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With pedal assist at 2, this setup ranges 20-30mph with essentially no effort, just moving my feet in a circle. The battery is rated at 13.5ah. I was hoping for 30 mile range. If you're getting 40 on yours I should be in good shape. . In a practical sense, 25mph is a much more reasonable speed...

Video of first real test run: . 1a6xMwJA6zs

Not a dirt bike, but a high speed low ride cruiser. A tadpole trike with a BBSHD and a 52volt battery. . Before . . During . . After . .

Just some shots from recent rides. . . .

Here's the stock Bafang 46T sprocket versus the larger 52T one from Lekkie. . . Installed: .

Dang, a 30T sprocket would surely climb anything. I actually went the other way. I ended up switching out the stock Bafang sprocket for a larger 52T one. There was so much power I wasn't making much use of the gear set. I'm mostly looking for higher cruising speed on paved roads. Haven't had a...

Took it out for a road test up a dead-end valley road along a mountain stream next to Shenandoah National Park. For the first run I just wanted to see what it was capable of, so ran on throttle alone. On flat ground, no pedaling, it topped out at 40mph, averaging 30-35mph over 11 miles. Looks...

Just finished adding power to a Performer tadpole trike I've had for a couple of years: a BBSHD with a 52 volt battery pack.

Possibly like the "O" rings, with no pictures it's hard to tell. But the area of interest is certainly the same. For me it was specific to the screw caps on the post. They are intended to push the spacer rings down and pull the inner post up. That only happens if the cap can actually move – if...

Just to follow up on the toe-in shimmy jitter. Turns out the problem was not the toe-in per se – that just helped mask it. The steering column of each front wheel was a tiny bit loose in the frame. Some spacer sleeves around the column have either worn, or were never tall enough, so no amount of...

I thought it would, that I would feel noticeable resistance, but did not. Probably because the street tires are narrow and, at high pressure, pretty hard, so very little road contact. I was getting far more resistance and wear with the wobble/shimmy. Whatever misalignment caused the wobble was...

Thanks, looking forward to seeing new pix. Rob at RBR tells me the reason they discontinued the Trike-X because it was hard for people to set up the steering. And the long wheelbase, while making a more comfortable ride, made it more tippy. They switched to direct steering and a shorter...

Hi Rassy, I bought a Trike-X a year and a half ago specifically to add a Bafang motor, and see you did exactly that. I came across this thread while looking for some info before ordering parts. Sounds like you're happy with the results. With vertical instead of standard horizontal handlebars...

Yup, I can definitely reach back to my motorcycle days and resurrect the "Left Lever Clutch + Right Twist Downthrottle + Toe Shift Gears up or down". Sounds very similar. Just not sure my wife will master it before she hits a tree, or in this case burns up a motor or pops a chain. :? I'll...

Question on smooth shifting with these drives: The PAS system shuts the motor off when it detects you've stopped pedaling, but there's a delayed response. Not good when you have to downshift quickly, either for a quick stop or to maintain momentum in the transition to uphill. But the brake...