-depth review of the ather Rista
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this is a family scooter and they can be
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kind of dull but this is an ather and
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they are usually kind of
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exciting wow but first let's free up
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those who are not ready to sit down and
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watch an electric family scooter review
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I think the athera makes a very decent
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purchase it's spacious it's going to be
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quite comfortable and I think you and
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the members of your family will enjoy
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both riding it and owning it there are
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flaws what we'd recommend you look at is
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not this the top x with the 3.7 KW
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battery but the bottom s model it's
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extremely cost effective and yes the
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risda does have a few flaws the design
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from the rear especially I don't think
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everyone's going to like it and the
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suspension it is an improvement over the
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450x but I wonder if it's enough of an
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improvement I think we need to set two
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contexts for the story first the family
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scooter as we know it today is a
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template the active ass set years ago
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and honestly since then innovation it's
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been really thin on the ground today we
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recommend a lot of axis 125s and
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Jupiters as the best family scooters and
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in the Electric World maybe the IQ which
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is an electric Jupiter it's unassuming
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quiet and it Blends in you almost miss
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one going by and that blending in is
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something that ather just cannot do look
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at the 450 extra day is that design up
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to date oh heck no but it's still
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striking and unique their performance
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feel appeal features and price Define
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and give the athers a very specific feel
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I'm not sure all of these translate
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easily to family scooters so does that
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mean ather Rista is in trouble on the
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design front somewhat quality and finish
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levels are good but there are a couple
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of flimsy bits that need a second look
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the seat hinge it's a little bit wobbly
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and these mirrors they feel much cheaper
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than what we used to from this company
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now from the front the Rista looks
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handsome and substantial a trick that
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the 450s have still yet to figure out
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but when you walk to the other end of
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scooter oh boy that taper in the body
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workor from the tail light downwards I'm
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not convinced that was a good idea it
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makes the ather look pinch
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almost Meek and I'm not convinced
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thankfully that doesn't cause any
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functional issues because under the
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plastic is the same frame as the 450 and
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ather work to create a lot more space
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than the 450s have I'm sure you've seen
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a retired wrestler thumping on about the
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great seat um and a Bollywood
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personality talking about how much
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shopping she fit under that seat the
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space is more impressive than both the
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promos and look ather didn't pay to park
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Arista at the bottom of a foreign
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swimming pool where were we I yes space
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the final frontier there is more than
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enough for Rider and billion both and
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this is ather best seat yet and I'm
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still going to say two steps short of
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being done taller Riders you're still
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going to be sliding forward in the seat
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it is a lot less than before and in that
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sense it is an improvement but it's
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still there the flow board is generous
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as is the space under the seat I only
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wish that the walls of that cubby hole
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were a little bit more flat sided allaha
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Ola but as long as you leave the charger
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at home there's no lack of space what I
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also think is you should definitely get
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the, 1500 rupee underseat organizer bag
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thingy to me it should just have been
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standard and the accessory you should
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just not waste any time or money on of
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course is the ather connected helmet
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neither the safety certification nor the
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the price makes sense so on the Comfort
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front there's no lack of space but there
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is the matter of the suspension it is
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better than the 450 only buy a bit
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riding solo there is noticeably more
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Comfort but hit a broken patch and you
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are still going to get bounced around
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two up the experience is more
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comfortable and controlled but that
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means there are IC and electric Rivals
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that have found better suspension
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choices that I was not expecting on the
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motor and Battery front there is a lack
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of surprises and that's a good thing
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right this is the same motor and the
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same two battery packs that we know from
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the 450 this time aether's extracting
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less performance to extend your range so
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acceleration slower top speed lower you
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have just two riding modes one if you
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live in a hilly place and you'll see
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roughly 10 km more range from the
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corresponding 450 battery packs and the
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wrist that does feel different and I
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thoroughly enjoyed how smooth these
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athers have now become the top mode is
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called zip and it's got enough um zip to
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make the city feel light and easy
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without the sizzle and panash of the
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warp or sport modes ather says you'll
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see between 80 and 105 km of real world
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range depending on the variant you pick
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and based on what we've seen on this
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those are real numbers
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and I think zip is a great choice
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between range and performance very very
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nicely done I can see it making you
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happy and I can see family members two
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decades your senior just as
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satisfied the other mode is smart Eco
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which mostly is normal but if you're
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riding slowly or the batter is kind of
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low smart Eco can lose most of its
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intelligence and become dumb Eco which
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does sound harsh but we get to pull
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aether's legs so little I'm going to
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make the most of this in slow traffic
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smar Eco has just enough performance
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keeping up with traffic overtaking a few
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things no stress and you'll see between
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100 to 125 km of range in the real world
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depending on which battery pack you've
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chosen fine but when you're faced with a
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flyover or you live in a town with
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sloped roads you'd better be prepared
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for two things one have a lot of charge
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left and be prepared to open the
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throttle a lot or switch to zip mode
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which is what I ended up doing the Rista
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doesn't die valiantly on the slopes of
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battle it just comes close it climbs
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slowly and it's losing speed the entire
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time until it hits some residual speed
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above 10 km an hour and then that's how
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it crawls the rest of the way uphill
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it's really tiresome that achieves a few
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things one one on the same riding cycle
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as a 450x this scooter returned
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consistently 15 to 18 km more range so
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all of this does work but the flip side
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of that is the scooter can be so
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tiresome to ride in some situations that
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easily this is the most boring thing AA
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makes okay let's move on how do you
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charge these things the smaller RDA
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models get a 350 W charger that takes
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about 9 hours to get it from 0o to 100%
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if you buy this the 3.7 KW battery then
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you get the 700 W charger which needs
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about 6 hours to do the same job all of
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the three ristas can be fast charged
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expect about an hour to get to 80% on
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the grid Network paying about a rupee
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per minute of charging easy and there is
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a charging accessory that I think you
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absolutely should get which is the wall
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mount for the duo charger this means you
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can have the charger wall mounted and
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then take it out of the mount and put it
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under the seat if you need do without
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having to acquire two of them and this
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is important because if you do carry
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that charger around it consumes nearly
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half the space under the seat so how
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will the Risa be to live with well I
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think it should be much simpler than
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living with an Ola but I suppose living
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without a scooter would be simpler than
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living with an Ola so we haven't
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actually achieved much let me rephrase
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how will the risk the be to live with I
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think it should be pretty simple what we
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expect to see ultimately is two Services
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a year year one mostly for Diagnostics
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and inspections and the other for that
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and consumables and wear and tear parts
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and that's it and this Rista now has
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these impressively huge plastic shrouds
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at the bottom which should solve some of
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the known issues like the squeaky belts
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once filth gets into them and overall
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ather service reputation is pretty
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decent the warranty coverage is also
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decent all versions of the Rista get a
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standard 3-year 30,000 km warranty that
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covers vehicle charger and the battery
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if you add prop pack you get another 2
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years and 30,000 km of coverage for the
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battery and the battery cover at ather
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comprehensive what is less clear is what
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happens after propack the first 3 years
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connectivity is free what happens after
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that has never been explained when I
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asked tarun ather CEO he said shouldn't
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be more than 1,000 bucks a year surely 6
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years after you started selling scooters
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we can get a closed ended answer right
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it's important because connectivity
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defines all of the software features
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without it you don't get riding modes
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you don't get the useful but slightly
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glitchy Hill hold function you don't get
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magic twist which on the scooter I have
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enjoyed using but by now I thought it
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would be natural to me and it's not
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which means more calibration work still
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needs to be done so is the pro pack
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worth buying yes I think it is but
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Willer r be completely useless if you
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opted out not at all which brings us to
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the question which Rista should you buy
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the sensible choice is the base ather
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Risa s with the 2.9 KW battery there is
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no emotional Choice here and what you
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trade in if you do that is 10 to 15 km
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of range and the color screen more or
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less that's it and you'd save 44,000
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rupees from the Top Model give or take
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that's a huge saving and if you get the
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S your family can't really chase you
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down using WhatsApp on your scooter
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screen and to me that's priceless so why
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would you buy the Riza X 3.7 at all I
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suppose your commute is really long and
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every single kilometer of range makes a
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difference or you're just dying of range
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anxiety what about the rivals you have
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chetak IQ the Olas and I wish honestly
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that that answer was a lot clearer
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because the risk is a good scooter but a
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groundbreaking family electric scooter
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it's not ownership experience versus the
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Ola this is definitely going to be
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better but honestly that's not saying
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much the TVs will match the risaa space
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feel slightly more comfortable and also
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a little bit slower the jetak is very
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affordable it has similar range now but
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performance space it's not that close
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and honestly that leaves the river Indie
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which might be the most interesting of
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this entire bunch of scooters but that
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network is so small it's not going to
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make a dent what about the IC whose age
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is apparently ending but at an
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unexpectedly glacial Pace well I think
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the axis 125 and the Jupiter 110 Remain
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the most effective family scooters today
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they are cheaper to acquire they are
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useful they are predictable they are
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comfortable they do all of their jobs
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well and both of these scooters
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specifically they have a clear sense of
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Personality which none of the electrics
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maybe apart from the Indie have the only
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exception to that is the ather
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450x and that's not a family scoda and
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that brings us back to the Rista which
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is a distinctly odd ather it does have
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some of those cool features we associate
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with this brand it does have some of
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those solutions that when ather deploys
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in hindsight they seem obvious and like
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everybody should just do it but it lacks
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that unique feel and Persona that we've
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seen in all the athers and I think
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that's a bit of a miss the Riza will
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keep the scoreboard moving for ather but
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honestly I was hoping for a lot more
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here to cheer 4 a clean hard hit into
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the stands that it is not
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