Motor for Tandem

[OTH]

Before taking the plunge and buying an electric bike, I am considering the possibility of basing the bike on a kit and sharing the kit with my tandem (2 throttles, 2 controllers, 1 motor, 1 battery, ...). The tandem would be for occasional use.

The Ezee system seems to be well thought of here. Would this do, or is Heinzmann the most appropriate? Or, any other suggestions? I rather prefer the cost of the Ezee! And I might consider an Ezee bike, plus Ezee kit minus battery, which would be convenient.

How do these compare on climbing ability, noise and pedalling without power?

Any thoughts gratefully received.

 

[Deleted member 4366]

If you're only going to have one motor, then you only need one controller. Why do you need two throttles? Surely only one person needs to operate it, or why not use a pedal sensor?

 

[OTH]

Sorry, perhaps my question was unclear. The idea was to have a throttle and controller on each bike. I would then just have to swap the battery and wheel when I occasionally wanted to use the tandem.

Another way might be to use a cheaper, separate complete system (Alien?) for the tandem.

 

[jbond]

There's a blend here. Set up both bikes with motors, controllers and switch gear, but just have one battery.

 

[Deleted member 4366]

When you buy your motors, controllers, sensors, throttles etc from BMSbattery.com, they're so cheap that you can easily afford 2 of each! As Jbond says, you only need one battery - just make a common connector between the two installations.