SLY-08 Electric Mountainboard Major Upgrades

I made a quick video a bit ago about my SLY-08 Electric Mountainboard I bought used to add to my fleet of PEV (Personal Electric Vehicles). I have had Electric skateboards in the past and really enjoyed them but when I bought my EUC and OneWheel I felt like the eSkateboard was a bit redundant and so I sold it.

The I went for a vacation to Oceanside California and bought an eSkateboard to get around on and remembered how fun they where. So when I got back I headed over to Facebook Marketplace and found a god deal on an Electric Mountainboard which is basically an eSkateboard Longboard but with bigger tires and wider trucks to handle more road conditions.

As is usually the case, I was not 100% satisfied with the overall power and speed so I installed a higher power battery which kind of worked but the motor control unit (ESC) was not able to utilize all the power and so the battery would only work when partially charged. OK, so more upgrades where needed to get all the juice out of the new battery! That meant a new motor controller and remote which unfortunately my first unit I bought was defective, unit number two was not defective but as is often the case the firmware did not match my remote firmware so this has complicated things as the new firmware download for my new motor controller was not downloading. I am still waiting for this firmware download from the company but I have managed to get the board working for the most part using a computer to program the old firmware.

I also got new tires and grip tape for the board along with the addition of lighting all around. It is not 100% complete but I am getting pretty close now!

SLY-08 Electric Mountainboard Added to My PEV Collection

If you know anything about me by following me along in my videos, then you know I have a passion for PEV's (Personal Electric Vehicles). I have owned or tried pretty much all of the fun ones :) I currently own an eMountain Bike which my wife uses mainly, I have a pretty decent Electric Scooter we all use for short trips or to take on vacation to get around. My favorite PEV is my KingSong S22 EUC (Electric Unicycle). It is by far the fastest and longest distance ride that I own, and it can go on virtually any terrain with its large off-roads tire and spring suspension setup.

I have also owned a couple of Electric Longboards, I had a BackFire G3 with Cloud Wheels but sold it a while back, I had too many PEV's! I also bought an Uditer Electric Longboard when I was in Oceanside a few weeks ago and was going to bring it back with me but unfortunately it died on me from a battery issue :( I did have it for just enough time to remember how much fun Electric Skateboards are, and so when I saw an SLY-08 Electric Mountainboard come up at a good price on Facebook Marketplace, I had to have it. The SLY-08 Electric Mountainboard is a bit larger than my previous two Electric Skateboards but not by much, It mainly has taller tires and a wider truck setup better suited for off-road riding and trails.

I have only ridden my SLY-08 Electric Mountainboard this one time while I made this video so I don't have a lot to say about it. I mainly wanted to get out and try it and let everyone know I have it and it may be showing up on some future videos. I do plan to make a quick thoughts review for it once I have ridden it a bit more, so stay posted for that video in a couple weeks or so...