Jackrabbit OG2 Pro and XG Pro Review (2025): Little and Peppy

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Tiny, fun, lightweight. Convenient to stow pretty much anywhere. Strangers and children might shout compliments. Improved range and power. Tons of accessories. Also, did I mention fun?

More expensive than the previous generation. Accessories also cost money. A bit slow to brake at top speed. Payload and range are still trade-offs. Not quite FAA-compliant.

I’ve become popular with children lately. It’s not intentional. It's just because I've been riding around town on the new Pro series JackRabbit OG2—a zippy, motorized electric bike so small, its simple existence can make a gobsmacked tween lean out of his mom’s car window all the way down to his clavicles just get a better look.

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Eeeeeeeeeee-biiiiikke!” shouted another kid from a sidewalk as I went by, before loudly declaring the ride “actually kinda cool.” Later that day, this was also the opinion of a sleeve-tatted dude with a flat-brimmed hat hanging outside a dive bar. “I like your bike, bro!” he called out. A JackRabbit micro bike brings all sorts of people out of the woodwork, everyone from skater dads to fitness bikers who ask far too intensely how the Jackrabbit is “classified.”

Whether this tiny motorized bicycle is, in fact, truly an ebike, is the source of somewhat nerdy contention. JackRabbits have footrests that look like pedals. But they have no actual pedals, chains, or gears. You drive the “bike,” instead, by using a throttle on its right handlebar. It’s a wee scooter that looks like a bicycle. And now, with the Pro series of Jackrabbit’s on-and-off-road variants, it's a bit more powerful.

Little Orange Ridin’

Photograph: Matthew Korfhage

The OG2 Pro's 20-inch wheels, short wheelbase and angled geometry g...

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