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A friend bought a 250w hub drive ebike, it burnt out within a week. Tough hills here in north Wales. I've owned this 750w mid-drive for five years now, love it and would never change.

Thanks for your reply Matthew. I do about 2000 miles a year on steep hills hence the 750w motor. Proper e-bike chain and rear sprocket changed together three months ago, slipping already. Using proper tool to check chain wear. It's OK. I guess it's a cost I have to accept. I've thought about...

I ride with a mid-drive Bafang 750w kit. I have to replace the rear sprocket at least three times a year which gets expensive. Does anyone else have this problem?

You really are up yourself Nealh. You kicked this off, calling me lazy. I'll sort it out myself. Who needs you, dick.

Don't you know what a trike looks like? The clue's in the word.

OK. Well I'd be starting from scratch. The trike is a standard American Trikke T12 model. As you probably know these were designed to be used with a 'carving' side to side motion. I'd like to fit a motor to power the trike to avoid this, either to front wheel or rear wheels on an axle ,or both...

Is there another way to power this trike then? How about a go-kart motor, chain driven on to a rear axle.

OK Thanks for that. But the trike only has 10" wheels, so it should work the same as a scooter.

How come they work on electric scooters then? Or don't those go uphill either.

Thanks for your responses guys. I was comparing performance to my 750w geared mid-drive ebike, and now understand my disappointment. The kit is attached to a TrikkeT12, trike. I thought it would be fun to fit a Dualmoto electric scooter hub to it. No LCD, just throttle. Chinese writing on...

I'd like to check the Wattage on an electric hub motor. The maker claims it's 1000w, I'm not convinced. Do I need to by-pass the controller to place the multimeter into the circuit? I'm not getting a reading as it is, but don't want to risk damage to anything.

Sorted. Thanks for your explanation and patience

So am I right that positive wires, thick, thin and both on/off switch wires connect to the battery positive?

OK thanks. I'm sure I've wired it up correctly but the motor won't run. I've checked with a multimeter and now convinced the controller is a dud.

OK Thanks for that

I've been watching a you tube video on this which clearly shows both switch wires being connected to both positive wires. Should one not be to the negative? I can't get the motor to work by the way.

Many thanks

My new controller has two live connections for the battery. Can anyone tell me what he thinner one is for? No manual .Described as electric lock line. What does that mean?

Thanks for your early replies fellas. Great forum this. I've decided to play safe and charge one battery at a time.

I've bought an inverter suitcase generator to charge my ebike batteries off grid. To save time can I charge two batteries at the same time with a 'Y' splitter?