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[Banksy]

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[Deleted member 25121]

It's a converted push bike with a home made battery pack and unknown motor, I personally wouldn't touch it with a barge pole and the asking price of £1300 is surely a joke.

Note that it's illegal to ride this bike on UK public roads, tracks and paths.

 

[Banksy]

It's a converted push bike with a home made battery pack and unknown motor, I personally wouldn't touch it with a barge pole and the asking price of £1300 is surely a joke.

Note that it's illegal to ride this bike on UK public roads, tracks and paths.

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[vfr400]

It looks quite well put together to me apart from the motor wire should go down before going back up. The price is about right for something like that. It's not legal.

 

[KirstinS]

I also wouldn't touch it just because of the battery. Second hand batteries are too risky for me. Especially when it is making up most of the bike costs

But I've seen these done much worse. This at least has a 4 piston front saint's and rear slx with large rotors. There is one done with a front conversion on aluminium forks with no torque arms and cheap rim brakes on my local classifieds! Death trap

 

[vfr400]

I also wouldn't touch it just because of the battery. Second hand batteries are too risky for me. Especially when it is making up most of the bike costs

But I've seen these done much worse. This at least has a 4 piston front saint's and rear slx with large rotors. There is one done with a front conversion on aluminium forks with no torque arms and cheap rim brakes on my local classifieds! Death trap

A donor bike like that is going to cost around £1000 or even more with the upgraded brakes. Add £100 for the motor and controller, and that leaves £200 for the battery, which would have been around £500 new without the case. If it's half knackered, that's still a fair price.

If I were looking for a bike like that, I think I would be tempted. It would save a lot of messing about doing the conversion.

You can buy a new 1000w bike without rear suspension from Hammer ebikes for £1349, though you need the £119 brake upgrade.

My advice would be not to get one of these bikes unless you're sure that you can ride it at 25+ mph for a long time without drawing any attention to yourself. Even if you pass that requirement, you'll soon find that it'll bring many other problems that makes riding it it not very pleasant. 20 to 22 mph is a nice maximum speed for a bicycle. If you want 30 mph or more, get a motorbike.

 

[Deleted member 25121]

And remember, don't ride it on public roads, tracks or footpaths.

 

[KirstinS]

A donor bike like that is going to cost around £1000 or even more with the upgraded brakes. Add £100 for the motor and controller, and that leaves £200 for the battery, which would have been around £500 new without the case. If it's half knackered, that's still a fair price.

If I were looking for a bike like that, I think I would be tempted. It would save a lot of messing about doing the conversion.

You can buy a new 1000w bike without rear suspension from Hammer ebikes for £1349, though you need the £119 brake upgrade.

My advice would be not to get one of these bikes unless you're sure that you can ride it at 25+ mph for a long time without drawing any attention to yourself. Even if you pass that requirement, you'll soon find that it'll bring many other problems that makes riding it it not very pleasant. 20 to 22 mph is a nice maximum speed for a bicycle. If you want 30 mph or more, get a motorbike.

Don't disagree with any of that!


It's just a personal thing. Maybe I've had a run of bad luck. For me second hand batteries have never been a good experience no matter the sellers say/belive