IES Centaur bike - what kind of motor?

[yoyoman]

I saw an ad for an IES Centaur today. It's a tempting purchase for the price, but its motor looks very unfamiliar, and I don't want to buy a dud just for a bargain.

Has anyone seen a motor set up like this? It's got 36V SLA a weighs 88lb! I am curious if that motor could be removed and reattached to another bike.

 

[etard]

What country are those built in? Those worm drives are said to be very inefficient. Somebody posted in the non hub section, a picture of a motor in front of the bottom bracket like that. I wonder if an RC type motor with gear drive would be possible, Curriestyle.

 

[DeathBlade]

Looks to be the motor from a power wheel chair to me, I used one of my first ebike it sucked batteries like crazy, but had crazy torque.