Lol I have nothing to win, nor to loose by what is said in this topic.
I have opened my account here at the moment that I wanted to participate in the discussions in stead of just reading them.
Quite logically, this inscription coincides with the appearance of a product that had my interest, namely this motor.
My shop only opened years later, so claiming a relationship between my inscription here and so called commercial interests is completely ridiculous.
If you don't believe what I write, that is your problem and your right.
I rest assured that I'm as honest as can be.
I transform normal bikes into ebikes for a living, in my bike shop here in Europe.
Besides that my builds are always legal (so no hotrodding, 25km/h speed limit), I thoroughly select the system, piece by piece, for each project to assure client satisfaction and product durability.
Generally it's me that builds the system onto the bike, with lots of effort to do it properly and reliably.
After hundreds of bikes, I do claim to have enough experience and to underline that I give a 2 year warranty on my builds.
If a motor isn't reliable, I surely won't use it anymore because I don't want to loose money on warranty repair, I've got children to feed.
This motor is designed to have descent climbing ability within the 250W nominal European law (and other territories laws for that matter).
If some fat American that doesn't want to pedal uses a hotrodded version of this motor, only using the throttle, he is just looking for a cheap way to accomplish what only heavier and more expensive systems can deliver.
This motor is not designed for that, it isn't advertised like that.
When you kill a motor by using it out of it's technical limitations than you're just a stupid cheap f@ck or you have been badly informed.
In the first case, stop whining and learn from your error.
In the second case, talk to the one that has advised you and explain him that his advice was bad, maybe he will be willing to help you out.
Now please stop polluting this topic. If you don't like this motor and you're not willing to participate in an informative discussion, there is no reason to waste your time here, is there?