does anyone know which motor kit this is?

[ty cohen]

someone is selling a complete kit on CL. Says he got it from the States. Not sure which one it is but it looks like a 9C kit. Battery size looks odd for a 48V LIfePo4

http://vancouver.en.craigslist.ca/bnc/bik/3136132696.html

 

[DAND214]

I would say it's not a 9C. Looks closer to a GOLDEN or a clone. Not a bad price but you have no guarantee that the battery is what it says it is. 6kg for that pack is probably a few kilos short.
All in all looks ok.

I'm sure you will get the name from others that have bought that kit online from China.

Dan

 

[Racer_X]

That is a Goldenmotor pro 901 or clone of it.
several exagerated facts

claims to take you up to 55km per hour and will take you up to 95km on one charge.

more like 40km top speed and 30km distance in one charge.

costs about $1500 in stores for same thing

You can go to golden motor and get everything listed and brand new for about 750
if your in Canada talk to Gary from Goldenmotor Canada and get one for $290.00 same if not better ebike kit minus the battery
http://www.goldenmotor.ca/products/26-Inch-Front-PRO-901-Conversion-Kit.html

Or check out Gary's for sale thread here in our forum.
http://endless-sphere.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=34625

 

[ty cohen]

Yes, that's right, it does look like a Golden Motor kit, but the battery does not.

Anyone have this motor. I've got some questions about it. Like, is there any rolling resistance on it when not using the motor and just straight peddling?

I know the Bafang and the eZee don't have any resistance to it when you spin the wheel, and am wondering if this is the same.

 

[Punx0r]

I have a GM 901 and it looks similar, although not exactly the same, as the one linked above.

Drag when pedaling does exist, but it's less than I was expecting. It's hard to tell if it's the extra weight of the kit or the drag that makes the difference when pedaling. I'd say it perhaps feels like you have dropped 10psi on tyre pressures.

 

[ty cohen]

yeah, that's what I was worried about. I don't like the idea of extra resistance of the motor dragging it down when I am pedalling.

Maybe it's nothing really, and I am overreacting to the internal rolling resistance.

 

[Punx0r]

The trick is to use the motor

The conversion has probably knocked 1-2mph from my flat ground sustained speed.

 

[wesnewell]

It's NOT a GM motor. Don't know what kind it is but can say with a certainty that's it' not a Goldenmotor motor. Doesn't even look like one.

 

[ty cohen]

well, he took it off the site. He must be on here as well, and was reading all the comments about his "embellishments" :lol: