E-Bike System

[JERRY2KONE]

All of this is truly great info. The one thing I really like is having the informative dashboard. Having all of your technical info displayed in real time is some thing that we are all used to driving our cars and motorcycles, so having the same headsup info on an E-bike is a must. Most of these kits seem fairly simple to install and setup as long as you have a clue for what you are doing and what you are hoping to achieve. Purchasing an E-bike RTR really keeps things simple, but considering the price and how simple these systems are I would rather build my own. You can save money, you get to set it up the way you want, and you become intimately familiar with how it works and what it might take to keep it running well.

The biggest problem I see so far is finding a worthy battery setup that has enough power for speeds in the 30mph-40mph range, and run times that will reach 30-40 miles under full power, and still keep the cost reasonable.

Pricing a setup for one of the kits sold on ebay is tempting at less than $300, but when you add up what a good battery setup will cost you it can get quite pricey. The A123 3.3v prismatic cells run about $50 each. To build a 48v, 20amh battery pack your looking at about $1000 just for the battery. Of course this is the newest technology and keeps the size of the battery small. I am still thinking about it though.

By the way Snell I love the "T" shirt.

[mistercrash]

I gotta get some of those T-Shirts I went to the E-Ride dealer in my town and tried a couple different models of electric scooters. I was curious to find out how they perform. I was set on an E-Bike but now I'm seriously considering a scooter instead. They have a max speed of 45 kph which is more than the RTR E-Bikes that cost almost the same. These scooters are just under $2200. They even have a cup holder
Even if you got a cheap Chinese kit off ebay to build your own E-Bike, it would end up coming close to the price of that scooter if you factor in the battery you have to build, all the supplies needed and a good bike with disk brakes and full suspension. Plus the time you spend tinkering on the thing is valuable too. And you're on your own when it comes to do the maintenance and repairs and you don't get a warranty. To me this is also valuable.
This E-Ride dealer also sells electric motorcycles that have the equivalent power of a 100cc gas motorcycle and have a max speed of 70 kph. But you need a motorcycle license and insurance to ride them. Now if there was a way in the future to get my hands on the power system of an electric motorcycle and secretly put it in the scooter