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  1. J

    Whistling whine from Golden motor front hub (damaged controller?)

    Thank you amberwolf. I did find a few wiring diagrams that looked promising. One idea looks like I should have traced the connector pins to the wire colors with a diagram before I cut it off. Another is I should have posted here and figured out it was a V2 first! It's good to know that it's not...
  2. J

    Whistling whine from Golden motor front hub (damaged controller?)

    I was given a Golden Motor Magic Pie front wheel and hooked it up to a bike and batterylink to Short video of whine/whistle sound It's possibly a Gen 2 or up to a Gen 4. It's been hard to find enough info to determine and the company has been unresponsive. It has an internal controller. I was...
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    Golden Motor Identification/Programming cable/Issues

    I was looking at a used Surly Karate Monkey that sounds like it's my perfect bike with or without a motor. Steel, takes big tires, fairly upright MTB geometry, but that's an expensive can of worms, as I'd want to throw a BBSHD or a nice torquey geared hub motor on it as well. I have the battery...
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    Golden Motor Identification/Programming cable/Issues

    I'll reach out to Golden Motors and see if they can tell me which version it is. How you describe the sensored motors working makes me think that it is sensorless and it just doesn't know where to put power until its spinning. It does have the same effect with or without load, so that makes...
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    Golden Motor Identification/Programming cable/Issues

    The stutter only happens when throttling from 0, usually for 5 seconds or so until it catches enough to move forward and stop the stalling. If I pedaling up a couple mph first, it throttles smooth. I plan on pedaling from start as much as possible. Just curious if its proper behaviour. Also...
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    Golden Motor Identification/Programming cable/Issues

    Hi all, I was recently given this 26" Nishiki with a GM rear hub motor, internal controller. The cable has 8 pins. Can anyone help me identify which version this is? I am thinking its a Magic Pie 1 or 2? I am looking to purchase a programming cable so that I can play with the clunk/stuttered...
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