Razor MX500: Everything You Need to Know
The US cart is $799.99, 15 mph, 40 minutes, ages 14+. The manual prints 500W, a 175-pound limit, and a 12-hour charge. A reseller prints 106 lb and 8 hours.
By SickEBike desk
The short answer
The Razor MX500 is the smaller Dirt Rocket, not the MX650 and not a Class 1–3 e-bike. The cart prints $799.99, ages 14 and up, up to 15 mph, 40 minutes, and the same lead-acid wording. The shared manual prints a 500-watt motor, a 175-pound limit, and a recharge of up to 12 hours. A reseller card prints 106 pounds and an 8-hour charge. That page prints neither.
The Razor MX500 is the smaller Dirt Rocket, not the MX650 and not a Class 1, 2, or 3 e-bike. Razor’s US cart prints $799.99, ages 14 and up, up to 15 mph, up to 40 minutes, dual suspension, a twist-grip, dual discs, 16-inch front and 14-inch rear pneumatic tires, and a 36-volt sealed lead-acid pack of three 12-volt batteries. It does not print watts, a charge time, or a product weight. The shared owner’s book prints an MX500 motor of 36V/500W, the same three 12-volt 12-amp-hour batteries, a 175-pound limit, and a recharge of up to 12 hours. A furniture reseller printed 106 pounds, an 8-hour charge, 500 watts, and $459 from $729. An Amazon record prints a list price of $659.99. The list’s ~$500 matches none of those tags. The row links here.
What actually separates it from the 650
razor.com’s US MX500 cart, the shared manual, a furniture reseller’s card, and an Amazon list-price record. Do not blend the charge times.
| MX500 | The other print | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | US cart: $799.99. | Amazon list price $659.99. Furniture card: $459 from $729. List: ~$500. Four numbers. |
| Age, speed, limit | 14 and up. Up to 15 mph. Manual: 175 lb, and approximately 15 mph once weight, grade, and charge are allowed to move it. | The MX650 cart is 16 and up and 17 mph. Its manual limit is 220 lb. |
| Motor | Cart: variable speed, high-torque, chain-driven. No watts. Manual parts list: 36V/500W. | The same parts list gives the MX650 a 36V/650W motor. That is the whole watt difference Razor printed. |
| Battery | 36V, three 12V, sealed lead-acid, and a link to a lithium-ion safety tip. Manual: three 12V/12Ah. In series, 36 volts and 12 amp-hours is 432 watt-hours. The book does not print watt-hours. | Same pack description as the larger bike. The motors differ. The cells, on the parts list, do not. |
| Charge | Not on the cart. Manual: 12 hours to start, and up to 12 hours again, with a 24-hour maximum. | The furniture card printed 8 hours. That is not the book. Do not average 8 and 12. |
| Weight | Not on Razor’s cart. | Furniture card: 106 lb. The Australia card that prints 94.5 lb is the MX650, not this one. Do not move it over. |
Five hundred watts is under 750. Fifteen miles an hour is under 20. There are no pedals, so it is still not a bicycle. The lithium tip beside a lead-acid bullet is the same slip as on the larger cart. Charge the chemistry the bullet names.
Eight hours is a reseller. Twelve hours is the book. One hundred six pounds is a reseller. The cart is silent on both.
Who it is for
Buy it if the rider is 14 or older, under 175 pounds, and the cart in front of you is $799.99 with a 15 mph bullet. Skip it if you needed the 17 mph bike, a lithium pack, or the list’s $500. The MX650 is the other row. Both fail the class chart. The watt-hour page is the 432 the manual skipped. Forty minutes is still not a mileage.
Questions people ask
How is this different from the larger Dirt Rocket?+
Four lines. This one is the lower tag, 15 mph, 14 and up, and 175 pounds in the manual. The other is $849.99, 17 mph, 16 and up, and 220 pounds. Both claim 16-inch and 14-inch tires and 40 minutes. Do not swap the motors.
Where does 500 watts come from?+
Not the product bullets. The shared manual’s parts list prints this model at 36 volts and 500 watts. The bullets say variable speed and chain-driven. A furniture reseller also prints 500 watts, plus 106 pounds and 8 hours, which the manual does not.
How many watt-hours are those three batteries?+
Three 12-volt, 12-amp-hour lead-acid batteries, the same parts line as the larger bike. In series that is 36 volts and 12 amp-hours, which is 432 watt-hours. The book does not print that product. The page still links a lithium tip beside a lead-acid sentence.
Why does the list say about $500?+
The tag this crawl was the cart price above. An Amazon record prints a list price of $659.99. A furniture card printed $459 from $729. The list’s figure is none of those. There are no pedals.
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