Rural roads with Roger
08-26-07, 01:32 PM
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Rural roads with Roger
A video showing him installing his hub motor kit and the problems he ran into
https://one.revver.com/watch/51283
https://one.revver.com/watch/51283
08-28-07, 05:43 AM
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A somewhat zany character is Roger, but it was quite instructive. I suppose a few people could feel badly let down if they had to file up their forks, or worse still couldn't make the motor fit after they'd bought it.
08-30-07, 06:19 AM
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One thing though, it's said to be prefferable to file the motor's axle rather then the bike's fork, especially for alloy forks or front*mounted motors. Otherwise sharp edges can start cracks or somesuch. It's also quite important to file the axle flat rather then round-ish, otherwise the torque on the fork ends will be a lot greater should the axle spin, see the last pic in this thread:
https://www.velectris.com/forum/s249-Torque.html
https://www.velectris.com/forum/s249-Torque.html
