Kalkhoff Tasman Impulse 8 speed Nexus like Trigger's broom in Fools & Horses

[Anchorman]

Its 6 years old and done 17,000 miles and just as I bought it except for
New frame fitted as original snapped on seat tube free
New Impulse 2 motor fitted £400
New battery as old 11 Ah down to 35 mile range
New seat (broken rail)
New seat pin as old one snapped
New tyres, chains, rear sprockets, front chainrings,brake blocks

Wheels,Nexus hub and mudguards and dynamo still original
Still love riding it and still cost less than £ 2,200 total outlay

 

[georgehenry]

17,000 miles is good going. I have a 2011 Oxygen Emate that could have done that mileage or probably more but I cannot be sure as there is no mileage recorder.

Like yours it is a bit of a Trigger's broom as it is on it third motor wheel, and third battery. The first motor wheel was free under warranty, and I then bought two spar ones for the princely sum of £140, that sat on my garage shelf for quite a few years but I finally fitted one of those quite recently.

The bike cost £1,400. I buy cheap silverfish batteries off ebay that cost around £200. So my costs could well be similar to yours and may even be a bit less.

I might do a bit of a tongue in cheek review when it is 10 years old later this year. I am riding on it to the station for my commute to work tomorrow. My son will have to use the car tomorrow but has been using this old bus to commute to his first job and back in the town where we live, a round trip of only six miles Monday to Friday, and loves it!

I think there is a lot to be said for this type of simple Chinese derived rear hub driven bike with an unrestricted throttle and simple cadence system that came fitted with a rack, mud guards, and rudimentary led lights. It has proved to be a very practical and rugged work horse.

 

[mike killay]

Agree.
My Tonaro is now 10 years old. Has had new gears, tyres brakes and various saddles until I found one that suited me.
It has had one replacement engine/gear box which cost £296 delivered to my door, and two new batteries (re-celled by Jimmy).
Total cost probably about £2,000 over the years.
I am firmly of the opinion that simple Chinese bikes far outweigh the European offerings which are unnecessarily over complicated for little discernible benefit, and are far too expensive.