Panasonic Folding OFFTIME E-bike for Sale, London, Made in Japan

[ebike4fun]

JAN 2016, BOUGHT A NEW EBIKE FROM RETAIL STORE IN TOKYO JAPAN, Kawasaki district.
New Panasonic ebike model name is OFFTIME, Red color, and black, 18 INCH FRONT, REAR 20 INCH WHEEL, SMALL COMPACT FOLDING EBIKE.
WITH PANASONIC 24V, 6.5 Amp Panasonic battery,new with less than 5 miles. 250w motor, pedal assist, non throttle, front hub generator, LED light, mud guard, 21kg, central crank drive with Panasonic motor rear drive with 7 speed shimano derailler. NO CHINESE MADE PARTS, ALL JAPANESE COMPONENTS, AND MADE IN JAPAN, OSAKA CITY. GREAT FOR TRAVELING TO CITY AND SIGHTSEEING, HOP ON A TRAIN to anywhere and go see a new restaurant, cafe, local city park, or your favorite national trust castles. Very well made, solid japanese design and quality. Battery and bike are guarantee 2 year, with panasonic cell in battery pack rated for 900 charge cycles. With 20 mile range, folder, easily go into your camper, SUV, estate, van, and even a regular car trunk. Take it Ireland, Spain, Germany, be one of the few that has a quality Japanese ebike in whole of Europe, Battery able to board plane as a carry on due to less than 160 Wh. Iam 5ft 9, 177 cm, great for ladies and people under 170 and below. Memory foam large seat, BATTERY CHARGER, PANASONIC LOCK. Pls contact for details, bike in Kingston , Surrey. £ 1500.

 

[anotherkiwi]

What a great bike! Why don't the Japanese export their bikes?

 

[flecc]

What a great bike! Why don't the Japanese export their bikes?

They have done but have been too dear over here. Way back in 2003 50cycles imported the Panasonic "Will" folder and the Honda "Step Combo" folder. Both were great and sophisticated lithium batteried designs for back then and would still be modern now, but at around £1250 each 13 years ago, the public largely found them too expensive.
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[ebike4fun]

BIG IN Asia, JAPANESE makes about 100 different models of ebike. From Sanyo, Bridgestone, Panasonic, Yamaha, Honda research, Asahi, and Sansui. They have better components, such as Yamaha motor, and Panasonic battery as used in All Tesla electric Cars. At 900 to 1200 recharge cycle, if you have large capacity set at 50 miles range, then you have gotten 50,000 mile battery, at no more than 100 £ of electricity to recharge.

All are mostly made in Japan if they are ebike, rock solid. I think styling and body types are bit different. At least 30 models are exportable, The best is a 16 kg titanium hybrid/ road electric bike from Panasonic that you can custom order sizing and it takes a month at 5000 £. American models are stuck in America still only few models, European models are stuck with German, Dutch brands.

 

[ebike4fun]

My other Kalkhoff ebike. Sahel e urban compact.

Overall GERMAN , JAPANESE, DUTCH ALL MAKE GREAT CYCLES. All price at 1500 to 2000 to start. Cheap, no, but worth every penny given how expensive it is now to make thing right, select proper marterial, and hire real engineers to make it and design it well for 10 to 20 years of use.

WHETHER they are aluminum, steel, or carbon. They go through so much engineering, design changes, frame design, styling, parts selection, and parts quality whether they make it or not. My preference is high end German Heisinger ebike, Haibike Carbon or better ebike from Yamaha, Bridgestone, and Shimano.
Someday the Chinese will be better, but now still cheap, awful, not functional, styling to shy from.