Electric boards have 3 drive options.
- Belt
- Hub
- Gear
The RazorX is a gear drive system and has a couple of advantages but some disadvantages over the other two. For one, there is less maintenance over a belt drive. The gears are fully enclosed and you never have to replace a worn out belt. When compared head to head with a hub drive, they are considerably louder and everyone will hear you coming. On the positive side, they are far less expensive than hub drives and have better torque at the low end of the speed at startup. If you need stealth, then don’t get this board, spend a little more money for a hub drive like this one. It’s only $289 and has a longer range and higher speed.
Kick Start
The board is a kick start system so you cannot just hop on and hit the throttle. It is electrically disengaged under 3 mph. To start, just give it one kick, hop on, and go. Easy as can be. After a few times, you won’t even think about it.
Dead Battery Mode
If you run out of battery, then there is some extra resistance from the gear drive, but I found that it’s minimal. I was easily able to use this as a regular board by kicking it with my foot.