Shimano interview - all my questions about their motors

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I apologize, I did not write an article based on this this interview. It was just too long. You'll have to suffer through all the 24 minutes of video to catch my interview with Nick, MTB Product Manager for Shimano America.

We talk about ebike motors in general, and we talk about the new EP8 (EP801) and the EP6. How is an ebike motor certified? How do they determine maximum torque? How long is an emtb motor supposed to last? Will Shimano make serviceable motors? What are their thoughts on motor overrun? And much more!

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robbydobs said:
My Shimano powered bike has been at the dealer for 2 months waiting for Madison to look at the motor for failed bearings. If it was serviceable it could have just had the bearings replaced the same day. Never again!
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So surely that's a Madison, they're the UK distributor, issue and not Shimano’s, example, I returned a 10 day old Yeti 160e to my LBS, Eco mode not working, motor returned to Yeti UK ( SILVERFISH ), new motor replaced in 4 days, if the particular distributors for varying bike manufacturers gave a shit then they would make it their problem to solve it and not Shimano’s, Specialized for example replace any motor within days and then take up issues with Brose later, the customer should not be used as a pawn between bike manufacturers and OEM suppliers.
 
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