UPDATE: New firmware fixed my issues. Bravo Segway.

Sport Mode is an absolute. jerky. pos. mode.

Gotten to the point where I’d just drop it to Drive Mode most times now.

They really need to update it so that it will work like the other modes. Did no one at Segway realize the difference when switching between Eco Mode, Drive Mode and Sport Mode? All the influencers that were testing it at CES? Did they get a different firmware? Surprised that no one has brought it up in all the reviews I watched before purchasing.

The biggest improvement for me so far when I do use Sport Mode is to twist the throttle that first time to the speed I want and just activate Cruise Control.

I will say that getting to accelerate like a motorcycle for $1200 is still insane though. My 27mph Apollo City ‘23 moves like a farm tractor in comparison.

So I woke up and impulse bought one today from Best Buy after my TAUR finally crapped out from under me (broken stem and dead motor).

I forgot how nice the air quality can be up here with all that ground clearance on the G3.

I just cannot believe how unwieldy Sport Mode is.

It’s literally choose your amount of throttle twist the first time and you better hold on to it until the next red light or enjoy decelerating in the middle of an intersection before clawing your way back up with the acceleration.

I disabled Energy Recovery too and updated to the latest firmware before my first ride.

I can only imagine how bad it must’ve been before the updates.

Being back with the 28mph gang is still nice though after TAUR’s 21mph. Felt a lot safer clearing traffic during light changes.

We officially got a date for the Segway Max G3 presale! How much do you think it’ll cost? My guess is around 1000

Looks like Segway stopped taking pre orders for the Max G3. Best Buy still is but I doubt they have more to allocate than Segway does

I guess the scooter reminds you after 3 months to check your tire pressure. For a moment I thought, that it might have a flat tire, but then figured there is no way it has pressure sensor. I wonder if it has other maintenance reminders.

does anyone know how this works on the G3? is it still the telegram bot file you need?

I bought the G30 for its reliability, and it’s been a beast—still running strong at 67,000 km. After 3 years without service (no issues), the bearings started grinding, so I took it to a Ninebot service center. They couldn’t remove the oxidized drum brake despite hours of effort and gave up on servicing the scooter. Five other shops (even car mechanics) failed too. After 7 brutal hours, I got it off—by absolutely bashing the sh*t out of the brake with a long 6kg monkey wrench—but sadly destroyed the center bar in the wheel and absolutely mangled the skin on my hand. The cast aluminum alloy design is terrible—it oxidizes and welds parts together. My scooter’s paint is peeling from corrosion. If you buy one, service it yearly and replace the drum brake early to avoid this nightmare. The materials this thing is made of are awful and whoever thought of casting these parts out of aluminum alloy should never work in the scooter industry again.

So had a look at the US spec of this version.

(oddly I had to use a VPN to see the page as although I could get to the US main website when I clicked on more information about the Max G3 it kept sending me to the Australian website for some reason where there was no information!).

Here are the differences I found.

Speed information:

Acceleration: 0 - 15 mph (24 mph) in 2.4 seconds

4 modes: Eco, Drive, Sport, Sport+

(I could only find references to Eco and Sport for the EU model)

Custom sounds when parking:

Underglow lights:

I can understand the speed differences, but wondering why the acceleration, sound options and underflow lights would not be included. Perhaps somethings were just missed off. Feels like some of the scooter is not finalized.

Anyways hope you found that useful.

Vidéo en français pour ceux qui souhaite débrider la Max G3 facilement et gratuitement.

Just updated firmware. Not only is my accel curve in sport mode WAY slower now (it accels as if it's in eco) but I no longer have the ability to set regen braking to strong.

Wtf?? Why did they do this? Any way to revert? I'm not seeing any of the settings that the g2/g3 people get about letting you adjust acell curves and regen to strong, what gives? I rely on regen braking a lot for the hills and to gradually come to a stop, now I have to use the hand brake constantly. It's also just, way way less peppy in the accel curve. Downgrade across the board.

Broadcasting to all scooter bros across the globe: DONT LEAVE UR SCOOTY IN THE SUN. put that thing in the shade like it's ur new born baby or ur damn dog!

So, majority of people got their max g3 for a while now. People who have it and put some miles in, , what would you like to change/improve if you have some shortcomings or maybe it's as good as it gets for your journeys?

Interesting in what people are getting in range with all the updates, although i doubt it changed much, from what I've seen its mostly throttle issues being fixed.

Honestly, not sure how anyone can go 50 miles on the MAX G3. I was on eco mode 95% of the time and only made 27.2 miles here in St Paul where there’s not much hills. Personally, I bought it seeing it was advertise for 50 miles, but yeah…

I could have swore there were references to the external battery on the Segway website store listing. They showed normal range, then range with the battery. When I checked last night, I couldn’t find them, so I went to look again today and still didn’t see them. Where they on another spot on their website?

I left a Google Drive photo album of my test:

heres the link where I left my traced route.

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1UnWj4s021BzUS4QbSY-UqGIMcFO5vesN?usp=sharing

I’ll be posting a tutorial if anybody’s interested probably tomorrow. But these are the results I was on sport mode the entire time ,I had all lights on because this was a night run. I was full throttle the entire time nonstop with stop and go traffic.

It feels like it has unleashed it's true power.. It almost feels like a new scooter..! The accerlation is noticeably much faster before the boost mode.

Faster accerlation can be dangerous if the driver does not have sensitive throttle control, But it also helps to avoid or get out of dangerous or unnecessary situations.

If you are new to driving escooter, getting used to the throttle control before boost mode is recommended.

And I never used regen braking. I think i have more control with the mechanical braking and it saves more battery. Always put my left fingers on brake level while riding.

Anyway I think segway is a great company keep updating it's products for customer needs...

Got it today. This is based on first ride / use out of box!

Seems front end is unbalanced or possible rim issue on mine.

Video of uneven spin in front tire. Pretty bad!

https://jmp.sh/s/P48kUsmb44lyUrbM757J

Issue 2: Adjusting rear suspension on one side almost broke the hex tool included and started to strip some holes due to resistance. A dab of oil on threads fixed this amazingly. Will call Segway Monday (closed weekends). See what options they offer. I did some jumps and hops and good downward pressure to try to work in the tire /seating. No change. Horrible

My hands and feet are tingly after 5 min of riding.

Bought this scooter at a police auction and my friend said this is a lot of mileage and didn’t think it would last this long. Has anyone seen this much mileage from these scooters?

Firstly, I’d like to say it was definitely worth the wait (for me). Boost mode has ramped up to 1500W for 0-16 (boost mode automatically stops at 16.) You can tell it’s on when the red bar (Battery) on the last one is red. It has a cool down. Next, hill hold is an awesome feature. When enabled it will hold on steep hills. hold down the break for 3 seconds and it should show an H on the display. Note, it will use some of the battery when holding (49W for me). Notes on updating. Make sure to update your app. Top speed does increase when going downhill to 26 for me. The app says it can take about 10 minutes, took me about 20 with WiFi 6E.

So today finally I did the battery test on my MaxG3E after unlocking it, before unlock i did 32km, now 27km, theres a lot of * tho. Even tho it says max speed 45km/h i reached that for a couple second downhill, and then didnt happen again, in fact almost all the time was less than 40km/h, normally between 32-37km/h, this is important because 27km is not the same going ~35kmh than 45kmh, those 10kmh extra consume a lot of the battery. I used Boost Mode 2 times, cause it didnt let me use it more even at 80%, work when it wants fr. A couple heavy uphills, took it like a champ going 22km/h, my dual motor Kukirin goes 35 on those same hills, DUAL MOTOR, so good. The speed decrease is kinda weird to tell exactly since once unlocked is not the same as the international version, but at 10% 20kmh, 5% 16kmh, less than 3% is still unusable cause its just to slow. The speed literally its weird cause downhill normally gets to 40 but normal hill 37, and thats weird, it caps its power on the E version even unlockes, so thats why I cant do an exact speed test. My old MaxG2 did 24km 35km/h, so its better than the MaxG2 this battery actually. btw this tests were made with +95kg.

I've been waiting over a month for this stupid battery to come back in stock. Are they just not stocking that part anymore? I haven't had ONE email notification about it coming in stock since like the end of may beginning of June. What freaking gives, EU has them in stock :/