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    Ongoing reliability of Kalkhoff/Focus Impulse 2 motors

    The first motor was replaced in october and ran great even better than the original motor but after a few months it was making the duck quacking noise and lost power. The bike had another motor fitted in april and was with them for six weeks but it wasn`t as powerful because i think they had...
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    Ongoing reliability of Kalkhoff/Focus Impulse 2 motors

    I had the impulse 2 motor and have had two replaced so if it has been revised it hasn`t been a solution to the problems.
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    Clacking noise - Kalkhoff Impulse 2 motor

    There should have been a recall and everyone refunded,the dealer won`t admit liability even though they have probably exchanged a lot of motors.I am relieved to be out of it. I lost a lot of money on the sale selling it for half the value.
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    Cube Carbon Hardtail Mountainbike.

    I have the Cube c-62 carbon elite hybrid and yes things can go wrong but i have to report that mine has been used hard since feb this year and it has been perfect. The chain and cassette have been changed through wear and that is it and yes you are right about a local shop because it is very...
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    2017 KTM news...

    KTM have a superb design ethos with some of the best looking e-bikes in their line up. I am a little biased though because i own a KTM 500 EXC converted to supermoto,its looking like my next e-bike will be a ktm as well.
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    Clacking noise - Kalkhoff Impulse 2 motor

    I have finaly sold my bike at a loss to get rid of the impulse motor and the constant excuses from the bike shop,i have just had a new motor fitted (again) and a console that took six weeks to fit. The impulse works fine when everythings ok but i think they will all break down in time due to...
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    new 2017 bike pics

    The full suspension 2017 KTM KAPOHO is awesome looking,probably with a price to match.
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    Cube Carbon Hardtail Mountainbike.

    I use mine for 40 miles every day and the reliability has been super,all the Cube range of e-bikes look like they represent good value for money.
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    Cube Carbon Hardtail Mountainbike.

    I have owned one since february this year,fantastic bike can`t recommend it enough. I have set it up for road use only with slick tyres, close ratio cassette with a 18 front sprocket and taken the speed limit off and it runs great with the cx bosch motor and 500w battery,flying machine! The...
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    Are ebikes worth the price tag?

    Who would be stupid enough to buy a Stealth Bomber at £11,000,that is one bike that is not value for money.Very few dealers will fix them if anything goes wrong and the gearbox they use is very complex and has to be sent to australia for servicing or repair,nightmare!
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    Are ebikes worth the price tag?

    From my experience after owning quite a few e-bikes i would say that CUBE are good value because of the carbon framed models and HAIBIKE the least value for money and overpriced.
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    2015 FOCUS SPEED JARIFA XT 27.5,size medium.

    brand new motor fitted and a new console. £1500 cash sale,will include xt pedals.
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    Clacking noise - Kalkhoff Impulse 2 motor

    It would be arduous for any bike business having to deal with the problems and warranty claims because of the impulse design failures however 50 cycles from my experience have always done what they can to resolve issues. I have had two motor replacements and that is dissapointing because when...
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    Bit confused about the Bosch Drive Unit Performance CX

    Are the 250w and 350w bosch motors exactly the same except for a different cut out speed in the software ?
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    Bit confused about the Bosch Drive Unit Performance CX

    Is it possible to be legal with a 350w motor or over that has the controller limiting the top speed to 15.5 mph with no access to tampering.
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    Ongoing reliability of Kalkhoff/Focus Impulse 2 motors

    Why are the S class motors more expensive than the legal 250w versions ?,we are told that the internals are stronger because of the higher speeds but i don`t think that is true.
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    Ongoing reliability of Kalkhoff/Focus Impulse 2 motors

    Yes the new 2016 evo motor,there doesn`t look like any have failed because i can`t find reference to any failures.It could be that the new internals have worked.
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    Ongoing reliability of Kalkhoff/Focus Impulse 2 motors

    The 2016 year model was released to buy in august 2015 in europe and the first ones were in the uk in november,i know because i had one but sold it because i prefered the mtb i already had. It would be worth having a look on the german forums to see if any failures have occured with the latest...
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    Ongoing reliability of Kalkhoff/Focus Impulse 2 motors

    The 2016 impulse motor has a good reliabilty record so the issues with the previous versions must have been resolved.
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    Ongoing reliability of Kalkhoff/Focus Impulse 2 motors

    Yes profit is important in business but you must have a reliable product for customers to use.