Sixty-plus brands have come through the shop since 2022. These four make up most of the work, which means I know their failure patterns, their part numbers and which model years to avoid.
The most common premium scooter I see in DC, and a genuinely well-built machine. Apollo's own support is decent but slow on parts, so most of my Apollo work is people who don't want to wait three weeks for a warranty ticket.
The volume brand — cheap enough that shops tell people to just buy a new one. Often they're wrong: a $70 repair on a $300 scooter is still the right call, and I'll be straight with you when it isn't.
Electric unicycles are their own world, and almost nobody in the DMV will touch them. I will. KingSong builds are solid but the pedal hangers and shell hardware take a beating from real riders.
Where the long-range crowd ends up. Heavy, fast, and genuinely serviceable — Voromotors documents their machines better than most, which makes them a pleasure to work on.
Serviced brands include, but are not limited to:
Tell me the brand and model in the form and I'll tell you what I've seen fail on it.
