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I don't know what's invovled/included in your kit, not had the time to look at it sorry, but if you can get the supplier to split it down into 2 or 3 lower value packages and get them delivered to different friends addresses you'll likely get away with it,,I did :D

I wouldn't be too concerned about the weight. My self build has about a 14Kg Lifepo type battery and a big rear hub motor weighing about 8Kg, I weigh around 95+ Kilos and I also take a lot of shopping on the back paniers and in my backpack. All this on a cheap mopuntain bike, no problems really...

I bought two batteries, both 48v x 20ah and a 1000w kit, total around £960ish a few months back from a Chinese Ebay seller. I got him to split it all down to three packages to three different addresses, no duty :)

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has anyone tried insuring a bike built from kit components?

I built my first lecky bike (kit) a few months back which sounds similar to yours. I didn't post pics or a write up of it as I got the impression that "illegal" sized bikes were slightly fowned upon on the site. Whether I got the right or wrong impression, I'm very happy with it and am now hooked.

I nip down to Tescos every day or so at around 7pm, fill up the panniers with any half price bargains and come home feeling smug, :) http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a340/drillam/ebike/IMG_9300-1.jpg

I agree. As one who has built a more powerfull bike than standard, I did it for the reason Allen states - power. I rarely take it above 15 - 20mph even though it is capable of higher speeds. I only know this because, like you do, I tested it out on a private road when I first built it. I am...

too much weight at the rear of the bike, it's making the front end real skittish. The rear mounted motor is quite big, then I have a couple of old BMW motorcycle panniers and a rack, it all ads up. With the battery split and mounted down low(ish) on the front it was much better.

It handled a damn sight better than before, dunno if that's a good sign or a bad un though :D . I'm taking them off today and reverting to the single battery in the pannier until the materials I'm ordering come though, then I'll build some ally boxes and remount them.

only a tad? :-)

OK, but not much to show at the moment as it's still a bit of a work in progress. Although I've done about 500 miles or so since building the bike I found that the rear end was very heavy and the front twitchy. So I decided to split the battery and place it lower down, one half on each side of...

Thanks for your responses fellas, it's done now. cheers

I bought a 48v lifepo4 battery a few months back and mounted it on one side of a rear carrier on my bike, but find it a bit heavy on one side and am intending to split it into two parts and mount it on each side of a front pannier rack low down on the front forks. Here's a pic of the battery...

I got one from here :- 1000W 48V KIT Electric bicycle kit E-BIKE Motor Scooter 26'' - vpower also batteries. Looks very similar to these but cheaper:- 1000W 48V Alien Electric Bicycle e-Bike Conversion Kit on eBay (end time 30-Jul-10 23:12:51 BST) My first electric bike so I can't...

+1 :D ,,,,

I just had my wee camera and a card delivered, £18 the lot. Smashin wee thing innit? Thanks for that Morag. ;)

Me too. Very impressed with the quality for that money. How did you did mount them Morag? gaffer tape?

Spot on, cheers :)

I liked that very much, specially the sounds. Thanks for posting :D