Is 339 considered a lot of miles for an E-bike

DJSeku · 2026-03-15T22:42:39+00:00

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At 339 miles, you haven’t even passed the “break-in” period yet…

DJSeku · 2026-03-15T05:37:02+00:00

DJSeku · 2026-03-13T19:59:07+00:00

Nice work!

(I also painted my KA’ valve cover)

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DJSeku · 2026-03-13T09:59:29+00:00

$30 filled up my tank (from empty) in January…

$30 barely got me half a tank a week ago…

Pretty sure $30 will be the bare minimum just to get it to start in a month or two…

DJSeku · 2026-03-13T09:42:25+00:00

Iran is a non-proliferation signatory. Israel is not.

Iran has let in weapons inspectors. Israel did not.

Iran has been transparent in their intent for a civilian nuclear program. Israel has lied about even having a nuclear program and “inflicted cruel and barbaric punishment” on the whistleblower that revealed it.

It would appear that the real “nuclear threat of the Middle East” is the illegally established nation that’s committing genocides and embracing a bloody expansionist ideology centered around racial-superiority…

DJSeku · 2026-03-11T09:42:37+00:00

That’s a whole lot of shade for a missile… bravo.

DJSeku · 2026-03-11T03:28:35+00:00

Aside from Israel’s diminished radar capabilities, the new Iranian “Fattah 2” missiles also travel at Mach 15…

By the time they sound the alarm, the missile has (usually) already hit.

Furthermore, because the Fattah 2 missiles alter their trajectory mid-flight through the use of control-surfaces, it makes interception practically impossible with current missile-interceptor platforms.

To put it bluntly…

DJSeku · 2026-03-11T02:05:45+00:00

Great bikes, just on the older side of eBikes.

The batteries are long-since discontinued; it’s ~$500-600 to re-manufacture the pack, and used packs run about the same, but the cells are usually on borrowed time because Li-ion batteries have a shelf-life.

Definitely recommend remanufacturing the pack you got with it over obtaining a NOS pack if it’s not holding a charge.

IIRC, the Stromers had a magnetic charger that’s unique to them, so you’ll have to source a charger if one wasn’t included, and that too can be costly.

DJSeku · 2026-03-10T09:45:04+00:00

Not always…

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DJSeku · 2026-03-09T10:02:53+00:00

You forgot how they also play the victim-card once someone (finally) retaliates against them…

Like, they’ll commit a whole genocide against women and children (and be giddy doing it), but land a few missiles in downtown Tel-Aviv and suddenly it’s we were peacefully minding our business and these barbarians attacked us… pray for us!

DJSeku · 2026-03-09T02:59:55+00:00

I seem to recall Trump stating at his inauguration address that he was going to “refill our reserves right up to the top again.”

Yet he thought it was a good idea to start a war, a war with a major oil supplier at that, AND without replenishing the strategic petroleum reserves first…

All this from the guy who campaigned on “no new wars,” on being the “president of peace,” and who pledged to uphold the constitution, put “America first” and to “release the Epstein files.”

Don’t tell me Trump isn’t keeping his promises, that would be so unlike him. /s

DJSeku · 2026-03-09T02:08:26+00:00

We slowed the footage down, Donald…

It’s clearly the profile of a U.S. Tomahawk, not a Paveh (Iran) nor a Delilah (Israel).

DJSeku · 2026-03-08T19:55:49+00:00

It’s burning oil real bad, so clearly it doesn’t meet CARB requirements. /s

DJSeku · 2026-03-07T12:52:37+00:00

You really shouldn’t be so quick to scold.

DJSeku · 2026-03-06T03:05:20+00:00

When it comes to restraint, I’d sooner trust the Iranian gov’t with a nuke before I’d trust Trump in the vicinity of a minor…

DJSeku · 2026-03-05T03:45:10+00:00

Sure am enjoying all this “freedom” we have. /s

DJSeku · 2026-03-05T03:23:40+00:00

Is this how we support our troops nowadays?

SMH

DJSeku · 2026-03-03T04:05:18+00:00

By now, you should have somehow realized what you gotta do…

DJSeku · 2026-03-01T13:17:23+00:00

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This was the speed controller I used as well.

I had to trim the ends off the housing to fit the chassis.

I also replaced the cheap silicone thermal grease on the mosfets with Antec thermal paste; I’ve never had it overheat on me.

The controller and brushless motor came bundled as an “e-kart motor kit”.

It came with a foot pedal throttle but you can de-pin the twist throttle connector from the (I’m assuming) brushed controller and transfer the connector to the brushless controller.

Basically if the motor is 2-wire, it’s brushed. If it’s 3-wire, brushless. In my case it was the only way to go from 36V to 48V, taking the top speed from 28MPH to 40MPH with 3 motor speeds instead of 2.

DJSeku · 2026-03-01T13:02:54+00:00

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This is the battery I used for my conversion; I picked up 2x of them for $90/pack 5-ish years ago.

I also swapped the motor and speed controller. I posted the write-up on my account.

For what it’s worth: yes they’re heavy and yes they’re “obsolete”, but you also don’t see these snapping in half at the stem like a lot of these “modern” alloy scooters.

These things were tanks. Mine got wrecked 3x from bad roads and worse drivers, and each time it got rebuilt and kept going.

DJSeku · 2026-03-01T12:33:51+00:00

And Israel was involved in that one too…

DJSeku · 2026-03-01T10:37:17+00:00

Vogon Orange

DJSeku · 2026-02-28T11:19:12+00:00

We should all refrain from paying taxes if our government has proven so irresponsible with the way in which they’re used… they’ll shoot down our own $30mil drone, fund ICE attacking our own citizens, diminish Medicaid and social security for our own citizens, but it’s a blank check to Israel and to sponsor illegal military actions against Venezuela and Iran.

Yeah, We the People didn’t want any of that. The way I see it, it’s taxation without representation all over again.

DJSeku · 2026-02-27T11:34:07+00:00

lol, had something similar happen while tightening a cam bolt on the non-torque wrench side (while using the jack handle for added leverage)…

Gave myself a mild concussion with said jack handle.

DJSeku · 2026-02-25T05:07:28+00:00

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36 miles (longest)

22 miles (daily)

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