Comments on: Review: 2020 Fonzarelli Arthur 3 electric scooter

By: Jeff Ware

Jeff Ware — Mon, 03 Apr 2023 03:43:05 +0000

Man, these are some expensive repairs mate! There goes a chunk of your fuel savings! I guess it’s worth servicing at Fonz – you could just make it there if you did a quick fast charge at Berowra (tennis courts) on the way there and the way home, and probably have to ride via the Old Pac. I ride my Yamaha scooter (125) to Marrickville the back ways a fair bit, it takes a good 2.5hrs… Jeff.

By: Brad Spencer

Brad Spencer — Mon, 27 Mar 2023 02:27:04 +0000

My Fonzarelli Arthur 3 is a little over 3years old with just under 6000KM on road. When I got it back from Fonz Moto and after it had a new speedo installed (another story!!) I charged it up to 100% and its range is now 82KM. It was about 98KM before service. Not sure why this happened but if you are getting them to service it make sure you record range on 100% charge and check it after service.

By: Brad Spencer

Brad Spencer — Sat, 25 Mar 2023 02:09:58 +0000

Here is a followup to the above. I wanted the speedo to show KMs left and percent of Battery charge left as normal. Also, I’m moving to the central Coast and given all me problems with servicing the Arthur 3, I decided to get them to pick my bike up, do a service, repair the speedo issue if they can and then return it to me. They came and picked the bike up (Thornleigh) and called me the next day to say they would drop my Arthur off after I paid the $660 for the service and including a new speedo. The speedo fix (over $300) was as a result of the Hornsby mechanic’s lack of knowledge about the Arthur who stuffed it up and wasn’t aware that he had done so. So this just compounded my stress from the tire repair incident above. I love my Arthur 3 but if anyone is going to buy one be aware that you should not let anyone near the scooter that has not been trained by Fonz Auto. That could cost more to service it by way of onsite services or a pickup-service-return service; that is the costly lesson I learned!

On another issue, I have had the scooter for a little over 3 years now (about 6000Kms) and my battery’s charge of 100% registers only 82Km which shows it has degraded by about 20%. When new, a 100% charge would yield about 100Km of range. Not sure if this will get increasingly worse of if this is natural decline in first few years; time will tell.

By: Brad Spencer

Brad Spencer — Wed, 22 Feb 2023 02:53:28 +0000

I am relocating to the Central Coast and I cannot find a mechanic in the area to service my Arthur 3. Servicing is a real problem with Fonzarelli and there seems to be no care from Fonzarelli about this issue. Buyer beware!

By: Brad Spencer

Brad Spencer — Fri, 23 Dec 2022 07:05:03 +0000

I had another bad experience servicing my Arthur 3. I had a split in the rear tyre which looked like a tyre fault to me but impossible to prove and also out of Fonz warranty. So how did I finally get this fixed. The Fonz Service group were happy to come and pick up my Arthur and fix it in their new service depo out near the airport for approx $600. Wow! So I rang around bike servicing places nearer to me and found a company in Hornsby who would be prepared to change the tyre and pick up for $80 one way and I could drive it home from there. It was supposed to take a couple of hours and ended being there for a week. They ended up charging me $500 but were in all sorts of trouble and had to call Fonz. In the end the amount of charge in the battery is not working but bike works fine – I can live with that but I should not have to. The bike company probably spent something like 8-10 hours on this task! I was so pissed off I put the Fonz on the market and was going to sell it because of the poor servicing options with this company. I have have since changed my mind as I love this scooter. Just be aware servicing is an issue unless you can service it yourself or you live near the Fonz service locality.

By: Nick

Nick — Sun, 22 May 2022 15:29:12 +0000

@Brad I live out west and have taken my Arthur into their shop a few times and they were more than happy to recharge the bike for the ride back. Though after warranty, it makes sense to service it yourself given there’s no moving parts and it’s mainly the brakes that need looking into.

By: brad spencer

brad spencer — Wed, 09 Feb 2022 03:31:48 +0000

I have an Arthur 3 and love it. I live in the north-west and cannot ride into Fonzarelli ‘s offices at Redfern as its too far for me. The cost of servicing goes up if they have to come here and pickup and service. At $450 an annual service that is ridiculous for an ev. Motor bike businesses out here do not want to service these bikes. Don’t ignore this if you live a long way away from their service location. Just saying….