Recent content by Ken Shopken

I have a set of these- They are fantastic and will allow working on hydraulic lines without damage and allow removal of damaged lines. Five out of five stars for me.

Here is an example of forcing the blind bearing puller without lightly grinding the sides to fit the taper of the bearing being pulled. My oldest son that shares the shop with me and does part time work in here, tried to pull a waterpump bearing from a motorcycle case without gently grinding...

Here is a second press set that has a very useful force screw with bearing heads. The sleaves nest into the press heads and keeps the force screws very centered while under loads. I would like to have a second set to machine angles upon for pressing many types of automotive bushings that have...

"Show us a tool" I am a bit late to this thread and could get lost in sharing tools. I am a lifetime retired automotive and motorcycle mechanic and still have a home shop that's loaded with tools. Here is a gem that adapts to so many situations involving pressing or driving. I wish I had...

Looks like a nice machine bit I do not see a mention of the use of a torque sensor over a cadence sensor? I personally have a dislike of cadence sensor bikes on or off road. I may not contribute much to the power output, but the workout of contributing is worthwhile. I ride our cadence...

As well as finding a full suspension mid drive fat tire bike for the snow and big rocks, I am also interested in a rear hub motor bike with this kind of power, to take me to the gym or on parts runs into town a few times a week, 15-18 miles one way. The ability to travel at least 45mph on...

A real porker for sure...

I was speaking about both models.. I did assume the mid drive was also 72v and did not check the specs.

It is somewhere between a motorcycle and an ebike with the use of a torque sensor. No interest in 50mph on an e-bike but the power and range is welcome on long, rough and steep climbs however. I would ride it as a bike wherever I please without any issues or dangers common to the use of a...

Interesting...

Has anyone else been seeing this new motor (Bafang 72v 3000w Rear-hub motor) and the Magician Ebike company coming on the scene? 50mph claimed speeds and improved range moves them into a near motorcycle class. They also have a fat tire, full suspended mid drive with a new Bafang 72v...

I have not bought the programing cable and am still using the built in interface which gives you access to speed limits per mode etc.

The new software is fine? I read somewhere about using a phone to upgrade instead of a PC and cable, but I don't know if that is really a thing yet.

Being able to have a longer trailing assist would be useful at times.. Maybe an on the fly push button for getting through tight rocks where pedals strike?

Great post. I have always followed the old motorcycle mechanic method of checking the chain pull away from the rear sprocket. Any link lifting from the largest sprocket indicates that the chain is too stretched and will begin rapid wear to the teeth of the sprockets. As soon as I see...