Specialized Turbo Vado SL: Everything You Need to Know
The name now covers two motors. The US step-through page still prints an SL 1.1 at 240W peak, 35 Nm, 320Wh, and 15.5 kg, on sale at $2,099.99 from $3,499.99. SL 2 pages print 320 watts and a 520Wh pack, with a scale weight near 44 lb.
By SickEBike desk
The short answer
Turbo Vado SL is two bikes under one name. The US step-through still prints an SL 1.1 at 240W peak, 35 Nm, a 320Wh pack, and 15.5 kg, at $2,099.99 from $3,499.99. Assist there is written as 28 mph depending on country. The later bike prints a 320W peak and a 520Wh pack. A dealer spec weight is 20.28 kg, also written 44 lb 11.4 oz.
The Specialized Turbo Vado SL is not one bicycle. Specialized’s US Turbo Vado SL 4.0 step-through page still sells the older system: SL 1.1, 240W peak, 35 Nm, assist described as 2x and 180 percent, a 320Wh pack labeled SL1-320, and a claimed 15.5 kg (34 lb, 2.7 oz) in size medium. That page’s price is $2,099.99 from $3,499.99. Assist is written as reaching 28 mph depending on country. The SL 2 is a different, heavier bike that kept the name. Canada’s SL 2 4.0 step-through prints an SL 1.2, 320 watts, a 520Wh pack labeled SL2-520, and “as light as 20 kg,” at $3,899.99 from $5,999.99. A US dealer page prints 20.28 kg and, in the same family, 44 lb 11.4 oz. The row on the list links here. Do not hang the 34 lb sentence on the 520Wh bike.
240W and 320Wh are not the later peak and 520Wh
Specialized’s US SL 4.0 step-through page, Specialized Canada and Italy pages for the heavier bike, Bicycle Warehouse’s US dealer page, and a 99 Spokes 2026 card for that same bike. Not averaged.
| What is printed | |
|---|---|
| Older US card | SL 1.1, 240W peak, 35 Nm, 320Wh, $2,099.99 from $3,499.99. Range line: 80 miles (130 km) or 6 hours in Eco, and 120 miles (200 km) or 9 hours with the extender. 130 km is 80.8 miles. The page prints 80. 200 km is 124.3 miles. The page prints 120. Mass: 15.5 kg, also written 34 lb, 2.7 oz, size medium. The charger line is a 48-volt system. |
| Heavier bike, power | Canada’s glance says 320 watts and a ride of about 5 hours, and “as light as 20 kg.” The body says SL 1.2, a top speed of 28 mph, that same peak, and 520Wh. The spec block: Specialized 1.2 SL system, SL2-520, Mastermind H3, Apple Find My. Italy prints €3,499, 25 km/h, a 320W peak and 520Wh, and “solo 20 kg.” |
| Heavier bike, mass and money | Bicycle Warehouse: $2,999.99 from $4,000, motor line “Specialized SL 1.2 320 watts,” SL2-520, “as light as 20 kg,” and a spec weight of 20.28 kg (44 lb, 11.4 oz) in size medium. That kilogram and that pound-ounce pair agree with each other. 99 Spokes’ 2026 card: manufacturer $4,599, sale $2,599, 44.1 lb, and a motor cell “Specialized 320W 50Nm.” Fifty newton-meters is not on the Specialized pages in this set. The older card’s torque is 35. |
| Speed, by page | The older US page: assist up to 28 mph depending on country. Canada’s later body: 28 mph. Italy: 25 km/h. A 2020 review’s US cap of 20 mph, and its UK cap of 15 mph, is not the sentence on the current US page. None of these Specialized pages, in the lines this desk read, print the words Class 1, Class 2, or Class 3. |
Three hundred twenty watts is a motor figure sitting next to a 520Wh pack. Three hundred twenty watt-hours is the older pack, next to a 240W peak. Reading the 320 as the battery on the new bike invents a third machine. Twenty kilograms and 20.28 kg are both printed for the heavier family. The dealer page already did the conversion it believes in: 44 lb 11.4 oz. A catalog 44.1 lb is a nearby sentence, not a correction of that pair. Eighty miles beside 130 km is a labeling mismatch of about eight tenths of a mile. This desk did not publish 80.8 as Specialized’s range.
The light US page is 240W, 35 Nm, and 320Wh. The later pages are a 320W peak and 520Wh. The 50 Nm figure is a catalog cell, not a Specialized torque line in this set.
Who it is for
It is the bike you buy when the question is whether you can lift it, and then you have to ask which generation is in the cart. The older step-through is the one with the 34 lb claim. The heavier one is the bike whose own spec weight is the mid-40s in pounds. It is not the Turbo Como 4.0. That pack is 710Wh and that motor line is not an SL 1.1. It is not the FX+ 7S. That Trek is a TQ mid, stamped Class 3, with 360Wh.
Pedals are here. Peak figures of 240W and 320W both sit under the 750W federal ceiling. A country line that allows assist to 28 mph is the Class 3 speed, and Italy’s 25 km/h line is not that sticker. The class chart is why “depending on country” is the whole argument. The watt-hour page is why 320Wh and 520Wh are not a wording dispute. A 2020 speed cap does not update the page that is on sale now.
Questions people ask
Why can the number 320 mean two different parts?+
On the older US card, 320Wh is the pack beside a 240W peak. On the later cards, 320 watts, or a 320W peak, is the motor beside a 520Wh pack. Treating 320 as the new battery invents a third machine. The older torque line is 35 Nm. A catalog cell that says 50 Nm is not on the Specialized pages in this set.
What weight is actually printed for the heavier bike?+
Canada and Italy say as light as 20 kg, or solo 20 kg. Bicycle Warehouse prints that phrase and also prints 20.28 kg (44 lb, 11.4 oz) in size medium. Those two figures on the dealer page agree with each other. A 2026 catalog says 44.1 lb. That is a nearby sentence, not a replacement for the pound-ounce pair.
Which assist cap is on the page that is for sale now?+
The older US page says assist up to 28 mph depending on country. Canada’s later body also says 28 mph. Italy says 25 km/h. A 2020 review’s US cap of 20 mph and UK cap of 15 mph is not the current US sentence. None of these Specialized lines print the class words.
Do the mile claims match the kilometer claims?+
The older page prints 80 miles beside 130 km, and 120 miles beside 200 km with an extender. One hundred thirty kilometers is 80.8 miles. Two hundred kilometers is 124.3 miles. The mismatch is about eight tenths of a mile, then about four miles. This desk did not publish 80.8 as the brand’s range.
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