Rion Thrust: beautiful on the outside, full of trash on the inside (review)

PeterWilson · 2021-08-05T22:48:49+00:00

Greetings scooterheads! If you’re like me, you’ve been salivating over every Rion model, since you heard about the brand eons ago. I recently came across t...

Rion Thrust: beautiful on the outside, full of trash on the inside (review)

justin

JohnRichardson Congrats on the purchase … hopefully you’ll give us some updates on how it goes once you get it in hand!

These scooters are so desired but so rare that no one at ESG has even seen one in person, let alone ridden one.

Any particular reason you went with the Rion … it’s quite a purchase!

JohnRichardson

justin Thanks for the feedback. Sorry for taking so long to reply. I chose Rion because I really love the engineering and emphasis on the next level advancement of technology with the Rion Thrust. From all that I know, Gal puts a lot of work into making sure that each Thrust includes Rion Motor’s most recent advancements or upgrades which normally means that, if you are on the waiting list, you will actually end up getting a model that is more expensive when you purchased yours.
However, it’s not really easy to stay patient with such a large amount of money hanging in limbo; money that could actually be drawing interest in a bank. But I’m committed to wait the process out even though I’ve heard about some who have been waiting for over 2 years.

justin

PeterWilson I agree that the inside looks a bit surprising … but I’m not sure it’s necessarily even bad.

I don’t know their numbers, but Rion is hand-building these scooters in a fairly small shop in Los Angeles.

I wouldn’t expect the the inside to look anything other than hand-built … battery construction is probably quite laborious with no automations, I’m guessing.

I somewhat wonder if internals for each build are a bit different, depending on how steady their supply chain is. If they are only building a handful of these, it wouldn’t surprise me if every Rion is a bit different on the inside.

I’m interested to see how the evolution of the Rion and its internals changes as the company grows.

EpicScooter

This looks like the prototype.. The inside of the new models are just as perfect as the outside..
Just look at this:

AntawnKingdom

justin
it looks sick🙂

JohnRichardson

PeterWilson Understood, and accepted. But before going on a rant about a product that you haven’t purchased yourself nor taken the time to communicate with its manufacturers, the fair thing to consider is: Do you really have all the facts?

ItsAqua

JohnRichardson well said

MarcoBritti

Hi Marco here,
I have purchased a RION a year ago and spent over $6,500.
I owned and tried so many scooters and I thought this was gonna be the best if the best only to realized that the product is only a concept, not ready for the public and not just greedy for money.
My RION experienced several defects and got shipped back 2 times from NY to LA to Gal’s shop without ever getting fixed.
Now, after 2 years of repairs, Gal and his techs do t pick up calls anymore, good luck with service and good luck with the $6,500.
It’s a shit show, put $6,500 in Treasury Bills, you’ll make 4.2% and won’t have to deal with such a fake product.
If anyone wants to buy it from me I’ll sell it for HALF of what Gal says is worth it!

JohnRichardson

MarcoBritti Thanks for the feedback. Sounds like you’ve had a bad experience with Rion Motors. I’ve been holding out for my wait on the Rion Thrust ,but after over a year now, I’m at the end of the road.

MarcoBritti

John,
Cancel your order and If you want to buy mine I’ll send you some pictures, just need to know that out of the dual motor only the back works.
I’m open to negotiate if interested, if you are good with scooters you can get it fixed.
Thank you

JohnRichardson

MarcoBritti That’s quite a tempting offer but, from what I’ve been shown and told, the Rion Thrust is currently being upgraded. I have confidential information that I’m not at liberty to share here. This has been the main reason why I’ve continued to hold on to the dream of owning the Thrust. May be I’m insane but I honestly believe that Gal will deliver on his promise. And I think the renewed Rion Thrust will definitely be an awesome machine. All I can say for now is that Gal has been very transparent with me about his current progress with the Rion Thrust and I’m pretty sold on the quality and build of what he is doing to improve the Rion Thrust.
Yet, if things don’t work out I’ll have no choice but to pull out of the whole thing and request a refund.

MarcoBritti

JohnRichardson John, I was not trying to sell you my scooter but rather to tell you to stay away from Gal as he is a scam artist.
You have no idea how many times he was talking over the phone about that refund with me.
310-883-87.. looks familiar ?
Anyway, I guess you will find out on your own.
I just wish I had someone like me who would write this before my purchase.
Thank you

ElderT

Please do not buy a Rion until you see others receiving their units. I had to send my Thurst back for repairs and 20 months later still haven’t received it back. I sold my Weped SST and got Dultron X limited and pre-ordered Numo Slack core gr 20 it looks to be of better build quality. Rion Thurst performance is awesome but poor build quality.