[Peter Hendra]

On Mon, 30 Apr 2007 20:33:23 +0000, Larry wrote:

Damn it Larry,
Why wait until now to say so. I have always wanted one of these but
the ones I saw that were available were only 12 volt and I hope to set
off in a couple of weeks - probably too late to have it shipped.
.. Thanks though, I now know whefre to get them and have a
recommendation from a user, something that has not been married
before. If only there was a foolproof way to have it delivered to
Panama or Costa Rica tax and duty free - yacht in transit. Does anyone
know?

cheers
Peter
http://www.bladezscooters.com/index....tml&lang=en-us

The handle at the bottom of the tiller post releases a big latch so the
tiller folds down over the rear wheel and raises the front wheel to make
it flatter. If you have the standard seat on, not shown in this picture,
you pull a pin and lift the seat post out, first. Locking in the folded
position, the tiller post becomes the carrying handle.

It'll go about 8 miles at 16 mph but lots further if you're easy on the
pulse-width-modulator smooth electronic "throttle". Climbing hills makes
it a 3 mile scooter between charges, but you can hot swap battery packs
and it uses standard sized 12V 12AH gelcells or AGM batteries. I'm
running Werker AGM batteries, now and it runs great....down that 2 mile
long dock from the parking lot...in the rain.

It's chain drive with very smooth power. I'm 250# and it has no trouble
pulling my lard around at all.

Nuclear Powered in SC....(c;

Larry

[Larry]

Peter Hendra wrote in
:

Damn it Larry,
Why wait until now to say so. I have always wanted one of these but
the ones I saw that were available were only 12 volt and I hope to set
off in a couple of weeks - probably too late to have it shipped.
.

Ah, sorry. I just got back from a little diner about a mile from here.
I rode the BladeZ. It's a beautiful day in Charleston...(c;

If you DO buy one, be sure to get a STRONG cable lock to make sure you
can KEEP it. Don't think your remote dock 2 miles from the parking lot
at the marina is safe, either. "They", your mates down the dock, won't
keep it like real thieves, but they'll certainly "borrow" it if it's not
locked down...(c;

I don't really mind them borrowing it, but, DAMMIT PLUG IN THE CHARGER
WHEN YOU GET BACK so I don't find it DOA from some yachtie cruising
around on MY battery pack!

Larry
--
Walking your dead scooter to the car at the end of a day sucks.