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The "Comet." First commercial jet, a few years ahead of the Boeing 707. Engines were inside the wing root, so no room for further growth. But the killer defect (literally) was that the windows had square corners, rather than the oval windows now common. When the aluminum skin was stressed...

All "500w" means is that this is the maximum CONTINUOUS power rating (so the motor won't overheat) but all motors can output far more for a couple of minutes. Just multiply the battery voltage by the peak controller current to get the maximum output.. So if your previous bike could output 800w...

Saw a 2000GT many years ago parked at Longo Toyota, the largest Toyota dealership in the world and located in SoCal. But the ultimate car to me is the convertible version specially made by Toyota for James Bond in "You Only Live Twice." Seems Sean Connery was too tall to fit inside, so they...

If I rode at night very much I'd probably opt for this one. Runs off my 48v battery, so no need to charge a separate battery. And apparently VERY bright. Very inexpensive also. What I don't know is whether the controller on my ebike could handle the increased current, of if I would need to...

Hey guys, no need to incite potential flame wars here on this very mellow site. How about we keep politics and such confined to a new politics-bashing thread? And goes for both the D's and the R's.

From what I've read, yeah, it hurts the battery a bit to keep it at a full charge, but so what? Range anxiety would be far more detrimental to my heart than the thought of having to buy a replacement battery in 8 years rather than 10. In the non-riding season, though, suggest you run it down...

If you're in the market for a Tesla, now's the time. Hertz is selling off a whole bunch of various models, some for as low as $21K. And the CEO has resigned. One of the articles says that maintenance and repair on Hertz's EV fleet ran much higher than on the ICE fleet, I would imagine due to...

This topic can easily turn into a flame war, which does little good for either point of view. I'd gently suggest that the rate of growth is rapidly declining, and manufacturers are no longer claiming they will ditch ICE vehicles. Secondly, while there is a cost savings on "fuel" there is a...

Article today on CNBC on how "EV Euphoria is dead." All the automakers that said last year that they would stop ICE vehicle production are now frantically backtracking. I have a Lexus hybrid (made by Toyota) and have admired Toyota senior execs for holding their ground regarding their disdain...

Many don't use PAS function at all, just throttle. You can go into the menu to turn it off completely, then just treat the ebike as a 7-speed with a 1hp motor, controlled by the twist throttle, just like on a real scooter. And if you want to go a particular speed, just hold it with the...

Are you within the weight limit for the bike? Secondly, you say the bike perform normally under just pedal power? Then the implication is that the motor somehow is causing this--but how is that possible? At first I thought perhaps it was a wheel out of balance due to the goop inside the inner...

I delivered tens of thousands of evening newspapers on a 3-speed boy's bike back in the early 1960's as a pre-teen in SoCal. I would usually start off by having my left foot on the left pedal, kick-pushing the bike into motion, then just swinging my right leg over. That was then, this is now...

I bought two folding baskets for our Lectric XP2st ebikes couple of years ago; mounted to the rear bike racks. Holds at least a bag of groceries and a couple of 6-packs, and small when folded. We use them all the time and they will last forever. Vendor is "Lkerejol," bizarre name but...

Myers830, do you know the model number of the adjustable stem? Is it on Amazon? Curious.

Did it to our two XP2.0st bikes. Handlebar then felt a bit too close. Easy to get at the large bolt, but it's on there really tight. Bike will fold differently afterwards--we just take the handlebars off and bungee them to our folding wire basket in back.

I, too, found the stock handlebar reach to be uncomfortable and I reversed the stem. I then found the handlebars to be a tad too close when dismounting, so I pushed them forward a bit with a 3" extender. Keep in mind that the stem will now fold in a different way when collapsing the bike. I...

We've had two of the XP2.0st bikes since November 2021. One of the mods was to put FlatOut into all four tires. To my amazement, I've never had to touch the tires since then, never had to add air. About 500 miles of use.

Couple of years ago we bought two "Allen" stroller/trailers. Big enough for our two grandkids as a stroller, but in two minutes it can convert into a nice dog trailer. Amazon price jumps all over the place; it was $100 a couple of years ago. Well built...

From what I've casually read, the Lectric charge connector on our XP 2.0 bikes can handle up to about 4 amperes. I don't know if your bike uses the same connector. Literature also says that many 18650 cells are longest-lived if charged at ~ 0.5C, or 0.5 x 7.8AH = 4 amps.

Will parts be readily available 5 years from now? How many bikes are out there? That's one thing I like about the inexpensive Lectric 2.0 bikes we bought (~$1K) a couple of years ago. There's 200,000+ of them by now, and an enthusiastic young support team that speak fluent English in Phoenix...