Best Scooters for Different Playstyles

Which scooter is best in Kukirin Life depends on what you want out of a ride — but the confirmed options make the choice straightforward. Want the highest top speed? The G4 Ultra is stated to be the fastest scooter in the game. Want to upgrade without spending Robux? The G4 is the demonstrated free-to-play step up: it has been pulled from a cash crate in normal gameplay and is noticeably faster than the scooter you start on. Just want to ride? Everyone begins with the free G2 — no purchase, no grind.

That is the whole documented picture so far. The game has multiple scooter models, but the G2, G4 and G4 Ultra are the ones confirmed with both an acquisition route and a defining trait. This guide compares those three by use case rather than pretending a verified tier list exists.

What "best" means here

The comparison rests on two observed criteria: speed and what a scooter costs you in money or effort. Speed is documented directly — the G4 Ultra is called the fastest, and the G4 is observed to be faster than the starter G2. Cost is documented by route: the G2 is free at spawn, the G4 is reachable with earned cash, and better scooters are otherwise bought through the dealership, with an optional Robux shortcut the video's creator describes as "kind of pay-to-win."

No exact top-speed numbers, prices or handling ratings are documented for individual models, so treat this as a use-case comparison, not a ranked list. For the models themselves, see the full Kukirin Life scooters list.

The confirmed scooters, compared

G2 — the free start

You will have a free G2 the moment you step into the game, which makes it the zero-cost pick by default. It is also the scooter that funds everything else: tricks, challenges and event payouts earned on the G2 are what pay for your first upgrade, so there is no reason to rush the swap before you can afford a better ride.

G4 — the earn-it upgrade

The G4 is the only upgrade route demonstrated end to end without Robux:

1. Earn cash. Challenges, epic rides and epic tricks all pay out. Events also spawn around the map during the day, marked by a big orange circle — these rideouts are where tricks pay double cash, and crazier tricks pay more.
2. Buy a crate and open it. At the dealership you can talk to the NPC to get better scooters, or go for crates, which you open for cash. In the demonstrated run, the creator had 2,000 cash on hand, bought a crate, opened it and pulled a G4 — then found it "actually faster" than the starter he had been riding.
3. Ride it. You know it worked when the new scooter is yours and clearly outpaces the G2.

One caveat before you save up: crates are confirmed as a cash route to scooters, but whether pulls are random or you can target a specific model is not established. The pull shown was a G4 — don't count on a guaranteed result. The 2,000 cash figure is what the creator happened to be holding, not a confirmed crate price.

G4 Ultra — the speed pick

The G4 Ultra has one documented claim, and it is the one speed-first players care about: it is the fastest scooter in the game, and it is tied to the dealership route. A direct Robux purchase option also exists at the dealership — the creator calls it "kind of pay-to-win." No prices are shown for either route, so the earn-your-way-up path through cash and crates remains the sensible default, with Robux as an optional shortcut if you specifically want to pay.

How much speed is actually worth

Two gameplay contexts qualify how far a fast scooter takes you.

Chases. Raw speed does not win straight-line races against the police — "the cars are faster than you," so sprinting away in a straight line leaves you "pretty much cooked." The demonstrated escape technique is riding in circles and cutting diagonal lines. Owning the fastest scooter does not guarantee escapes; the pursuit techniques that matter are covered in the police chases guide.

Earning. Speed pays indirectly through the money loop. Rideout spots and events around the map pay double cash for tricks, and crazier tricks pay more, so a faster scooter helps you reach events and land bigger tricks — which funds the next upgrade. Raising police difficulty to "super hard" earns "way more" cash as well, at the cost of police constantly driving you over. That loop is the practical reason to climb from the G2 toward the G4 and eventually the G4 Ultra; the money-making guide breaks down the payouts.

Where to get your pick

Everything above the G2 runs through the dealership: talk to the dealership NPC to buy better scooters directly, or spend accumulated cash on crates. If you want the full step-by-step for each route, the how to get scooters guide has the acquisition instructions, and best upgrades covers what to do with a scooter once you own it. The video's creator also noted there were no codes at the time of recording — check the codes page for anything added since.