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Well, it certainly isn't the most precise thing in the world, it has led list rather than an analogue needle so jumps up every 5kph but on the straight road into town I can follow cars along at the same cruising speed if I choose to but then I'm not sure what speed they are doing but if I go down the same road in my car I get to about 25-28 mph at the same time of day on quite a busy road, then overall I get further faster because the traffic keeps stopping as I stream by in the cycle lane!

Not sure how the speedo is attached, I've not bothered to look but I assume it connected to the wheel somehow, strictly speaking it's not road legal if it travels over the allowed speed I suppose but I chose to have it de-restricted so that's my call but I doubt it's a problem! The ones wi an actual off road button are totally illegal, there was someone that lives near my brother in Stoke that had his taken off him because the bike was illegal and told that the "provision to allow the speed limiter to be bypassed by use of a switch thereby allowing the bike to travel at a speed over e legal limit" but I got the impression that the guy was being a pain in the butt, on the pavement and two people on it etc, if you stick two fingers up at the police expect repercussions I say! Lol I've seen the corrosion and poor build on my mates bike and his is too under powered, the whole thing just doesn't compare, the guy at ever Eco is very helpful and I get the impression that parts just aren't an issue, if your thinking of changing your you should go and give it a trial if they're not too far from you.

I am getting 35kph +. The speedo only goes up to 35 and it is still accelerating after that, I'm keeping up with cars on the main road most of the time.

Haha I see you've had the same thought as me about the box, mine was quite sturdy, but just too small for anything. I had the guy in the shop deactivate the beeper as it got on my .... After a day! Don't know how he did it though so can't help there, the battery charges V quick it does a boost thing at the beginning which gives it 90% charge in 15 mins and for a full charge it takes about 3 hours before the light goes green to say it's charged but I haven't let it run REALLY low first.

It's still going strong and as good as the day I bought it, I go to work and back everyday which measures as 9.6 miles round trip in the car. I do this for a couple of days and include detours to a shop and the occasional "nip to tesco" in the evening before I charge it. I haven't run it down completely yet as I was told it can damage the LifePo4 battery so I keep it topped, I haven't noticed a significant loss in power over the 2 days cycle and it gets me up hills no problem without peddling. My only issue is I wish I hadn't bought a rear box for it as it was a waste of time and i've removed it to allow me to attach panniers instead, the box was just too small. When I compare my bike to the one my mate has asked me to look at it is far superior in build quality, right down to the frame welds which are full of holes on his and not complete, more like spot welds. Also his plastic parts are split and poorly attached whereas mine seem much more robust and not wobbly! Not a very technical review but I like it!! :-)

Thanks for the advice guys, I dug out a 36V charger and gave it a go over night and it seems to have given it some life as the bike has now awoken! But i'll leave it to matey boy to actually test the ugly looking thing.

Lol, I know, but actually I have one which is not dis-similar in look but the quality of the build is a million times better that this thing. I don't think i'd feel safe on this one! I've been looking around and can't seem to find a 24V version of a SAKURA so i'm assuming it should be 36V, I know my 48V battery measures over 50V so i would be expecting the 36V to be measuring over 40ishV

I had a mate appear yesterday on a horrible looking Sakura scooter bike thing.... he has bought it 2nd hand from someone that said the battery is cream crackered and wanted to know if i knew anything about it, which i dont! I have investigated further and not been able to find a model number on the bike itself but I have tested the battery which is showing 38v .... but for some bizarre reason he has a 24v 1800mA charger.... opening the battery case there are x3 lead acid holders filled with Li-ion packs 4 in each. Anyone any experience of this type of bike and what is best to do next? (other than chuck it away)

Went an bought an Eco Sky yesterday, very happy with it. It could do with being a bit lighter, but for my uses and budget it is fine and it propels me along nicely with minimal effort. A friend of mine is talking about fitting lights onto it that run from the main battery,but, I don't really want to let him loose on my bike as he is a bit keen on bodging.... Is there a kit out there somewhere to do this for a 36V bike? I will use it a fair bit on hols this summer and would prefer having hard wired lights than separate battery ones

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Diet coke is for wimps!

Not sure what that is there for, I thought it was a throttle when I got on it but it doesn't move, I forgot to ask why it was there! I quite like the look of it tbh quite a modern looking style (or I'm old fashioned) and it didnt seem too heavy to me. I'm not stuck on this one though, it's just I like the other 2 I got from here and am happy with the quality......it's also down to price/budget for me this thing is £649 which is only slightly over my current budget rather that immensely so :-) unless anyone can point me in a different direction although I would have to trial it first

I do have salads......with my burger and chips

Mines 134kg............ Oh no that's with me as well:-)

Lol, same as emails I send with missing attachments.....here's the link Ever Eco | Eco Sky

I went back to the dealer I got my wife's electric folding bike from today to get 2 new tyres for it after some scumbag decided to slash a hole in one and stab the other one :-/ she only left it chained up for 15 mins and I think someone may have tied to nick is and got frustrated, we were in an area that we don't know so I'm not sure it was the best area to leave a bike! Anyway... When I was there I had a go on an electric mountain bike they have and am considering it to use on my hols as the big one I got is too bulky to take! But this one will got on the bike rack....I think! Rides ok, it doesn't have a throttle and is pedelec only. He said this is part of the req for the European standard ENsomething, which initially I thought would be no good for me because I like my throttle, but tbh after trying it I quite like it and maybe I'll lose some weight! Anyone had any experience of this type of bike? It seems that most on the forum have a non throttle anyway? Cheers

I'd just like to say thanks to the guys that gave me input and support in fixing the battery pack! It is up and running and now I have a free spare pack for my bike which has saved me a chunk of money, not that I would have spent it anyway but it is a bonus!! Cheers

OK, cheers....how do i run it down, just use it normally on the bike? This forum is great! Thanks a million for the advice guys, very much appreciated.

OK, so a couple of seconds after the last post it shot up to 40.1V and the charger light turned red to indicate it was charging, so i've disconnected the makeshift wires I had connected from the charger to the batt and reconnected the BMS and plugged the charger in the normal socket....so far so good!!

I was thinking that it might be best not to take it too close to 48V, it's currently at 27.1V

Now connected, voltage dropped to 6V and is steadily rising....

Thanks frank, trying it now....

OK, so i opened it up today to reveal the guts...... It only measures 12.3 across the series cells, can I add a 48VDC supply across these points to put some charge back in before connecting the normal charger? Not that i've got a 48V supply however! I can perhaps do this in banks of 12v but would i need to disconnect the cells first to do this? Or am i barking up the wrong tree? Also the output from the charger is 63.2V Cheers

Thanks for the advice guys, I will have a test tomorrow.... The charger is fine it charges my battery no problem, the dud battery pack is identical to mine, when it is plugged into the charger it momentarily shows a charging light then switches to charged and gives no more output. She said she had run it right down when she left the lights etc running for 3 days and then this problem started. She's already bought a replacement, it'd be great if I can get this one up and running as a spare for mine! I'll check voltages etc tomorrow, open the pack and report back....

Hi guys I have been given a spare battery pack for my bike which is lifepo4, the lady that gave it to me said it is no use and won't charge. Now it is marked as a 48V 10ah pack and when I plug her charger into it, it does refuse to charge it. But I'm fairly sure that I read something a while ago about this and that I can boost charge it with some other 48v supply as it is only the charger that refuses to charge a flat lifepo4....is this right? Or should I be forgetting it and taking it to a battery recycle point?!