Hot rod your ebike?

[Marcela]

I look at the ebike market as similar to the automobile. In it's infancy. Somewhere, somehow, hot rodding ebikes for more power, speed, whatever, I would expect to take place. And maybe it already is, I just don't see it.

I think bigger hub motors as replacements would be a start.

 

[teskow]

The fragile bicycle components is the limiting factor or they turn into motorcycles.

 

[harryS]

You can buy pizza sized hubmotors for a few hundred bucks on amazon, bolt them into a old bike and scoot them past 30 mph on 52V batteries. I've converted over a dozen bikes for my own fun, never had much interest in the high power kits. Had enough close calls on motorcycles when I was younger.

In the Euro countries, they tend to frown on that, In London, there's outright media bias against faster bikes. I think fast means over 16 mph over there.

City of London police seize more illegal e-bikes than any other force

One ‘death trap’ e-bike seized by offers had 6,000 miles on the clock and was capable of the motorway speed limit

www.standard.co.uk

 

[gromike]

If you want to go fast get an emoto.
Otherwise, increase the voltage for speed and amps for torque. Which most likely would require a new controller and battery.
Personally, I think a motorcycle with pedals is a sign of lunacy.