Michael & Nora
From California
April 12th, 2010
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Greetings!
We have been using our
Subaru motors for
several months and are
very pleased with
them. We are blessed to
live in a beach town
about 100 miles south of
LA and are happy
not to own a car in California!
Everything
we need to travel to is
within 3 miles except
our dentist who is 8 miles
away and the bus
goes right there if we
don't bike. Our challenge
is big hills and several
areas we ride through
where no noise is allowed.
In fact no matter
which way we go, there
is a steep grade to
deal with! So we ordered
the motors with
the "hill" gear
and it is perfect.
We still pedal but the
little 4 strokes sure
do smooth out the hills
and can easily do
15 mph which beats the
2-3 mph without the
help. We usually just coast
downhill which
is perfect and then start
the motor when
it's time to go up.
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As you can see from the
pictures, the 3 wheel
Lightfoot recumbent is
for shopping, (and
my wife) and the Giant
is for other trips
without cargo. We had to
adapt the kit for
the Lightfoot and our neighbor
works at a
machine shop so he made
the third bracket
you see on the front. Please
be sure to make
sure and order the correct
length of cable
for the throttle which
we had to redo. Other
than that, it's a great
assist.
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