Marty,
I've used her a couple of times this week to get to work, and she's still running really well. Here are some notes about using Boomer regularly, in case others have suggestions.
The mirrors aren't as bad as I first made out, and if you turn right or left a little, you can see directly behind you.
Pumping the tyres up is a pain with the wheel covers on, and if I ever had a puncture I don't think I'd be able to fix it on the side of the road like it is. I'm tempted to remove them and go black for simplicity, but I think people like seeing it in original form.
Charging is a pain when doing it daily. It feels messy, undoing/doing the strap, moving the battery around while keeping cables tucked and the strap out the way. Has anyone gone for some sort of easy attach charging connector, something like this, perhaps hidden in the boot?
The gearing is just right to keep her in the green while peddling at a reasonable speed up a hill. If one changed the gearing, would that put more stress on the motor, as you're going slower, but still getting motor assisted?
Proportional speed control would be quite useful, no idea how easy it would be to do though, maybe something like a thumb trigger on a quad bike.
How useful are indicators? I quite like hand signals, and I'd worry that no-one would see the indicators, especially being lower. They do look nice though.
I charge every 4 miles or so between work trips as the higher voltage helps with the hills and the top speed is better. I'll have to do a proper range check at some point.
Cheers
Richard