MaJieSiTe BMW C600 look-a-like

[Davie]

Hi Doc,
Planning to buy in Shanghai and get it delivered to Suzhou, where I’ll be living in the very near future.
Haven’t looked to into number-plate requirements for Suzhou, spent the last couple of weekends in Suzhou I noticed most e-bikes are un-plated.
Visited a couple of e-bike shops and could quite easily get hold of a 2KW, large but standard’ish looking bike.
Anybody out there know the legalities of e-bike number plates in Suzhou.
Another option is to see if I can purchase same bike through a Suzhou shop.
I much prefer to have dual 72v’s, but communication/understanding of what I was asking for couldn’t be resolved. If it comes to it, I’ll get a shop in Suzhou to fit a second set of 72v’s or do it myself. (assuming it’s pretty simple connecting the batteries up and heavy duty twin pole switch). I’ll also try and find the biggest capacity/best quality batteries, although this will depend on being told that batteries I’m buying are really best quality nit just more expensive.
The rack I’ll ask for, along with box.

[bikerdoc]

Hi Doc,
Planning to buy in Shanghai and get it delivered to Suzhou, where I’ll be living in the very near future.
Haven’t looked to into number-plate requirements for Suzhou, spent the last couple of weekends in Suzhou I noticed most e-bikes are un-plated.
Visited a couple of e-bike shops and could quite easily get hold of a 2KW, large but standard’ish looking bike.
Anybody out there know the legalities of e-bike number plates in Suzhou.
Another option is to see if I can purchase same bike through a Suzhou shop.
I much prefer to have dual 72v’s, but communication/understanding of what I was asking for couldn’t be resolved. If it comes to it, I’ll get a shop in Suzhou to fit a second set of 72v’s or do it myself. (assuming it’s pretty simple connecting the batteries up and heavy duty twin pole switch). I’ll also try and find the biggest capacity/best quality batteries, although this will depend on being told that batteries I’m buying are really best quality nit just more expensive.
The rack I’ll ask for, along with box.

Hi Davie, what's the update? Any developments on buying plans for this scoot?
If you are searching the likes of Taobao... just input 马杰斯特 into the search engine... there's heaps of bikes and a few aftermarket add-ons... like this newer luggage rack... for sale...

[Davie]

Hi Doc,
I did get myself an escooter very similar to yours. Whilst researching options of the where and how to get one at the spec I wanted, I had a stroke of luck. Following up on a few weeks old advert on an expat message board, for a T8 scooter for sale in Suzhou, I expected only to be able to clarify where the scooter was bought. As it turned out the scooter was still for sale. The guy had bought 6 months previous, for 12K yuan and had put another 6K into it in upgrades to the motor/brakes/suspension/lights/tyres etc etc. The important numbers are 144v batteries and 10kw motor. I got what I consider to be a very good deal on it. The only things I want to due to it are, box and rack/lower screen, and maybe see if I can adjust the throttle to have a better feel.
Through bad timings and travel, the bike is in Suzhou and I’m in Shanghai, and I’ve only ridden it once in the rain 2 up (15km). Can’t confirm anything about the range, but it’s more than quick enough for the road, and a bit too quick for the bike lanes. Easily cruises at 75kph two up, didn’t get anywhere near top speed on my first run in the wet. Only a guess, but I’d estimate it’ll do 100+kph without any trouble.Hi Doc,
I did get myself an escooter very similar to yours. Whilst researching options of the where and how to get one at the spec I wanted, I had a stroke of luck. Following up on a few weeks old advert on an expat message board, for a T8 scooter for sale in Suzhou, I expected only to be able to clarify where the scooter was bought. As it turned out the scooter was still for sale. The guy had bought 6 months previous, for 12K yuan and had put another 6K into it in upgrades to the motor/brakes/suspension/lights/tyres etc etc. The important numbers are 144v batteries and 10kw motor. I got what I consider to be a very good deal on it. The only things I want to due to it are, box and rack/lower screen, and maybe see if I can adjust the throttle to have a better feel.
Through bad timings and travel, the bike is in Suzhou and I’m in Shanghai, and I’ve only ridden it once in the rain 2 up (15km). Can’t confirm anything about the range, but it’s more than quick enough for the road, and a bit too quick for the bike lanes. Easily cruises at 75kph two up, didn’t get anywhere near top speed on my first run in the wet. Only a guess, but I’d estimate it’ll do 100+kph without any trouble.

[Davie]

[bikerdoc]

^Davie I've sent you a PM. I'm attempting to upgrade to 6kW electric hub and controller fitted as a custom order through the local Suzuki motorcycle shop 3km away from my house here in PRC (TIC!). After dropping the scooter off at the shop on the understanding it'd take 2 days for the change out from the 3kW electric motor and controller. Eight days later finally got the message at 9pm that scooters all done. I arrived 8am yesterday at the shop with my scooter sitting all nicely detailed (washed) on the workshop tiled floor with the seat open. Nice, I thought as I walked up the ramp into the workshop only to be let down with the sight of the controller sitting lengthways with a mass of electrical cables like spaghetti essentially taking up a fair amount of real estate in under-seat stowage area. They'd also drilled several holes here and there for the passage of said wiring and also moved the theft alarm to the stowage area too for some (unknown) reason when it had previously been underneath the stowage 'bin'. Supposedly there wasn't enough space under the stowage'bin' where the admittedly smaller 3kW controller had been. However the new controller was poorly fitted and numerous wires had 'silver' tape wrapped loosely which indicates that wires are joined using the good old trusty cut, twist and wrap approach so common here. Pragmatic if nothing else. I was far from impressed! TIC the penultimate LFZ YMMV My reaction was to tell the workshop boss who I've known and dealt with for 10 years, firstly why they didn't contact me first once they/he realised that the controller was too big before they cut and drilled? At least let me know beforehand so I could have made the decision. I was so annoyed I told the boss who was running late (plane to catch), that unless he can get that controller fitted underneath the seat stowage'bin' otherwise remove it all and retrofit the 3kW 'system' back in. The workshop boss had an epiphany (shared by the peanut gallery) and suggested fitting the controller along the side of the scooter near the rear shock and swing arm. Typical TIC approach, I should have known better. As I walked out of the workshop (shaking my head) 20-25min after the workshop boss who had to go catch his plane, I didn't bother mentioning that the rear tyre valve air pressure cap (which I bought and fitted to every vehicle in my garage here in PRC) was missing, which they'd obviously misplaced when they'd swapped over the electric hub/wheel! Yes, great to see all the hardware being upgraded in the country (unfortunately it's not often used as such hardware should), but where TIC fails is in the software area and the hardware-software interface. TIC the truly LFZ YMMV