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  1. Canis Lupus

    Electro Portal E-4 mid-drive kits

    That's extremely helpful, Warren. Thanks for the post. I've been looking around the net for a similar mid-chain kit, but they seem to be in short supply - possibly because they are best suited to recumbents and that's probably a small market compared to their shorter chained upright cousins.
  2. Canis Lupus

    Electro Portal E-4 mid-drive kits

    I'd be happy with 20mph, especially from 24 volts. 32k's was the max with BionX, that not being one of its drawbacks as far as I was concerned. I did think though with this system that its maximum speed would increase with pedal power ie. it would not cut out like the BionX motor over its own...
  3. Canis Lupus

    Electro Portal E-4 mid-drive kits

    So what factors made the difference between it working great for him and being unsuitable for you?
  4. Canis Lupus

    Electro Portal E-4 mid-drive kits

    That's more than I knew, thanks.
  5. Canis Lupus

    e-cigarettes

    See your doctor about Champix - it works.
  6. Canis Lupus

    Electro Portal E-4 mid-drive kits

    Hi, I would appreciate any info or experience with the Electro Portal E-4 mid-drive kits. http://electric-bikes.com/betterbikes/e4.html and http://www.electroportal.com/eKits2.html I've given up on BionX - components are too fragile, BionX a nightmare to deal with, and I want internal hub...
  7. Canis Lupus

    Adding LifePo4 to BionX System

    No, not yet, sorry to report. It's just a matter of time, and money, of course. Just on another note, I have been pleasantly surprised by the life of my existing lone BionX battery. Although I haven't made a determined effort to exhaust it, so far in the natural course of my trips, I haven't...
  8. Canis Lupus

    Adding LifePo4 to BionX System

    Ken, Are you offering the additional battery package (as pictured in a previous post in this thread) generally? If so, at what price and what battery capacity? It wouldn't be too hard to rig it up oneself, but if you are offering a well tailored pack at a good price, some (including myself)...
  9. Canis Lupus

    Adding LifePo4 to BionX System

    Yep, this would be an advantage of sticking with the same battery type for the second battery for the BionX system: plus, in circumstances of a tour, for example, where you needed to take a charger with you, you aren't lumbering around two of them. Edit: One little thing to keep in mind is wet...
  10. Canis Lupus

    Adding LifePo4 to BionX System

    Thanks for the info although I must confess to being not too much the wiser. Sorry for my thickness.
  11. Canis Lupus

    Adding LifePo4 to BionX System

    Yes, that's right, I haven't taken the plunge yet, and the specs you have quoted were the ones I was referring to, in particular what you have highlighted in red. Thanks again, GCinDC.
  12. Canis Lupus

    Adding LifePo4 to BionX System

    Yep, thanks for your post. It was very helpful.
  13. Canis Lupus

    You know your a E-Biker when ....

    Funny :) Funnier! :mrgreen:
  14. Canis Lupus

    Adding LifePo4 to BionX System

    Ken, that's a really elegant add-on pack for the BionX you've made. Well done! That's the type of set-up my OP envisaged, with all the benefits you've stated. I'm really impressed and agree with your client's comments about marketing the setup. I think you will get plenty of demand!! Please...
  15. Canis Lupus

    Adding LifePo4 to BionX System

    Question, touched upon in the previous post by ericslai: If I have a BionX battery which charges to 41-42 volts and I plug into the BionX's battery charging slot a LifePO4 or Lith Mag battery which charges to 46-47 volts, am I inviting problems? Looking at Ping's 36 volt batteries, they appear...
  16. Canis Lupus

    Bicycle Snobbery

    I got a slight dose of this attitude when ordering my trike. I mentioned that I wanted to add an electric assist system and was told that's not what triking is about. It seemed odd given that many of their customers were well into their middle age and some have disabilities. Oddly, despite...
  17. Canis Lupus

    Adding LifePo4 to BionX System

    I'd be interested to read your method of running them in parrallel, whether you have altered the wiring in the case or doing it via the charging plug. Judging from Ken's post, it seems there is no complications with BionX's regeneration feature using the charging port to plug in an extra...
  18. Canis Lupus

    Adding LifePo4 to BionX System

    Yasu GCinDC, Yes, BionX's battery is Lith Mag. I was thinking of buying an additional Lith Mag to match as the extra battery instead of LifePO4. Maybe I could use BionX's charger for that battery. I did wonder whether the second battery would act to recharge the BionX battery. If so, that...
  19. Canis Lupus

    Adding LifePo4 to BionX System

    Hi Tech heads, I need some informed opinion about the possibility of extending my BionX's systems range with another battery without being extorted into buying one of their over priced batteries - $1300 new, $800 reconditioned (not including postage). On the V Voltage forum this (see quote...
  20. Canis Lupus

    BionX Questions - Regeneration & Battery Cycles

    Just a little update concerning my own system - sorry, I don't wish to distract the discussion from CJR's posts. I've had the system up and running nearly two months now as it was intended and designed to be, once I received all the right parts, the latest being the extender wire. I've had...
  21. Canis Lupus

    BionX Questions - Regeneration & Battery Cycles

    Hi CJR, the conflict between opinions about lifting the speed limit might arise from there being two different bionX systems - a new one, and a previous version. With the previous version, it was possible to turn the speed limit off, although the motor's inherent speed limit of approx. 32km...
  22. Canis Lupus

    BionX Questions - Regeneration & Battery Cycles

    After 7 months of asking with some 20 odd emails and telephone calls, my extender cable arrived so that I could install the battery properly as the BionX system is designed. Only problem is I was sent the wrong cable. I made it clear I needed the extender cable between the motor and battery but...
  23. Canis Lupus

    Manufacturers and dealers to avoid

    No, you are doing pretty well just here. Any chance of posting the password to the paypal account? :P
  24. Canis Lupus

    Anyone seen this yet?

    Not too much info on the specifics of the electrics but here is something from the site: Calling the power pack the "power pack" was quite imaginative.
  25. Canis Lupus

    BionX Questions - Regeneration & Battery Cycles

    He said the length of the cabling is still an issue even with the changes. So it is not the Sine motor and newest system that's for sure. I'm still in the dark even though some light has been shed by the latest reply. It's an awkward situation, when I had a dealer who understood English well...
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