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Hello. Long time no see Hope nobody got run-over, suffered serious drain bamage or anything...
I just purchased an '06 24V 35A Mongoose through Currie's new Amazon site. The bike arrived in the allotted time, and in good apparent condition, except for a broken battery box plug receptacle -- which a little super glue cured quickly. The (2) 12ah SLA's came charged to only 24V. I'm hoping no permanent damage's been done them.
Unpacking and assembly took about an hour. The maiden voyage around the neighborhood was great, except for a rattling/grinding sound from the rear, but only on hard left turns (any ideas? I'm hoping it's not something in the already over-amped 250W motor's gearbox). The controller, ostensibly rated at 35 amps, sits in a supporting triangle below the battery box. As I expected, power and speed is somewhat underwhelming compared to my other ebike. But for $300 USD, I'm mostly pleased so far.
Not pleased with the range. I only got 8 miles on the level, no wind and no pedal, WOT @ ~15mph, and with 12 stop/starts. I've read somewhere here a similar Currie getting 11 or 12 miles (wasn't that your review, knightmb?). Anyway, I hope the disappointing range is a function of new SLA's, and not sulfated SLA's. I'd planned to parallel two 10ah SLAs from my scooter anyways, so because of the poor range I went ahead and did that today. As seen in the last pic, two 10ah SLAs just barely fit end-to-end upright in the triangle -- I had to sand one edge of the top battery.
Later, I'll probably replace the SLA's with something better, maybe do the overvolt/forced-air cooling routine. But I've already got one hot rod, and I don't want to overdo the mods since this is supposed to be my "won't freak if it gets stolen" bike that I can leave locked but unattended in public places. It's also supposed to be the girlfriend's ride for when we're out together -- for some silly reason my other ebike scares her. My mod options are pretty limited anyway since she's banned me from putting duct tape anywhere on this new bike (note the duct tape only on the scooter's batteries now on the ebike 8) ) .
I just purchased an '06 24V 35A Mongoose through Currie's new Amazon site. The bike arrived in the allotted time, and in good apparent condition, except for a broken battery box plug receptacle -- which a little super glue cured quickly. The (2) 12ah SLA's came charged to only 24V. I'm hoping no permanent damage's been done them.
Unpacking and assembly took about an hour. The maiden voyage around the neighborhood was great, except for a rattling/grinding sound from the rear, but only on hard left turns (any ideas? I'm hoping it's not something in the already over-amped 250W motor's gearbox). The controller, ostensibly rated at 35 amps, sits in a supporting triangle below the battery box. As I expected, power and speed is somewhat underwhelming compared to my other ebike. But for $300 USD, I'm mostly pleased so far.
Not pleased with the range. I only got 8 miles on the level, no wind and no pedal, WOT @ ~15mph, and with 12 stop/starts. I've read somewhere here a similar Currie getting 11 or 12 miles (wasn't that your review, knightmb?). Anyway, I hope the disappointing range is a function of new SLA's, and not sulfated SLA's. I'd planned to parallel two 10ah SLAs from my scooter anyways, so because of the poor range I went ahead and did that today. As seen in the last pic, two 10ah SLAs just barely fit end-to-end upright in the triangle -- I had to sand one edge of the top battery.
Later, I'll probably replace the SLA's with something better, maybe do the overvolt/forced-air cooling routine. But I've already got one hot rod, and I don't want to overdo the mods since this is supposed to be my "won't freak if it gets stolen" bike that I can leave locked but unattended in public places. It's also supposed to be the girlfriend's ride for when we're out together -- for some silly reason my other ebike scares her. My mod options are pretty limited anyway since she's banned me from putting duct tape anywhere on this new bike (note the duct tape only on the scooter's batteries now on the ebike 8) ) .