You can select 3,5 or 9 levels on a Bafang.Vantage wrote: 9 Aug 2024, 7:41pm My bafang is set with 9 power levels. Each one increases by 11% except for level 1 which is set to 6% (which I use to push it up the steps to my house (walk mode is mediocre in power) and 9 which is 100%. Those percentages are from a 750 ish watt motor.
Generally, on a flat road with no wind I can pootle along without power assist but otherwise I rarely need to go about level 4 or 5. Mostly in level 2 which gives me round about 200w. For short bursts of extra power, I just press the throttle whilst pedaling and that adds another 50% (very roughly). Very oddly, I have it set to the legal 15.5mph limit but if I need a bit of extra speed, pressing the throttle gives a short boost to about 18mph.
The throttle is not speed limited. And is legal in conversions and grandad rights bikes.