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If you now look underneath the bonnet
you will see a 24volt charger attached to the
wing and is permanently hard wired to the battery's.
The idea being that if the Geepstar runs flat you will
never
be
without a charger, I remember once my electric bike running
flat and then the horrid feeling that you have left the
charger at home.
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I have now modified the front stub
axles to make use of the Ackermann steering principle,
I have no idea why I didn't do this in the first
place as I was totally aware of the principle behind
it, possibly I was blinkered by the late nights and build
instructions. The steering has now become easier to use
and feels more responsive. Click
Here for more information.
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The front wheels greased
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We have also had a change in
the drive sprocket size, it has now gone from 24 teeth
to 16 teeth, the gain has to be turned up on the speed
controller to achieve the same speed, but we do get a
lot more torque, over
a
field it feels great, but slowish on a tarmac
drive, a good compromise though.
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A
note about the speed controller:
Do not buy from 4QD if you expect customer service should your controller
develop a fault as one of ours has. DO NOT count upon the pre-historic
online store that relies upon
some mythical 'real-person' answering your enquires.
This is a shame as the
controller itself is an excellent product.
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a great british product with extremely poor aftermarket support. |
The seat can now be raised or lowered
and locked in to place by two door bolts, this makes
the seat adjustment and
tweaks to the speed controller a lot quicker.
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Fred's cousins from Dublin, Cormac and Luke trying out
the Geepstar. |
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Luke putting the Geepstar though
it's paces. |
MGF
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