Askoll: here are all the news for 2022. The road test

The Test Ride gave us the opportunity to try almost entirely the Askoll range in the center of Vicenza, over a distance of about 20 km, and then move towards the Berici hills, also tackling quite challenging climbs. From the eS EVOlution family we tested both the version with the 2.2 Kw engine with a maximum speed of 45 km / h and the 2.7 Kw, which reaches 66 km / h. As for driving, the dynamic behavior is almost the same as the models share the technical basis. The suspensions, which see one at work traditional fork it’s a double rear shock absorberoffer a discreet comfort eathey absorb the jolts well due to when I traveled on rough roads. You realize you are walking on the cobblestones more because of the noise produced by the trunk.

The brake system flaunts two discs, both monitored by the combined system, which acts on both channels while pressing a single command. In this regard, the front lever has very little bite, better to use the one on the leftwhich thanks to the combined intervention also works a lot in front and effectively balances the braking action. Comfortable seat, where the saddle is spacious enough and padded enough. The space for the legs is also discreet: despite the very small size, we have never touched the shield with our knees (the writer is 180 cm tall).

As for the NGS range, on a dynamic level, the big difference concerns the adoption of larger tires, which improve the feeling between the curves giving a feeling of greater stability and progression in going down “in the fold”. In the last part of the route we also faced some quite important climbs and by setting the “power” mode all the scooters were able, albeit at moderate speeds, to face the challenge. During the descent then, setting the energy recovery mode, battery runtime has risen by about 7%.

The new 5 ”display is large and integrates well into the superstructures, too bad not very bright and in full sun conditions it becomes almost illegible.