Yozma IN 10 Pro Review: The Electric Dirt Bike That Turned Me Into a Believer

I’ll save you the scroll. If you are looking at the Yozma IN 10 Pro and wondering whether it is worth $1,899, go buy it. Man, this thing is fantastic.

Now the story, because I did not see this one coming.

How I Ended Up With an Electric Dirt Bike

E-bikes were never really on my radar. Not the pedal-assist kind; I’ve ridden a few of those, and they’re fine. I mean the full-on electric dirt bikes. Every time one showed up in my feed it was attached to a story about a teenager doing something dumb on a sidewalk, and I get why people complain about them. I just didn’t have a reason to care one way or the other.

But my boys have been hounding me for one for a long time. Specifically, a dirt bike. My 10 year old’s buddy down the street has one, and the two of them will run that thing around the backyard for hours, and I’ll be honest, it looked like a blast. I’d stand there watching them and think, that looks so fun.

So I started researching. And I made a decision early: if I was going to spend real money on an electric dirt bike, it was going to be one that I could ride too. Not a kid’s toy. A real bike with real suspension and real brakes that would be fun, safe, and durable for a grown man and two boys.

That’s a harder shopping list than it sounds. These bikes all look the same at first glance. They are not the same. You really have to dig, because the difference between a bike that feels like a motorcycle and a bike that feels like a Walmart scooter with a big battery is not something you’ll see in the product photos.

I’ll say one more thing about the money before we go on. This is a $1,899 bike on sale as I write this, $2,399 at regular price. That is a huge expense for a toy. Who has two grand lying around for something you ride in the woods for fun?

I researched this purchase half to death because I did not want to waste that kind of money. Keep that in mind when you read the rest of this. I am not a guy with a garage full of e-motos. This is the one bike, and I had to get it right.

Testing Depth

We’ve had the IN 10 Pro for almost five weeks. Three of us ride it: me, one of my middle boys, and my 10 year old. We’ve charged it at least five full times in that stretch because we ride it that much. Most of the miles are on a mile and a half loop through the woods near my house and around the neighborhood.

This is a hands on review with a few weeks of hard use behind it, not a first impression. I’ll tell you where I pulled in other people’s testing for things I didn’t do myself. It’s also the first e-moto review on Tech Writer, and it won’t be the last. Now that I’ve got a benchmark I like, I plan to get my hands on more of these.

What It Is

The Yozma IN 10 Pro is a mid-size electric dirt bike, what the e-moto crowd calls a pit bike or mini e-moto. Think of it as the size class between a kid’s electric bike and a full Sur-Ron. Yozma is a US-facing brand, Denver address, selling direct through their website with a one year warranty. Like most bikes in this category it is built in China. That’s not a knock. It’s just how this entire segment works, and it’s why you judge the bike in front of you rather than the logo on the plastics.

It is off-road only. Not street legal. Yozma says 14 and up. Keep both of those in mind.

Specs in Plain English

• 5500W peak brushless mid-drive motor, 220 Nm of torque
• 60V 27Ah lithium battery, removable, charges in or out of the bike
• Claimed 50 mph top speed, claimed 60 mile range
• 6 to 7 hour charge with the included 5 amp charger
• 17 inch front, 14 inch rear wheels with knobby tires
• Inverted hydraulic front fork, nitrogen charged rear shock
• Hydraulic disc brakes front and rear, 220mm front rotor, 190mm rear
• High carbon steel frame, IPX6 water resistance
• 143 lbs, 330 lb max load
• Three ride modes plus reverse, LCD display, LED headlight and brake light
• Rider height range 4 foot 7 to 6 foot 3
• $1,899 on sale, $2,399 regular. Spare battery is $649.

Assembly: You Need a Little DIY In You

The bike ships in a big box, partially assembled, and the battery ships separately. Ours showed up as two packages, and the site warns you about that, so don’t panic when the battery isn’t in the box.

What you have to do: install the rear shock, mount the front wheel, attach the front brake caliper, mount the handlebars and stem, run the wires up through the stem behind a cover, connect the throttle and light cables, put on the foot pegs and the tail light. Then charge it for a few hours.

None of it is hard. It’s Ikea furniture with a motor. This was actually my second e-moto build. I helped a neighborhood kid get his all set up a while back, and the Yozma was definitely the easier of the two. But I’ll tell you straight, the instructions are not 100 percent clear, and you’re going to fiddle.

I got the front wheel on, torqued it down, and then realized I hadn’t paid attention to the brake line routing for the caliper. It has to run behind the fork and nothing told me that. Off came the wheel. Little stuff. All of it fixable in a few minutes once you see it, but you have to see it.

It comes with a little tool kit, and unlike most of the throwaway hardware that ships with stuff like this, the included tools are well made and will get the job done. If you don’t own tools you don’t need to buy anything.

That said, full size wrenches and a decent hex set will make it faster and less annoying. Budget one to two hours total and you’ll be fine. If you’ve never assembled anything more complicated than a bookshelf, get a buddy who has.

Here’s what I didn’t expect from assembly: it’s where I fell for the bike. When you’re putting it together you see the inside of it. The welds, the fasteners, the way the fork and triple clamps are built, the caliper mounts.

This is not a flimsy machine. Every piece I handled was heavier and better made than I expected for the price. By the time the wheels were on I was already thinking, okay, this is the real deal.

Packaging and Customer Service

Two things brands usually get wrong, and Yozma got both right.

The packaging is good. The bike is well protected in the box, and the box itself is about as easy to move around as a box holding almost 150 pounds of motorcycle can be. Have a second person, but you won’t need a forklift. You also get a sheet of number decals for the front plate. I chose not to use any of them because I’m a grown man, but the boys thought that was cool.

The headlight wasn’t working when I finished assembly. I emailed customer service and got an immediate response with troubleshooting guidance. No ticket number, no “we’ll get back to you in 5 to 7 business days.” That matters more than it sounds. A bike this size shipped direct from a small brand is only as good as the people answering the email when something’s off, and they answered.

First Ride

Nothing dramatic. We keyed it on, rode it around the block a couple of times, then spent the rest of the evening doing loops in the backyard getting a feel for the throttle and the acceleration. That’s the right way to start on one of these. Learn how it launches before you learn how it handles.

And that first hour is when you get it. Whatever you’ve heard about these bikes, whatever you think about the kids ripping around on them, none of that matters once you’re the one on the throttle. These things are outrageously fun.

I can’t fully explain it. It makes me giddy in a way not much gear does at my age. One of my older sons came out to help take pictures after we built it and said the same thing after about ninety seconds on it: these are so addictive.

I’ll take that a step further. That son thought e dirt bikes were a waste of money. He told me so. Then he came home for a weekend, took it for a rip through the woods, and came back a convert. That’s the review in one sentence.

How It Rides

Weight. The first thing that shocked me is how heavy this bike is. 143 pounds. That sounds like a downside on a spec sheet and it is the opposite on the trail. It doesn’t feel like a toy. It feels like a small motorcycle, which is what it is. Real tires, real disc brakes, real suspension, real mass. It’s planted.

Throttle and power. The throttle is easy to modulate, which matters when a 10 year old is on it. Get on it and it takes off quick. Even when you’re already rolling, if you roll on more throttle you feel it pick up hard. I don’t have a dyno and I’m not going to pretend the 220 Nm number means anything to me in the seat, but I can tell you the thing rockets.

We ride mostly in mode two. That surprised me. I figured we’d live in three. Mode three is almost too fast for how we use it, which is neighborhood cruising and tearing around the woods, not top speed runs. If you want to hammer on it, it’s there. Most of the time you won’t need it.

Top speed. Yozma claims 50. On flat pavement the display said 45 and my Garmin watch said 42. So the speedo reads a few miles an hour optimistic, and your real number depends on rider weight and grade. Call it low to mid 40s for a grown man. Plenty. Nobody needs to go faster than that on a 143 pound bike with knobbies.

Off-road. My woods loop is an old rutted Jeep trail through lowland pine forest, a mix of dry sandy stretches, muddy ruts, and a bit of up and down. It’s a good test because you get everything in a mile and a half.

I’m not a dirt bike guy. I grew up on three wheelers back when they were still legal, put a ton of hours on four wheelers over the years, and have run some side by sides. Add a lot of years on mountain bikes and I know how hard you should go into a turn and out of it, and I know what it feels like when something is at the edge of its limit. I’m just not going to talk to you about technical motocross stuff.

The IN 10 Pro feels sure-footed. Stable, rugged, composed in the sand and through the ruts. It feels like it wants to keep you out of trouble. Like anything, you can push it past its limit, but it gives you plenty of warning before you get there.

Suspension. I’ve had it on some rough sections and I haven’t touched a single adjustment. I don’t think I’ve bottomed it out, though I’ll admit it’s hard to be sure. The one tell is the mud flap: when you come down hard, the rear compresses enough that the flap makes a little zip against the tire. That’s the loudest thing on the bike.

Brakes. Solid and confidence inspiring. Good modulation, no squeal, no fade coming down the little hills in the woods. The 220mm front rotor with the oversized caliper is a big part of why this bike feels like a motorcycle and not a scooter.

Noise. All of these bikes are quiet and this one is no exception. A little chain noise and that’s it. Your neighbors will thank you.

Seat and position. The seat is comfortable. The handlebar sits high on the stem, which is nice for an adult. Now the sizing: Yozma says 4 foot 7 to 6 foot 3. I think over six foot is pushing it. It feels great to me, but if you’re 6 foot 2 your legs are going to be a bit stuffed on the pegs. Fine for a rip around the neighborhood. Maybe not fine for a two hour trail ride.

Battery and Charging

Yozma claims 60 miles. I’m a paranoid guy and I don’t like running batteries to empty, so I did not do a max range test. If you want to see someone run it dead, there are a dozen videos on YouTube of guys doing exactly that.

What I can tell you is that between three riders who ride hard, we are absolutely getting 50 to 55 miles per charge, a bit less when we’re being really aggressive. That’s an honest number from real use, and it’s close enough to the claim that I’m not going to complain.

The gauge is accurate. It doesn’t fall off a cliff at the end.

Charging is 6 to 7 hours with the included charger. You can pull the battery and charge it in the house, or plug into the port on the side of the frame and charge it in the bike. That second option is a big plus. It’s a heavy battery and not having to yank it every time is nice.

Modes and Safety

You key on and the bike starts in mode zero. The throttle is dead until you switch to mode one. Good design. From there it’s a little control pad on the left grip: three modes, headlight switch, and reverse. Hold the reverse button and twist the throttle and it backs up at walking pace, which is handy when you park it nose-in somewhere stupid.

Gear rules in our house: helmet and goggles, no exceptions. Gloves. Knee pads sometimes. These bikes will do 45 mph and they weigh 143 pounds. Treat them like a motorcycle because they are one.

My 10 year old rides it in mode one. The bike is too much for him, not because he’s short but because it’s heavy for him to manage. As he’s gotten better at handling it I’ve let him into mode two a few times. My middle son and I ride mode two almost always.

Quirks and Complaints

I don’t have many, and I looked.

No parental controls. This is my biggest gripe, and I’m going to sound like an old man saying it. I would love to lock the speed modes down. Right now you’re trusting the kids. The second they’re out of sight, they can bump it to mode three, and there’s nothing you can do about it short of pulling the key. I know you can buy a cheap Bluetooth dongle and tune the controller with an app. I don’t want to jailbreak my kid’s dirt bike. I want a switch. Yozma, if you’re reading, a lockable mode limit would sell a lot of bikes to dads.

Turning radius. Not as tight as I expected. I noticed it right away on the trail. A buddy who rides with us says they’re all like that; they don’t turn like a bicycle, and you have to get used to it. So it’s not a Yozma problem; it’s a category thing, but you should know going in.

Instructions. Covered above. Vague enough to cost you some time.

Torque on long climbs. This one’s not mine. I don’t have long steep climbs in the Lowcountry. Riders in hillier country report that it makes it up the nasty stuff, but that they’d trade a little top speed for more low-end grunt, and a bigger rear sprocket is a common first mod. If you live somewhere with real hills, that’s worth knowing.

Maintenance. Nothing so far. No loose bolts, no chain adjustment, no air in the tires. But it’s a chain bike, so it will need care eventually. Lube the chain, check tension, check the fasteners after the first few hard rides. That’s just ownership.

What I Looked For

Before we get to the neighbors, here’s the checklist I used when I was shopping, because it’s the checklist you should use too. These bikes all look alike in the photos. This is how you tell them apart.

• Wheels. 17 front, 14 rear. The 14/12 bikes are kid bikes no matter what the listing says, and they don’t like rocks or ruts.
• Voltage. 60V minimum if an adult is riding. 48V and 52V bikes are fine for a 12 year old on flat ground.
• Battery in amp hours, not miles. Range claims are marketing. Amp hours are math. 27Ah on a 60V system is a real pack.
• Suspension. An inverted hydraulic fork and a real rear shock, not a coil spring painted to look like one.
• Brakes. Hydraulic front and rear, with rotor sizes listed. If the brand won’t tell you the rotor size, that tells you the rotor size.
• Weight. Heavier is usually better in this category. A 90 pound bike is a toy. A 140 pound bike is a motorcycle.
• Warranty and a human. A US warranty and a customer service email that somebody actually reads.

The IN 10 Pro checked every box at $1,899. Most of the bikes that checked every box cost twice that. Most of the bikes at this price missed two or three.

Where It Sits in the Market

Price for the specs is why I picked this bike. Without a doubt. So let’s look at the neighbors. I haven’t ridden any of these, so this is research, not verdicts.

Sur-Ron Light Bee X. The bike that started this whole category. The 2026 version runs an official US price in the mid $5,000s from authorized dealers, or around $3,900 from the grey market importers, and you give up the US warranty for the discount. It’s a 10 kW bike with an aluminum frame and a massive aftermarket. It is also two to three times the money. If you’re a serious rider who’s going to ride every weekend and mod it, it’s the standard for a reason.

Talaria Sting MX5 Pro. Talaria’s 72V flagship, $4,100 to $5,000 depending on the retailer. Same story. More power, more bike, more than double the price.

Heybike Villain. The other budget darling right now at about $1,399. It runs a 52V system and 14/12 wheels, so it’s a smaller bike than the IN 10 Pro. In head to head runs I’ve seen, the Yozma pulls on it. If you’re buying strictly for a kid and $500 matters, the Villain is worth a look. If an adult is going to ride it too, the bigger wheels and 60V battery on the Yozma are the difference.

The rest of the 60V pack. There are other 60V bikes in this price range, the Nexvey Flash Pro and HappyRun F18 among them, and some of them are quicker in a straight line. So the IN 10 Pro may not be the fastest thing under two grand. That was never the point. What it does is bring full size 17/14 wheels, a real inverted fork, real hydraulic brakes with big rotors, and a 27Ah battery to the party at this price. That combination is what I couldn’t find anywhere else.

Verdict

Buy it.

The Yozma IN 10 Pro is worth every dollar of $1,899. It feels like a real motorcycle, it’s built better than it has any right to be at this price, it goes 50 miles on a charge, and it is the most fun I’ve had on two wheels in years. We’re not cavemen. You buy a thing to do a job. This bike’s job is to make a 50 something dad and his boys grin like idiots in the woods, and it does that job perfectly.

Who it’s for: Dads who want one bike for themselves and their teenagers. Anyone stepping up from a kid’s electric bike who wants real suspension and brakes. Riders between about 4 foot 10 and 6 foot 1 who have somewhere legal to ride.

Who should skip it: Anyone over about 6 foot 2. Anyone who needs street legal. Riders with serious hill climbs who’d rather have the torque of a 72V bike. And if you want a factory way to lock your kid out of the fast mode, it isn’t here yet.

One line: For under two thousand dollars, this is the electric dirt bike I’d tell a friend to buy, and I already have.

I’m the only adult in my neighborhood with a badass e dirt bike, and I’ve made my peace with that. The kids think I’m ridiculous. The kids are correct. I trust this bike, I love riding it, and I’m going to keep doing it until my knees tell me otherwise.