trumpeteom

Not had any experience of HMRC from that point of view, but sold a few things on ebay and agree by the time you pay your fees etc its hardly worth bothering, they do sell via their own website, and I bypassed both and ordered mine by phone. Didnt find this forum until after I got my kit. Didnt come across you site, just had a quick look at you site, some pretty awesome looking bike on there.

Yes comes with VAT receipt, and 12 month warranty

Just after Xmas I bought the 500w rear wheel kit from EBC. I ordered it over the phone rather than from ebay or the website. It was ordered at around 1pm and it arrive at 11am the following day. I opted for the rack mounted battery rather than the bottle mounted one. This comes supplied with the rack at no extra cost, and it is a 2 tier affair, so is used to hold the battery, but also can be used with panniers. I was impressed with the what is supplied in the kit, as it included a crank puller, plenty of cable ties, and even a 2GB thumb drive containing the video of the kit being installed. The video is also on youtube, and if I'm honest is quite useful, but could do with being updated slightly. It took me about 2 days to fit the kit although I did take my time, it was new years eve after all. I noticed a couple of loose spokes as it was putting it together, I tightened them up, but on my 1st ride out (up the road and back), the wheel wasnt very straight, and when I got home I checked and one of the spokes was loose again. I emailed them and they were very apologetic, and sent me a new wheel the next day, followed by a courier to collect the faulty wheel the day after. The replacement wheel is perfect, although I only got round to re-fitting it yesterday. I'm fully aware of the legality or not of these kits, I've spoken to a chap I met who has a 48v 1000w front wheel kit, he has been riding to work on for over 2 years, and hasnt been bothered by the police once. On this system the max assisted speed and throttle speed can be limited, and is set to 25kph. It is not possible to change this (easily) while riding. You have to turn the power off with the key at the battery, in my case the battery is at the back. Leave it 10 secs, then power the battery back on. Then power the system on with the button on the handlebars, and within 10 seconds hold the up and down arrows for 3 seconds. Only then do you get to the adjust the max speed setting. During this time the system doesnt work at all, until the setup has been saved. Overall so far For £395 I'm very pleased with the kit, the components and the aftersales, both over the phone and via email.

I bought the rear wheel kit from electic bike conversions. Its all ready to go, not taken any pics yet, but I will when I get a few mins free.

Hi Graham here, just saying hello. I've just bought and fitted (over Xmas) a rear hub conversion kit. Hoping to start cycling to work soon, I'm sick of sitting in my car in traffic, its around 15 miles but regularly takes me over an hour to get in and also get home again. I tried a couple of times last year to cycle but it was just a bit to far. Because of short cuts etc that the car wont go, it's about 12 miles, my biggest problem was that from my house to work is pretty much up hill all the way. Not by much, about 210ft elevation change, but it meant it took me about 75 mins to get in, and 45mins to get home. So by the time I got to work I was knackered. I'm hoping the assistance the motor provides will overcome the problem of the elevation change. Planning a dry run (no pun intended) over the weekend.