So, after much issues with trying to get my C5 back on the road, and a major tacking down of the original import documents and tests over an handful of swiss Government agencies , I have found out that my C5 in its current state has never been legal here in Switzerland and that a previous owner had upgraded to motors etc (as seen above) after the last offical test had been made.
My attempts to show that the 500W motor was the one tested were found to be a waste of time as a copy of the original test should that it had been tested with the original sinclair 250W motor and my "500W" was too fast. In attempts to see if Bosch made a 250 or 300W version of the GPA motor (for a simple motor swap, rather than rebuild) and a complete strip down of my motor / gearbox brought up an interesting fact. My motor is not 500W
It is not even the "common" 750W version
No, it turns out, and the reason to why I now know my batteries would only last 4km for so.
I have the
1200W version.
This also explained one of the items in police report (in one of my failed tests) as to why the top speed was recorded as just under 50KM way over the legal limits
Anyway new project under way to install a modern 250W hub motor, so if anyone interested in a 1.2KW 24V motor and gearbox? I am likely to have one free in the spring.
Pat