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I will leave you all to it, you are obviously nuts and have WAY too much time on your hands. You lot scare me WAY more than the law ever will lol

I have not done anything lol It is the same factory setting by Merkybikes. It just has a switch for dual power. One runs really slow and sluggish and the other is set to 1000W. You would have to ask them I guess.

You said "Or you could choose to put around 800W through a 250W rated motor like most of us here and be perfectly legal and safe." This may be perfectly legal but safety is up to the rider, not the law.

I followed the information from the site that has been selling these bikes for nearly half a decade now. It states - 'In simple terms, the bikes default setting is 250 watts and maxes out at 15.5mph, however, this gem is fitted with a button for off roading (with land owners permission) which...

Yep so 48V battery and 2000W controller limited to 15mph and we are all set by law :D You do realise how many laws we all break on a daily bases without realising it right? I do hope you have all studied every single law and are being responsible...

I watched a video by Dudestuff recently, he used a 52V battery with 2000W controller on a 250W motor and got 30 mph out of it! If that is legal then I highly doubt it is any safer than my 1000W motor running at 250W current even if both were limited to 15mph but hey. The law can't possibly ever...

So you are saying I should get a 250W motor and put 1000W through it instead because thats legal?

Law does not equal safe. You are deluded if you honestly think that. Go smoke some cigarettes and drink some alcohol.

I highly doubt many ebikes are actually running at 250W anyway regardless of what the sticker states on the motor. Most of them imo are already illegal by your standards so it's a good job you lot are the only ones who care so much or all of our bikes would be impounded I guess.

I was not replying to you for nitpicking, mainly everybody else. I can't quite understand what your message is tbh. I have only just bought the bikes from the pictures above I'm affraid so I have had next to no service whatsoever from them so far. The dual power bikes I bought a decade ago...

That's fine but I did not break any rules. I followed the exact information written on the official government website and I bought a bike that is stated to be legal from the business that sold me the bike. I have purchased dual power bikes a decade ago and the companies are still selling the...

Then I will use their mistake in court to clear me of any wrong doing when I get caught for following the rules written on the governments website. I have been riding bikes for 30 years. Still waiting to be stopped by the police, should be any minute now. Then I will use their mistake in court...

I literally copy and pasted from www.gov.uk/electric-bike-rules If anything is missing then you best tell the government, not me ;)

UK ebike law has two very specific restrictions related to power: Its electric motor must have a maximum power output of 250 watts Its electric motor should not be able to propel the bike when it’s travelling more than 15.5mph Note that the power restriction is based on "output" not "rating"...

A motor can only run at the amount of amps and power you give it. If you give it 250W it will run at 250W. If the bike is put on a testing machine, the machine will also see that the power is only 250W. Not that the machines even exist in the UK, or that any of us ever get stopped by the police...

Well the hub version I bought does have a 250W mode and can be limited to 15MPH but I think legallity is the least of your problems if you choose to buy a bike from these people tbh.

There is also a huge gaping hole where the motor wire enters the controller housing underneath the bike. The front wheel flicks stones, mud, water etc straight into the hole where all the wiring and controller sits. There are probably many more problems with this bike but you get the picture.

Bought 2 bikes and both rear brakes were not calibrated properly so every time we used them the motor would not work again until turning the bike on and off. The plastic cover near the cranks had a crack in the exact same place on both bikes. The rear shock absorber bushing snapped after a...

I have purchased 2 bikes from this company and I would not recommend doing business with them for many reasons. Both rear brakes were not calibrated properly so every time we used them the motor would not work again until turning the bike on and off. The plastic cover near the cranks had a...