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Would a Bafang mid drive fit a 2020 Yukon 750 frame?
Mid drive on Yukon?
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Preferably the BBSHD. I'm looking at the bikes that are fairly available in Canada in the $2000 range and trying to find one that could be retrofitted with the BBSHD at a latter time if I decided that hub drive was not adequate for my use. Though since posting my question I'm leaning strongly towards fitting a BBSHD to my Kona Hoss and making due without fat tires for now.
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I'm being penny wise and pound foolish as they say. I should likely just buy a mid drive fat bike but I can't really afford it due to being laid off for almost a year now. I sold my skidoo and A2B Metro ebike which after some other bills leaves me with about $2000 Canadian, not enough for any mid drive mtb or fat bikes I've seen on the Canadian market. I need a good strong mtb, the fat part would be nice. I'm intending to use it for fire roads, trails, hunting, etc... in the Rocky Mountain Foothills West of Calgary Alberta. Areas that I used to use my 4x4 but are now off limits to internal combustion vehicles.
If you're going to get an Aspen Plus you might as well get a Yukon 750 because it has a stronger motor, fenders, a rear rack, an LCD that can be over-ridden to access the higher power, a larger battery, it comes pre-assembled, and the company actually has a Canadian office you can contact (Leon Cycle doesn't yet). Adding even two of these things to the Aspen Plus would put you over the Yukon price. Just my two cents.
Yes I read the post and I still think my opinion is valid. The battery upgrade alone is worth the "couple hundred dollars" and so are the rack and fenders which people think they don't want and then usually end up buying after the fact. And I also think having canadian support for parts, etc is important. Also he might not be upgrading on day 1 (or what if he doesn't end up doing it all) so I'd prefer to have the better bike for the better value price until I did upgrade since I'd need the extras anyways. I do agree the base Aspen (I honestly always forget there is a non plus version but I'd still be concerned about a 13ah battery) would be a solid low price hub drive if you're going to be replacing the drive and don't care about anything else.
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Thanks for the input, I ordered a 68mm BBSHD and 48v 21ah battery today to install on my 2007 Kona Hoss 22" frame. Total cost (less bike which I bought new in 2007 for about $900 CAN) approximately $1500 CAN, if it works out well and I use it a lot this year I'll consider getting a fat tire bike in the future when I'm in a better position to afford it.
I'm going this way because I will have a bike that I know is strong enough for me and will come in under budget. Anything I've looked at in a fat tire bike that is close to this price seems questionable from a strength/durability view given that I'm 320lbs and I know what I've broken in the past on lesser bikes than my Hoss.
I'm going this way because I will have a bike that I know is strong enough for me and will come in under budget. Anything I've looked at in a fat tire bike that is close to this price seems questionable from a strength/durability view given that I'm 320lbs and I know what I've broken in the past on lesser bikes than my Hoss.
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I forgot to add that I emailed Volt and they said that I couldn't fit a mid drive unit to the Yukon though they didn't explain why.
Hi Cowboy - wondering if you own a Yukon or have any knowledge of bumping the speed limit up on one as I've heard different opinions about whether this can be done or not.
Update: I just received a notice my 750 is being shipped out today. The manual that was sent indicates you can change the speed limit on the display as you indicated, but does that mean it can be increased from the default maximum speed?
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Thanks Timpo. So the speed doesn't increase with this modification, just the acceleration. The owner's manual indicates that the advanced setting (P08) can increase the max speed to 50km/h though I've yet to see anyone do this. Perhaps this mod just applies to US sold bikes but then you'd think the speed would be noted in mp/h. Anyway, I'll find out soon enough. Cheers, Muzz
The current setting and the speed setting are apples and oranges. First change the current from 15 to 19 for the increase in watts and then change the speed setting from 32 kph to 50 kph. I have my 750 set at 19 amps and 50 kph
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