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Not quite kite but electrifying fun!

Postby drsurf » Sun Jan 31, 2021 3:25 pm

After ordering in September last year my electric vehicle has arrived.
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Sur-Ron e-bike
It's sort of a cross between a mountain bike and a motocross bike
It weighs 50kg, current gearing top speed is 70-80kmh, 60volt battery pack, 5kw motor and maximum torque at zero RPM! Will climb any hill, limiting factor being traction or keeping the front wheel down. Accelerates like the clappers and has a range of approx 80-100km depending on how hard you go.

The bike is a Sur-Ron Lightbee and is made in China. My initial response to such a bike was it would be cheap and low quality. But reading further from Sur-Ron owners around the world, the feedback was that the bike was good quality, excellent value for money and heaps of fun. They are also so popular that a large range of aftermarket parts are available for modifying most parts of the bike.

So I put my deposit down last September and waited through delays in shipping and clogged container ports in Australia and finally picked it up from the importers last week. The importer has done the work of making the bike road legal so I picked the bike up fully registered ready to get out on the road and beyond.

I've only whizzed around town so far and have yet to get off road where no doubt the long travel suspension and off road tyres will be useful. But I'm suitably impressed [8D]

Light wind days, (under 8 knots), no problem having fun now!
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Re: Not quite kite but electrifying fun!

Postby jumptheshark » Sun Jan 31, 2021 4:10 pm

As a long time onewheel owner..... I have no doubts about the power.

That looks pretty sick.

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Re: Not quite kite but electrifying fun!

Postby zloilyoha » Mon Feb 01, 2021 9:48 am

wow , looks rad!

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Re: Not quite kite but electrifying fun!

Postby drsurf » Mon Feb 01, 2021 1:33 pm

Goes rad too!

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Re: Not quite kite but electrifying fun!

Postby Strekke » Mon Feb 01, 2021 5:41 pm

My friend owns one and I've driven it a few times. Amazing torque power and no noise, easy to pull wheelies etc. Quite impressive how far electric engineering has come in the last few years. The only thing my buddy doesn't like is the tyres, they're not quite wide enough to really zip through soft sand dunes. And that terrain eats battery like crazy too. But overall a great great ebike for a reasonable price.

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Re: Not quite kite but electrifying fun!

Postby Dave_5280 » Sat Mar 27, 2021 9:30 am

I’ve seen a few articles on a similar, but more expensive bike out of Sweden called Cake:

https://ridecake.com/en/produkter/bikes/


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