Advice for upgrading Yokler

[Jdevon]

Hi all,

Just looking for some ideas and advice.

We have a Yokler T which we use as an alternative to a second car. We love it apart from the power is slightly below what we would like ideally. It comes with a 36v 250w bafang mid drive system and it works fine but is a bit slow at times. I have been trying to research options for getting a bit more power into it but information on Yoklers people have upgraded is a bit hard to come by.

I have a bafang 750w mid drive system on another bike that isn't getting much use these days, would they be a direct swap fit wise? (i know I would have to upgrade the controller and battery)

failing this are there any other ideas on the best way to go with this?

 

[Chalo]

Any of the Bafang BBS series would be a compatible swap. But for the intended purpose of that trike, it might be better to use a high powered (1500W for example) front hub motor than a crank drive. It certainly would result in better reliability and lower maintenance. The small wheel diameter would let a hub motor do its best work.

You don't have to configure the thing for illegal speed; it can be limited by RPM/volt or by controller programming to a compliant speed without restricting its gross power available for accelerating or climbing.

 

[Jdevon]

Any of the Bafang BBS series would be a compatible swap. But for the intended purpose of that trike, it might be better to use a high powered (1500W for example) front hub motor than a crank drive. It certainly would result in better reliability and lower maintenance. The small wheel diameter would let a hub motor do its best work.

You don't have to configure the thing for illegal speed; it can be limited by RPM/volt or by controller programming to a compliant speed without restricting its gross power available for accelerating or climbing.

I hadn't considered a hub motor but I will definitely look into it and do some research, as sounds like a good idea.