How e-Bikes are Killing Motorcycles – Aniioki A9 Pro Max Review
Hello, I’m Ryan F9. Hello Anni. Wait, I’m Ryan F9 and this is a motorcycle. 90 kph top speed, but flat out it has a 60 km range, which is technically eotterrorism. The whole thing weighs 260 lb. And this is a bicycle. 78 kph top speed, but flat out it’ll do 120 km in range and the whole thing weighs 168 lbs. To ride the red one, you must wait until you are 16 years old to take your governmentissued photo ID to driver’s licensing and pass a knowledge test. Then pass a skills test another year later. Then wait another year to pass a road test. Then save up $540 to transfer it, $42 to plate it, $68 to register it, $2,000 to insure it. Or you could pop out of the womb, suckle the teeth for 5 days while this ships to your door for free, and go get some. Are you bikes supposed to be this fast? No. Should a newborn baby really be riding one? Debatable. Did Anyuki’s mood board consist entirely of iron girders? Allegedly. But it’s got pedals, so nobody meddles. And that is why the young are no longer motorcycleycling. Any n. [Music] This video is sponsored by Squarespace. Think of them as an online toolkit to get your passion project or business running like a Honda. Their AI powered design system, Squarespace Blueprint, makes it possible to generate a fully custom website in only a few clicks with everything tailored to your brand or business and optimized for every device. All Squarespace sites are also highly searchable thanks to their built-in SEO tools. If you click on squarespace.com/fortun, you’ll save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using the coupon code. And I’m rolling on both. Okay, Mike’s rolling now. You’re rolling here. Okay. So, we got all the cameras. I’m rolling here. And I’m rolling there. I guess the race begins. May the best man win. Yeah. Likewise, uh, okay, go. Okay. [Music] Okay. Gear here. Come on. Come on. Come on. All right. Thanks. Biggest chain ever. Yeah, it’s freaking battle wheel. Oh, it helps if I put the key on. [Music] And the run. So, it begins. To see why the motorcycles day is waning, I’m racing one across six municipalities to White Rock Pier. And because nobody minds a bicycle hopping on the sea bus or dodging downtown traffic, the Annioke will be taking the shortest path as the crane flies. Google Maps will take Josh on the highway, a speedier but more route that I know he doesn’t have the range for. Oh, why are we dying? Why are we dying? No, Van Van, please. Van Van, please. Okay, reserve. reserve. I’m almost out of gas. Ryan bamboozled me. He knew I’d be low on gas. Given time, one should always prove a premise before embarking on its explanation. So, setting aside why motorcycleycling is declining, are we sure it’s in decline? Industry optimists will point to total registrations. And look, every year there are more and more motorcycles on the road. But how do we know that’s not just Keith filling his garage with 20 bikes to fill the void left by his aranged children? In the same way, riding schools will point to total licenses. And look, there have never been more riders on Canadian roads. But there has also never been more people in Canada. The only graph that is clear is this one, motorcycle licenses by age group. And it couldn’t be more poignantly perfect. Every year less and less and less and less and less young riders. Every year more and more and more and more and more old ones. So the next generation is not getting into motorcycleycling. Now let’s have a feel for why you have masterard. I don’t. But to be honest, now’s not a great time. To sign up 14 to 11. Well, I get 13 to 17. That is a pretty good deal. But I really am in a race right now. Imagine like D car, right? It’s like the D car and like partway through the D car. You have to like sign up for a credit card. You’d lose the race. So, I’m sorry, but I have to go. But thank you for the offer. All right. Take care. Best of luck, brother. [Music] All right, we got gas this time. That’s good. Smidzy Smithsy, I’m here, too. This is a prime opportunity to filter. You just go right up the middle. Nobody models. Except that’s illegal. And we’re not going to break any laws on this race. This is a fair race, you know. [Music] This is really lame. It feels like counter steering. And most bicyclists are unaware of this, but the Annio is so heavy and the tires are so wide that you steer it just like a regular motorcycle. The power too, it’s two hub motors peaking together at 5600 watts. So 7 12 horsepower. That’s about the same as that motorcycle Josh is on. It’s not so much that ebikes are rivaling motorcycles as they’re just starting to become motorcycles, only with a power delivery personality disorder. See, I’ve got the familiar throttle, but it doesn’t kick in until about 2 seconds after I start twisting it. Then there’s the pedal assist, and that’s more instantaneous, but it comes as a solid chunk. So you either get zero kow or 5.6 kW or zero again. Only the pedal assist doesn’t come out until about 2 seconds after you stop pedaling. Whereas the throttle is more tractable with your wrists on the way down but not on the way up. To a motorcyclist, it feels like there are four chefs in this kitchen. But to a 14-year-old kid, yeah, this is all the scratch you’d need to never develop the motorcycle itch. Woohoo. [Music] Got ourselves a sweet Lincoln limo, not for hire. This is a private limo. They actually use it for shooting adult films. Where the heck you’ve been hit by and legally? Yeah. You okay? and stay on chain. God, another half an hour of this man. Come on. If you’d just be on the shoulder right now passing all these cars. Navigating the Antio is also convoluted. It can use bike lanes, but bike lanes often railroad me into exits I don’t want to take. Also, our collective 400 lb trucking at 75 just feels like something that should not share a 3-FFT space with toddlers and old ladies. My comfort zone is to use it like a motorcycle, but then no one expects a pedaller to be closing at highway speed, so cars pull out on me all the time. Yeah, good. How are you, buddy? I drive this. Hey, don’t sweat it, dude. It’s no problem. I saw I saw you going, so it’s all good. Yeah. It also feels conspicuous to be fake pedaling past cars and hoping the first Gaboo sees won’t riddle that one out. Too conspicuous. Thanks for watching, man. Hey, buddy. How’s it going? [Music] Thanks, buddy. Eventually, I find anonymity on the shoulder of major roads. The only place my full speed doesn’t look so relatively out of place. So, I trade the anxiety of being seen for the anxiety of not being seen. Oh no. Ow. God damn it. See over there. Oh man. It would be nice to be on an electric bike right now. Oh god. Bumper bits muscle tire. Oh boy. Cuz at least it doesn’t make all this sound. Jesus. Come on. Annie, don’t do this to me. We’re almost there, baby. Okay, let’s get that. I don’t know what’s worse. The vibration in your feet, the vibration in your hands, or the vibration in my right now. Oh my god. It’s like I’m sitting on top of a mixer, you know, like a smoothie mixer. Hey, your kickstand’s down. Do you know that? Oh, thanks very much. This kickstand is actually solid. It just keeps jolting down because of of this abomination. It hurts my brain to look at these rear shocks because any four-year-old with a mechano engineering degree can tell that this has to pivot as it compresses. So, locking the spring inside a piece of square tubing just like doesn’t really work. It’ll help to bring it by the nose a little bit. And these fully adjustable front forks actually ride uh really elegantly. Come take a look at the dash really quick while you’re here. So, it’s bright, it’s beautiful, and it could be off a legacy brand motorcycle, judging from this little filler pump fuel gauge. Maybe it is. And there’s also a camera built in, so Gen Z can either uh look at the world ahead or if it’s less triggering, they can watch it on this 5- in screen. Um, the brakes are a little bit less powerful than they appear. It looks like three pistons, but it’s actually only one where it counts on the inside. And you can see here this massive disc is only being pinched to about half of its depth. So that’s weird and wasted. Look at this splitter though. Hydraulic splitter. So you pinch here sends pressure to all uh all the braking calipers. That’s combined braking like on a Gold Wing. Um and the end result is sort of midpack for motorcycles. So actually like the brakes. I don’t mind them in the end. Let’s get going a bit here. This is the third time. Oh, woo. Don’t roll that board or it’s going to think that we’re trying to pedal. This is the third time that I’ve lost the chain on this massive 72 to chain ring today. Um, it’s the biggest ever fit to a production bike and having such a massive one is the only way you’re going to add anything pedaling at 78. So, all that slack is a little bit unavoidable. I actually don’t mind the obstacle illusion, too. The rest of the bike looks a little bit more normal size with the the massive chain ring. Okay, I just get going. Okay, unlock actually turns it off. This that’s the alarm. That’s wouldn’t wake a cocker spaniel. Lightning bolt twice, I think, is the Hello. Yeah, hello. I know who you are. Let’s just win a race. Come on. Oh, this way. Come on. Come on. Oh, we hit 80. That’s crazy. Razor Valley Bridge. Almost to White Rock. Oh, I see the ocean. Oh, we’re getting there, Josh. Come on, Van. Van, you’re almost there, baby. Look at that. We’re clear. There’s no way we’re not winning this one. Ocean. We’re going to beat him. Oh yeah. White rock, here I come. Not again. Not now. I can see the water. It’s dead ahead. Come on. hell. [Music] Try that. Gosh. Oh, this time [Music] Hey, Ryan. No. Beat you by how much? 4 minutes. 5 minutes. Oh, it was close. It was really close. Oh, man. I’m not dragging this up there. Damn. I was confident. I was I was like, “No way. I got this.” Anyoki didn’t quite beat the motorcycle, and I don’t quite like it as much as any motorcycle. One conclusion is that these hyper ebikes are fool’s gold. That they’re satiating kids just enough to stop them from getting into motorcycleycling and discovering what a wonderful world it is. But then I realize this is the wonderful world. [Music] It’s a stunningly capable commuter. It’s joy and adrenaline in the middle of my workday. It’s cheap at five grand and even cheaper used. This is our gospel. [Music] Ebikes aren’t supplanting motorcycles. They’re becoming motorcycles on the other side of all our barriers. Godspeed, kids. [Music] Wow. Wa. There’s a whole bicycle in here. Oh, dude. It includes a helmet. It’s like Lego. I’m sweating in here, man. But I won’t be sweating when I have my Annie because it’s going to do all the work for me. Dual motor. [Music]
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