Electric Trike Bike Assembly & Charging Assembly of an electric trike bike is in most cases much easier than a normal pedal trike. The reason is a lot of the sub-assemblies, cables etc. are already in place and connected, this will save you a lot of time when doing the assembly but you must still refer to the printed assembly instructions, the assembly video on our website and also these printed instructions for the assembly of your electric trike bike.

Even though your electric trike bike is a little different than a normal pedal trike there are really only 2 small differences and these are….

• Fitting the front basket • Connecting the front electric motor to the wiring harness

The front basket mounting bracket on an electric trike bike is completely different to the standard pedal trike. The reason for this difference is the electric trike bike is normally ridden at faster speeds than a pedal trike so we equip the electric trike bike with front fork suspension. This enables you to go faster over rough ground without the jolts through the handlebars that you would get if there was no front suspension fitted. Because the front suspension moves up and down approximately 50 mm this means that the standard trike-bike front basket bracket will not fit so we need to supply a modified front bracket assembly which is not affected by movements of the front forks. The picture to the left shows the basket mounting on the Electric trike bike. The basket bracket mount to the top of the forks as shown. Picture of electric trike front wheel, forks and basket.

The electric motor is connected to the wiring harness by a simple waterproof push in plug. If you look at the front wheel you will see a cable coming out of the right hand side of the hub with a plug fitted, this plug must be connected to the main wiring harness. The main wiring harness comes out the right-hand-side of the frame and is normally loosely cable tied to the right hand fork. If the cable on the frame seems too short, please undo the black plastic spiral tape. This allows you to pull the cable carefully further through the frame, then reapply the black spiral tape and you should now be able to connect the two cables with ease. It is critical to align the arrows as you see in the photograph to the left and then push the 2 plugs together as far as possible or until they meet the line shown on the smaller plug. When aligned in this position you know that everything is connected correctly, has been pushed in far enough and is completely waterproof.

These are the only 2 differences between a standard pedal trike and the electric trike assembly.

Electric Trike Bike Charging Check the battery: Turn the key on the battery to the ON position then push the button on top of the battery. Fully charged Shows, One Red and two Green lights. Half charged Shows, One Red and one Green light. Empty Shows, One Red light. The battery can stay on the Trike Bike or the battery can be removed and taken to a more convenient location for recharging. To recharge the battery:

1. Make sure the bike is nowhere where it can get wet during recharging.

2. Turn the key on the battery to the OFF position as shown in the photograph immediately right.

The charging port is on the side of the battery near the top and is covered by a plastic cover which can be swung in either direction to expose the plug location where the charging cord plugs in to recharge the battery, see two pictures below.

3. Align the charging plug with the plug receptacle and push the charger plug firmly in place. It should go approximately 5 to 8 mm into the battery. See the two pictures below.

4. Then connect the charger power supply to a normal 240 volt outlet in the wall.

All chargers have a small translucent window with a LED light. When the battery starts charging the light will glow red. When the battery has completed charging the light will glow green momentarily and shortly after this it will switch off completely to save power. When you plug the battery into the charger it can sometimes take several minutes for any of the LED lights to come on. This is because the charging unit is a smart charger and it can take some time to balance individual cells before it decides to recharge the battery.

5. When the charger shows a green light (above), the

battery is fully charged and you may disconnect all plugs. If the charger shows no lights, this means the charging finished during your absence and the light did turn green and then would have switched off completely. If you wish to be sure the battery has been charged we refer back to the Check the battery procedure on top the previous page. Or look on the handlebars of the Trike Bike with everything turned on to see the displayed battery capacity. (right)

It is important to know that this charger is made for exclusive use with this battery, it cannot charge any other battery including many electric bike batteries because they may have different battery types and voltages, using this charger on the wrong battery may cause malfunction, fire or explosion. If you start to recharge your battery and the LED light glows green then this means the battery is already charged sufficiently for use so just disconnect all plugs and go riding. You may double check this by performing a battery check. Lithium batteries do not suffer from memory problems like older batteries used to. There are no issues in recharging this battery whether it is flat or half flat; it makes no real difference to the expected life of the battery. It is safe to leave the battery connected to the charger for extended periods of up to 24 hours without causing any damage to the battery. The manufacturer advises the expected life expectancy for the battery before it reaches 80% of its originally manufactured capacity is 1,000 recharge cycles or 10 years, whichever comes earliest.

Trike Bike Australia Unit 2, No. 481 Scottsdale Drive

Varsity Lakes QLD 4227. Australia. Phone: 07 5522 0583 email: bigm@trike-bike.com.au