It kind of ticks me off that Currie was selling these pieces of S**t and then offering no solution. I told the salesman that it was for hill climbing. He said it had heat protection. Then you get to pedal home with fifty extra pounds and wheel drag. I aught to get a new motor anyway but I guess we were just G pigs for their testing. I heard they lowered the speed also. That probably did as much as putting in the heat sink. Beware being first in. I'll probably try one more time to get them to replace the motor. Lawrence Rhodes.... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roy LeMeur" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2002 11:11 AM Subject: Re: Currie overheating/related problems
> Lawrence Rhodes wrote: > > > >Well I have over heated my Currie electric bike conversion 3 times and my > >wife also overheated it over the course of the 2 or 3 years that we have > >had > >it. It cost 600 bucks but seemed to work well on the flats. It however > >doesn't work well on hills which is the reason that we have it. It now > >after being heated up and gone into nowork mode to save itself from frying > >won't work at full speed anymore. Currie wouldn't give us a new motor when > >we first bought it saying they all do that. What can I do about fixing this > >motor so it will be a better hill performer. We have probably only put a > >few hundred miles on it in a couple or three years. It is fully enclosed > >with no venting. Mirror finish case. Lawrence Rhodes.... > > > I was involved with an electric bicycle rental company and our "fleet" > consisted of -silver can- Curries. > > The overheating and shutting down while attempting to climb hills was a very > common problem. > > It looks like you have had some type of component failure in yours. > > Replace the motor with the Currie "Hi-Koll" motor. The overheating and > shutting down issues have been solved and it makes more power, no longer a > silver can, there is now extensive heatsink surrounding the motor. > > One for sale (with picture) on Ebay: > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1851274619 > > Hope this helps. > > > > > > > > Roy LeMeur Seattle WA > > Hm: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Wrk: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > EV Parts Inc. > http://store.evparts.com > 425 672 7977 > > EV Parts, your Electric Vehicle Parts Superstore > > My Electric Vehicle Pages: > http://www.angelfire.com/ca4/renewables/evpage.html > > Informational Electric Vehicle Links: > http://www.angelfire.com/ca4/renewables/evlinks.html > > > _________________________________________________________________ > MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: > http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx >
