Disclaimer - Transport Evolved received this motorcycle free of charge from HMP Bikes in order to allow us to give you a long-term staff-vehicle review. No money exchanged hands for the review itself, and no editorial control was given or implied. HMP Bikes sees our reviews when you do. Nikki is providing ongoing honest feedback to HMP bikes in addition to producing this series.

We love our Ford F-150 Lightning, even though Ford ended production of it last year. As a work truck, it does everything we need it to. As a smallholder's helper, it happily carries soil, feed, and wood. But for quick trips into town, it's way too large to be safely driven.

Cognizant of that fact, we have two other higher-speed vehicles on our fleet, a far more practical Chevrolet Bolt EV, and a Vectrix VX-1. But as regulars to the channel will know, the VX-1 has been off the road for way too long, and restoring it has proven a pretty slow process.

SO when we reached out to HMP Bikes to ask if we could review its just launched Flash electric maxi scooter, we were offered not one but two vehicles to test long term - not just for a week.

The first one? It's called the Lightning MK II - but as you're about to see, it's very different to the F150 Lightning that shares its name.

⏱️ Chapter Breakdown:

00:00 Introduction 00:57 Meet the Bike 02:24 How We Got It 04:19 Built for the City 05:00 Unboxing & Registration 06:27 First Impressions 07:16 Battery & Charging 08:55 Living With It 10:07 What's in the Box 11:44 How It Rides 14:06 Quirks & Bugs 15:57 The Range Test 18:34 The State-of-Charge Problem 22:25 Price & Final Thoughts 26:16 Thanks and Goodbye

Links: (Non-Affiliated)

HMP Bikes - https://www.hmpbikes.com

HMP Lightning Series (Including MKII) - https://www.hmpbikes.com/collections/lightning-series

HMP Flash - https://www.hmpbikes.com/collections/flash-series-1

👥 Today’s Sponsors 🌱 Electric Vehicle Association - https://www.myeva.org 🐕 Little Collie Shepherd - https://www.littlecollie.com

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