Topic: Team Zero electric mini-moto

[Karl]

My neighbour purchased two of these as Christmas prezzies for her two grandsons , problem is both are "pre-owned" and neither were working  So she asked for some help .







It turned out that the charger had a fault and the battery was completely dead , registering o.5v and refusing to charge 



First bit of luck was electricDave helped me to fix the charger (top man  ) , but then there was the snag with the original 18v battery. They are no longer in production. A search of the internet found a very useful American site advising on how to construct your own power pack using certain 6v batteries

 

A couple of sets of these were purchased, wired up and installed....and the bike fired up nicely 



These bikes are quite well made for what they are, I'm really chuffed to have got them running again - especially as it means my neighbours grandsons will be able to ride them around on Christmas Day 

[Retro Andy]

Great stuff Karl, you are like father christmas fixing them for the children 

Retro Andy.

[Lancealot]

They look brilliant, don't let my youngest see that as he already has a motor bike bicycle and he is only 4.

Lance

[PLOD11]

Great stuff Karl, you are like father christmas fixing them for the children

 

Retro Andy.

More like Jimmy saville (Now then - Now then, Jingle Jangle Jewellery etc etc  )

[Karl]

They look brilliant, don't let my youngest see that as he already has a motor bike bicycle and he is only 4.

Lance

..they are really nice bikes, the second one (not pictured) even has a number 5 on it 

Shame to think several may have been scrapped because people wrongly believed that just because the original FG18-7 batteries were no longer obtainable there was no alternative. A bit of "improvise, adapt & overcome" was all that was needed