Originally Posted by
TinyBear
My goal is exercise and fun. If I want twist and go I have two motorcycles and two ATVS. I can be found off roading the one hike or ATVS every chance I get it’s my favourite pass time. I also love long touring trips on my motorcycle (last summer was 2000kms north to camp on James bay and travel the James bay highway (some of the most remote roads in Canada). So as you can see I love the out doors I love trails and I love exploring.
BUT There are many trails where I live that are bicycle and walking only. I miss riding those and I need/want to improve my health, strength (lost a lot of strength after being hit by a Car in a motorcycle accident) and Cardio.
As of now I can manage a couple trips around the block on my bicycle. Before fatigue and pain make it detrimental to push further (aka I can go further but then not likely to be able to ride the next day). My thought with the e bike was not to have a twist and go ease but to allow my to continue/resume the riding I enjoyed prior to getting hurt while slowly building the muscle and cardio back up.
That being said said I can’t justify huge expense to do so as It’s not needed. The thought was to sell my dirt bike motorcycle in exchange for the e bike. Just having hard time justifying that to myself I guess.
if your goal is exercise and fun then you should consider putting a bafang midrive motor with pedal assist and throttle on a mountain bike you already have...the kits go for $1500 or so plus installation which is usually $100...this way you can still do some pedaling for exercise...if you want to change bikes you can always remove the kit and put it on another bike...I’ve had my kit on 2 different bikes so far and it’s great...as far as selling a dirt bike to buy a nice ebike...personally I would have no problem doing that...I’ve owned several motorcycles over the years and can honestly say I have just as much fun on my bicycles...