Hi everyone,
I've recently got my hands on a decent ebike with a bionx motor. The thing was a great bargain because the LCD screen is missing so you can't actually use the motor. I'd like to keep the bicycle as it is, wire an external controller to the bionx motor and use the existing battery to start with. I'm not after an increase in power, just salvaging the bike and using it as is. I'm more interested in long term durability and ease of maintenance. Although I enjoy DIYing, so I'm happy to try doing things myself.
Now I've seen that modifying these bionx motors to work with external controllers is a popular thing to do. Also seems easier than trying to hunt down a working bionx screen, and I'll get the bonus of being able to use whatever battery I want in the future.
I've read through the forums her a bit, and checked out the nicely done video from grin tech https://youtube.com/watch?v=Wc8OJtFRUng
I've currently gotten the motor out of the wheel, and next step will be pulling it apart and checking out what's on the inside.
I wanted to ask what's a good controller to use? I've got another ebike which I built from a leafbike 500w geared hub kit, which comes with a KT controller I believe. Would this be a good choice for a controller? I guess the bare minimum is a controller with has the brake cutoff inputs and Hall sensor inputs. Having some wires for connecting the lights and being able to turn them on from the ebike controls is nice too.
What about the battery, will this also need taking apart and removing the proprietary bionx parts?
I've attached some pictures of the motor for reference.
Thanks for any tips!
I've recently got my hands on a decent ebike with a bionx motor. The thing was a great bargain because the LCD screen is missing so you can't actually use the motor. I'd like to keep the bicycle as it is, wire an external controller to the bionx motor and use the existing battery to start with. I'm not after an increase in power, just salvaging the bike and using it as is. I'm more interested in long term durability and ease of maintenance. Although I enjoy DIYing, so I'm happy to try doing things myself.
Now I've seen that modifying these bionx motors to work with external controllers is a popular thing to do. Also seems easier than trying to hunt down a working bionx screen, and I'll get the bonus of being able to use whatever battery I want in the future.
I've read through the forums her a bit, and checked out the nicely done video from grin tech https://youtube.com/watch?v=Wc8OJtFRUng
I've currently gotten the motor out of the wheel, and next step will be pulling it apart and checking out what's on the inside.
I wanted to ask what's a good controller to use? I've got another ebike which I built from a leafbike 500w geared hub kit, which comes with a KT controller I believe. Would this be a good choice for a controller? I guess the bare minimum is a controller with has the brake cutoff inputs and Hall sensor inputs. Having some wires for connecting the lights and being able to turn them on from the ebike controls is nice too.
What about the battery, will this also need taking apart and removing the proprietary bionx parts?
I've attached some pictures of the motor for reference.
Thanks for any tips!