I have never seen the 2 stored units, but they did not treat the demo unit at their store very well. It was charged through a long extension cord, which was explicitly not allowed by Vectrix, the result was that the charger was dead - I was able to bring the pack to enough voltage that the bike *should* have started charging, but the charger is dead. I have no idea if the bike works, because I ran out of time and could only button everything back up and never got around to look at it again. It cannot be re-titled and therefor it can only be a parts bike for the other two (or other Vectrix). Many Vectrix owners have felt the need to upgrade to Lithium and/or to limit their driving to a much shorter range (or lower speeds) than the Vectrix claims, due to the discrepancy between the NiMH pack specs and the abuse that the Vectrix unleashes upon the pack (exceeding max discharge by 3 times!!!) besides allowing too fast and too hot re-charging which typically blows up a cell or two within 10% of expected lifetime...
Just some limitations of this otherwise interesting bike - I am still considering to get one cheap some day, after getting a motorbike license. But it is certainly not as practical as having a regular bicycle (electric or not) or my EV truck. Cor van de Water Chief Scientist Proxim Wireless Corporation http://www.proxim.com Email: [email protected] Private: http://www.cvandewater.info Skype: cor_van_de_water Tel: +1 408 383 7626 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Lawrence Rhodes Sent: Monday, May 13, 2013 5:01 PM To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List Subject: [EVDL] Now if the batteries are good.... http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sby/mcy/3796946607.html Stored without charging. These orphans are great vehicles. Reviving the batteries is the trick. Lawrence Rhodes..... _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
