£399.99 for a Road Legal 30mph Electric Moped (Was £999.99)

MORPH3US

Steve_xx wrote: »

Thanks for posting your report, it was interesting to read. Would be interested to know how it faired when being driven by just one person. The extra person, I guess, would significantly reduce it's mileage?

Ditto, is obviously going to be nowhere near as fast / travel as far with two people sat on the thing plus luggage.

NovaStar_2

I've also heard that the batteries take a few charge/discharge cycles to get working but I certainly wouldn't expect 40 miles even then. I can see a possible problem that we don't know when these batteries left the factory and they probably haven't had a maintenance charge at any point.

My commute is about 14 miles round trip with a weight of about 11 stone so in a way I find your post slightly encouraging.

A big thanks for keeping us updated; how was the speed (when batteries were ok that is ) and did you feel menaced by cars travelling faster?

Thanks,

Dave.

jackDpeacemaker

g_p_t wrote: »

I have to admit I did think the 40 miles claimed was very optimistic, a 1500w motor at 48volts is 30amps on a 38ah battery it is only going to last 1hr. Luckily for me I only need to cover 15miles round trip for work. But I think the first time I take to work I will pack my charger.

What did your speedo show as max speed ?

reaching 45mph easily, sometime even 50mph but as you mentioned, it doesnt feel like it, maximum speed of 28mph on TOMTOM (PDA).

jackDpeacemaker

NovaStar wrote: »

I've also heard that the batteries take a few charge/discharge cycles to get working but I certainly wouldn't expect 40 miles even then. I can see a possible problem that we don't know when these batteries left the factory and they probably haven't had a maintenance charge at any point.

My commute is about 14 miles round trip with a weight of about 11 stone so in a way I find your post slightly encouraging.

A big thanks for keeping us updated; how was the speed (when batteries were ok that is ) and did you feel menaced by cars travelling faster?

Thanks,

Dave.

It does feel SCARY specially when a 50 foots truck goes passing you. If the truck driver doesnt see me ( small ) or miss calculating then i'll be meeting Jacko.:p

ManAtHome

jackDpeacemaker wrote: »

reaching 45mph easily, sometime even 50mph but as you mentioned, it doesnt feel like it, maximum speed of 28mph on TOMTOM (PDA).

Kilometers per Hour speedo?

dunkmat

All,

We sell these type of bikes and like anything you pay for what you get. Our bikes are tried and tested and ranked very highly in a recent test. The Times test bench is here and for people looking to buy it is a very good article.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/driving/article6813578.ece
These bikes are currently doing very well for numerous reasons mainly the cost of running them but if you have one that breaks down every 5 minutes and doesn't get you from A - B it isn't cheap at all. They are very eco friendly compared with other vehicles and motorbikes but not as eco frindly as a push bike!


I am not here to sell my bikes so they won't be mentioned but anyone buying please do not buy anything unless from a company who can fully guarantee and are fully backed by insurance.

It is easy to insure these bikes personally through various sources and again I will not ramp any company who are affiliated. Just google and you can find.

Within 2 years evry town centre throughout the Uk will have electrical charging points for such vehicles like London has now so don't dismiss them as they are the future.

Many Thanks

mattwallisuk

don't dismiss them as they are the future

I hope they will be out-dated very quickly with better technology. I still personally think gas or liquid is going to be the way forward for green vehicles, such as some of the concept cars now which emit only water!

g_p_t

Just a word of caution to anyone getting one of those, I took all my paperwork in to my DVLA office today to get it registered, but to be told I need to bring the bike in for inspection,(to prove its new) now this office is 7 miles from where i live and it has to be taken in on a trailer, I cant ride it in, I wish i had known this first :mad:

BargainGalore

Are thee road legal, I thought speedos have to have mph/kmph

I wouldnt trust a electric scooter they make me laugh all this talk on environment, when most of our energy comes from burning fossil fules hardly environmental freindly

wha_2

I don't think the DVLA pull in every bike for inspection, having spoken to many clients and dealers who we insure for the electric mopeds only a few are called in for inspection, I think you were just unlucky.