Poll
Question:
How many C5's you have?
Option 1: Only one
votes: 3
Option 2: Only two
votes: 5
Option 3: More than two
votes: 2
Hi everybody,
I'm (29m) from Bavaria/Germany and bought 2-3weeks ago a basic C5 from northern germany.
I'm looking if more from my area (Bavaria) has also one? :)
At the moment i do some repairs on my C5 and have some discussions regarding german law for driving on roads!
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Ben
hi ben and welcome to the forum,
I hope you enjoy your C5. What is the law regarding driving a C5 in Germany ?
Regards
Ian..
Good to hear from you Ben - keep us updated on the re-build.
Regards Radiomarty
a warm welcome to the forum mate 8)
Quote from: Umpa on 05, August, 2009 - 10:28:22
hi ben and welcome to the forum,
I hope you enjoy your C5. What is the law regarding driving a C5 in Germany ?
Regards
Ian..
Hello Ben and welcome to the C5 Alive forum, i dont think you we break the law in a C5 when it comes to speeding in Germany :D
Its great to hear from people from other places, its a shame we cant all meet for the biggest meeting of C5's.
Retro Andy
Hi Ben,
I'm Phil from south-west Germany.
The most important regulations concerning electric bicycles in Germany are:
- motor power max. 250W
- motor must shut off when exeeding 25km/h (about 16mph)
- motor only enabled while pedaling
This rules originate from EU regulations made sometime in the late 90ies.
BUT: The C5 is much older and since the regulations don't apply to previously build vehicles (as far as I know) my personal opinion is:
Just don't care about it.
Regards,
Phil
Same as over here, fortunately the rules do not apply retrospectively :)
Numbers (2) and (3) are responsible for castrating the performance of the new generation of electric bicycles ::) , unless you can get hold of an American spec one (or can "de-restrict" it) they hardly seem worth having now :-\
On Sunday I bought my second C5 from CH.
He had 3x C5's - one was sold a week before and I got the second from him.
INFO: One is left in CH/Winterthur if somebody want it :)
All 3 which he had where never used for driving, only in a showroom for mobile phones in the 90ies.
Last 10 years there where in a garage.
wheels are flat and need to be exchanged
also need a new paint, because looks unlikely (old white painted with Logo of Mobile NATEL-C)
These days I will go again to the german TÜV (=Association for Technical Inspection) regarding german LAW!
You will have to post some pictures mate.
Retro Andy
Hi Ben - welcome to the '2 C5' owner's - sounds really good mate - I agree with Andy love to see some photo's (maybe before and after).
Regards Martin
Quote from: C5-Ben on 11, August, 2009 - 13:32:33
...also need a new paint, because looks unlikely (old white painted with Logo of Mobile NATEL-C)
Can you not remove the paint and restore it to the original finish ?
Several C5's on here have been successfully cleaned up - although if you do fancy a different colour there is nothing wrong with painting it :)
I think I'll try to clean the second C5 next time I have time for that.
At first I'll make my first one ready to use ;)
Who can I put pic here?
Quote from: C5-Ben on 14, August, 2009 - 19:14:55
I think I'll try to clean the second C5 next time I have time for that.
At first I'll make my first one ready to use ;)
Who can I put pic here?
I've had to disable the attachment feature on the forum due to lack of space, so you will need to use a "photobucket" account or something similar
http://photobucket.com/