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jt · Powermonger!!

Embrace the future....

brownie · Expert

i have had one of these for a while and i love it,

but not ridden my crf450 much since having it either so thinking of doing the same and getting one of these....

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jt · Powermonger!!

Very stealthy in black

Tribey · Expert

Brownie, what's the BMW like to ride without the battery power, that gearing looks very low.

TTR · Powermonger!!

Good fun eh Jon? Bit strange when the rear wheel spins up in muddy going biggrin biggrin

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Jerry atterick · Expert

When you are 66 you need battery power.
As of today Brian is 66!!!!!

brownie · Expert

Tribey wrote:
Brownie, what's the BMW like to ride without the battery power, that gearing looks very low.

pedal assist cuts out at 16mph so after that it is ok but you find you self staying around that speed just to get a little assist.
if you are on a slight down hill you don't use the battery at all and it is easy to get to 30mph but you soon feel the weight when you come to an incline.

i have had mine about 7 months and done nearly 1800 miles on it,
me schooe and tigerman regulary ride from dawlish to exmouth and back and we have also done barnstaple to plymouth with a recharge dinner stop ( for us and the battery)

BUT........... if you were to have a flat battery then its really hard to get over 5-10 mph, there seems to be some sort of resistance until you get over 10mph with battery off.
the gearing is fine and the bottom gear is really low to get a move on down a hill.

hence the top speed in the pic

Blueray · Clubman A

Snap had mine for about four months now , go out about once a week with mates and do about 20 miles off road smile But no way am I giving up my green laning bike

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Cubber · Expert

Jerry atterick wrote:
When you are 66 you need battery power.
As of today Brian is 66!!!!!

+1

Martyn

Schoe000 · Expert

Tribey wrote:
Brownie, what's the BMW like to ride without the battery power, that gearing looks very low.

Hi Ray

I have the same BMW as Brownie your welcome to come over and have a go.

Pete · Expert

I can't see me buying another motorcycle when one of these will allow me to go anywhere I want.
As long as it looks like a bicycle people will accept it without question.
Brand new prices are a bit steep but second hand models will be available before long.

jt · Powermonger!!

TTR wrote:
Good fun eh Jon? Bit strange when the rear wheel spins up in muddy going

Ahem.....thats cheating, no wonder you spin the bloody wheel as that's no 250W motor is it evileye

Wheely · Expert

My legs get me around just fine - real pedal power. Come on guys get fit and use your muscle engines. Anyone want a battle - my leg power versus your ebike @ Haldon?

Schoe000 · Expert

Wheely wrote:
My legs get me around just fine - real pedal power. Come on guys get fit and use your muscle engines. Anyone want a battle - my leg power versus your ebike @ Haldon?

Nope but I will race you up Kings Ash hill ;)

Pete · Expert

Wheely wrote:
My legs get me around just fine - real pedal power. Come on guys get fit and use your muscle engines.

Mark is correct that a motor is not needed to get out and about as you can see from this snapshot of some of the places pedal power has taken me over the past couple of years.

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I have probably pedalled a lot further than most TRF members go with their powered two wheelers. Today I will be riding 202-039 & 202-040 but I will carry on past the point the motorised traveller has to stop and I will take in 202-427 and 201-083 on my way to explore some tracks Google earth shows winding their way down Lynch common before finishing with the ford at Meavy.

Man up guys...

Wheely · Expert

Schoe000 wrote:
Wheely wrote:
My legs get me around just fine - real pedal power. Come on guys get fit and use your muscle engines. Anyone want a battle - my leg power versus your ebike @ Haldon?
Nope but I will race you up Kings Ash hill ;)

I'll yield to you on that one. Would do velopark race though - on my MTB.

Pete · Expert

Only saw one other rider out today, in between 202-038 and 202-039, riding a Trek E-bike.....

I did feel slightly jealous but it would have been more difficult to lift over the gate by the picturesque ford with a clapper bridge at Lovaton than was my far lighter pedal powered Giant

jt · Powermonger!!

Have noticed a bit of 'attitude' towards e bikes from non powered MTB riders - frankly couldn't give a **** fact is I would not have got into non internal combustion powered cycles if it were not for the e bike (tried once before on a non powered and thought sod that) and know that several of my new E bike chums are the same and some due to age and or injury just could not ride a 'normal' MTB. I have no intention of racing it anywhere or throwing myself off jumps etc - I got it to go exploring on and have some new adventures.

It's got me out on a bicycle and it's got me out of the house every night. OK so I'm not 'man enough' to do all the work myself but I am doing between 15 & 20 miles every evening, my legs are going round and I notice that I can get up the same hill as a week ago 2 settings lower on the assistance....so that can only be a good thing and even after 2 weeks I feel much better for it.

I can go places I couldn't on the Honda, have no mot etc to bother about and see much more as I silently poddle about causing offence to no one except MTB riders who have to do all the work themselves

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chrisoncbr · Expert

Jon. What bike did you get & how much was it? Couldn't make out what it was from the pic. Can you ride it on bridleways?

jt · Powermonger!!

Hiabike Hardseven 6 - lots (but £2K is your starting point) and yes....

Welcome to come and look/have a go bud, I did a lot of research, testing and reading up before I made a purchase and am more than happy to share my thoughts.

Pete · Expert

chrisoncbr wrote:
Can you ride it on bridleways?

The beauty of these things is that they look and sound like bicycles so people lose their prejudice against powered two wheelers. Bicycles are permitted on bridleways as well as anywhere a trail bike can go.

I find people friendly and welcoming everywhere I go on a bicycle. Strictly speaking footpaths and tracks across the open moor are not places I should be going but nobody seems to care. It is quite refreshing after being challenged so often in the past when riding a motorcycle legally on public roads.