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Owner’s Manual for G3, March 2016
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2. Excess weight: Where possible, try to keep the total combined weight of clothing, luggage and
accessories to a minimum. Overloading a Gocycle will reduce the battery range. Overloading
will also affect your Gocycle’s handling and increase the stresses on the clutch, gearbox and
motor, potentially reducing the service life of the product.
3. Tyres: Ensure the tyres are correctly inflated. See 7.11 Tyres for more information.
4. Riding style: Where rough terrains (e.g., poor road surfaces, potholes, speed bumps, etc.) are
unavoidable, you should adapt your riding style accordingly.
WARNING! Never use the motor when passing over obstacles such as ruts in the road or speed
bumps, etc. Doing so will increase the stresses on the drive components and will reduce the service
life of the product, possibly invalidating your warranty.
5. Deceleration/braking: Do not use motor power whilst decelerating or braking. Consciously
using the motor assistance only when required will ensure the maximum possible battery
range.
6. Energy consumption meter: Pay attention to your energy consumption meter. Whilst riding,
when the motor is in operation, the power usage is interactively displayed in place of the
battery charge level. The higher the number of LEDs displayed, the more power is being used
by the motor and the faster your battery will drain. See 6.4 for more information.
7. Wet conditions: Gocycle is a British product, designed with British weather in mind. However,
it is important that your Gocycle is dry before storage. A city atmosphere can be a corrosive
environment made worse with high humidity. We recommend a simple check and towel-
down (if necessary) after using your Gocycle in wet conditions. See 7.17.4 Cleaning and
Preventing Corrosion.
6.7
Heat and Over-Temperature Protection
Gocycle’s motor is extremely compact and lightweight. While this design offers benefits, certain
drawbacks exist—specifically, the motor can get hot.
Gocycle’s motor will get hot under normal operation similar to the exhaust pipe or engine of a
motorcycle or moped.
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