Peter from eBike Motor Centre confirmed several years ago that faulty motors were refurbed by Bosch.
I have taken some older motors apart and they have had green pen over the top of the original blue marker pen used for quality control, showing the motor has either been totally checked twice or refurbished. Two of the internal bearings had different colour seals too. Again, I have never seen these coloured seals on un-touched motors.
You can also tell if the motor has been apart by the feel of the self threading screws that hold the right hand motor casing on, and the motors with double pen markings had much freer case screws.
From here; https://www.emtbforums.com/threads/right-to-repair-my-motor.2335/
I’ve been looking at surrons and tbh have even been thinking of a trail motorbike or even a quad as the the prices are similar and once you go surron road legal it’s tax/insurance anyway.
That’s where my mind wandered for a bit.. £6k gets you a nice electric trail bike that’s proven and reliable.
Andreas Preuninger, head of Porsche GT, swears by them. It’s the only way to go off-road without annoying anyone as they’re silent. Germans are pretty strict on greenlaneing.
Lose some of the freedom, fitness and benefits of an ebike then. You’re into a different realm. So, back to ebike musings for me!
If the UK had the variety of riding available for Moto enduro bikes that eBikes have I would have bought one of those for a lot less money!
Waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) doesn't go into landfill within the EU or the UK
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/regulations-waste-electrical-and-electronic-equipment
