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The Urban Rush is great on unpaved service roads, despite the "urban" in the name. That's just a marketing name for the USA market. In Japan, it's just called the YPJ-ER (link here), and it's an all-road touring bike there, how may of us Urban Rush riders use the bike. I ride mine on hard pack...

Congrats! I love riding my Urban Rush.

I ride on gravel and dirt roads too, no chain slap. I imagine if you try to ride on more mountain bike style trails with rocks and roots, then yes the slap will likely happen, but pain of the rigid fork and narrow tires will stop you before the chain slap occurs :)

You're welcome! As a motorcycle rider and cyclist, I can say that the e-bikes that I've seen at motorcycle dealer are not as well assembled compared to a bike from a traditional bike shop. If your Yamaha was bought at motorcycle dealer, double check your bike for small things like this zipped...

Another Urban Rush rider here. Just recently joined EBR. Will share some feedback based on comments above... Chain Slap: Despite not being a clutch rear der, there is no chain slap at all. Lack of Shocks: It's a road bike, so it's not meant to have a shock. For a front suspension, check out...

Assuming it's the rear wire to the speed sensor that travels underneath the non drive side chain stay. If that's the case, a visual inspection can reveal any potential problems. Make sure it's zipped tied in a position that avoids tire rub in the area near the motor mount, that's where rub would...

I posted this in another thread, but adding it here to incase it's helpful. What was thought to be a headset noise on my Urban Rush, ended up creaks from an un-lubed seatpost/seat tube. It was completely dry and metal on metal. Added some green poly lube/grease and all creaks are gone. The...

Regarding the creaking sounds... My Urban Rush creaking sound ended up being an un-greased seat tube and seat post. It was completely dry, more on this topic in a future post. The sound was traveling through the top tube and ended up be heard through the head tube area.