Bafang m510

Dado

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Only issue is the 52V is not legal in Europe for road use in pedelecs. Of course if you dont care of this then 52V is only a pure profit.

Kyoku, is there some regulation/law which is telling exactly what voltages can be used for ebikes?
 

patdam

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Jan 17, 2019
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Just received today the M510 ordered to https://fr.mayebikes.com/
they (her, nicole) are really trustworthy. she have difficulty to obtain the motor from bafang, but it doing his best to provide me.

i find the speed sensor magnet on the disq very way than better than on wheel, somebody know where it is possible to ordering this speed sensor ?
 

ficorama

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I installed a rev1 engine. at 38 °C 🥵 with the firmware shared by @Rob Rides EMTB . as far as I have seen it is 48v. I made a circle around the street, and tomorrow there is a long drive. comments after driving. and as for the "52v" firmware, disaster! there are power oscillations when pedaling, when you start it gives a lot of power and after a second it stabilizes to something "normal"! while driving, when you do not turn the pedals and start pedaling again, the same as at the start. @KaroKönig is the same thing happening to you? so does Bafang need 6 months to make a good firmware? it would be time for them to make a stable Firmware for both engine revisions!

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patentguy

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Write a link so as not to waste time searching for a seller.
 

LAnton

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Thank you, good price
 

ficorama

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Today I was driving the m510 rev1. and new firmware. for now it is a big improvement, it has more power than the previous FW, there is no more sudden start, you can feel the power when starting, but the delivery is more fluid. pedaling is ok, you can pedal lightly at low cadences and keep the pace, at higher cadences the power delivery is stronger. all in all, a very big improvement compared to previous versions of rev1. and rev2. a little more to improve the torqe sensor and everything is great. I will see on the next rides how it will be, then I will write more.
 

SchadowMaster

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Today I was driving the m510 rev1. and new firmware. for now it is a big improvement, it has more power than the previous FW, there is no more sudden start, you can feel the power when starting, but the delivery is more fluid. pedaling is ok, you can pedal lightly at low cadences and keep the pace, at higher cadences the power delivery is stronger. all in all, a very big improvement compared to previous versions of rev1. and rev2. a little more to improve the torqe sensor and everything is great. I will see on the next rides how it will be, then I will write more.
Do you mean by the new firmware a 52V-firmware?
 

ficorama

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I wrote everything a few posts ago, yesterday's post.

 

ficorama

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I installed a rev1 engine. at 38 °C 🥵 with the firmware shared by @Rob Rides EMTB . as far as I have seen it is 48v. I made a circle around the street, and tomorrow there is a long drive. comments after driving. and as for the "52v" firmware, disaster! there are power oscillations when pedaling, when you start it gives a lot of power and after a second it stabilizes to something "normal"! while driving, when you do not turn the pedals and start pedaling again, the same as at the start. @KaroKönig is the same thing happening to you? so does Bafang need 6 months to make a good firmware? it would be time for them to make a stable Firmware for both engine revisions!

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sorry, I marked the wrong firmware.🤷‍♂️
 

JimLee-Lightcarbon

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Apr 15, 2022
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M510 48V can fit for another brand battery 48V 21ah , about 1000wh, in fact the Bafang use the same battery box as this brand, cell is 21700. i think it's better than use BT F25 52V
 

Puschtrale

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sorry, I marked the wrong firmware.🤷‍♂️
I did'nt get it: Please tell us what firmware you tested and what battery you are using. I was reading the last pages of this hread and to be honest i quite do not understand anymore what the right name of your ifmrware is and if it is working fine or not 🤷‍♂️
 

skismith

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Hi all,
how does the Bafang m510 motor compare to the Bosch gen 4, i am considering a custom build Dengfu e10 build to replace my Cube 160 AT any thought would be most helpful.
 

ficorama

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I did'nt get it: Please tell us what firmware you tested and what battery you are using. I was reading the last pages of this hread and to be honest i quite do not understand anymore what the right name of your ifmrware is and if it is working fine or not 🤷‍♂️
greeting. I use a 14s4p 21700 cells 52v battery. engine m510, I have rev1 and rev2! firmware rev1 48v last shared by @Rob Rides EMTB works fine for me. firmware rev2 "52v" shared by @Rob Rides EMTB doesn't work well for me. @Puschtrale satisfied?
 

SchadowMaster

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Today I tried the following new firmware, the last firmware posted by @Rob Rides EMTB
(CRX10NC4814i101003.0-28-2230-boot3.0-20220628153910.bin)
In fact, I did not notice any difference between it and the firmware we were using before:
(CRX10NC4814i101003-1-cs-28-2230-boot3-0-20220517161110-48v-M510.bin)
As if it was the same?!!
The sensitivity of the pedals themselves has not changed, you still need to put a fairly strong torque on the pedals for the engine to start supporting.
 

ficorama

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Today I tried the following new firmware, the last firmware posted by @Rob Rides EMTB
(CRX10NC4814i101003.0-28-2230-boot3.0-20220628153910.bin)
In fact, I did not notice any difference between it and the firmware we were using before:
(CRX10NC4814i101003-1-cs-28-2230-boot3-0-20220517161110-48v-M510.bin)
As if it was the same?!!
The sensitivity of the pedals themselves has not changed, you still need to put a fairly strong torque on the pedals for the engine to start supporting.
but it is no longer on-off, it can be driven easily at a low cadence. and it seems to me that it gives a little more power and there are no sudden starts.
 

SchadowMaster

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but it is no longer on-off, it can be driven easily at a low cadence. and it seems to me that it gives a little more power and there are no sudden starts.
Honestly, I did not notice that difference, as before when pedaling at a low cadence, the engine does not work.
In my opinion, this is what Bafang is trying to do to reduce power consumption to get longer battery life.
 

ficorama

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Honestly, I did not notice that difference, as before when pedaling at a low cadence, the engine does not work.
In my opinion, this is what Bafang is trying to do to reduce power consumption to get longer battery life.
on yesterday's drive, the engine worked great. a couple of times I kind of faltered a little. maybe it's because of the 52v battery, it has higher voltage and more power!? I didn't charge the battery, so I'm going for a drive tomorrow to see how it behaves with low voltage.
 

El Topo

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Jul 23, 2022
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Great thread, may I ask a few questions?

- How is the noise on that new M510, are there videos that have a good representation of the sound it makes when riding on a trail?
- Is there a specific 52V version of the motor, or is it just the 48V version run at a higher voltage?
- The M510 is CANBUS only, right?
- Has Bafang ever sorted out the issues with the M500/600 in terms of running as smooth as the main competitors? I have lost track of the recent developments regarding this.
 

SchadowMaster

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Aug 12, 2021
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Germany
Great thread, may I ask a few questions?

- How is the noise on that new M510, are there videos that have a good representation of the sound it makes when riding on a trail?
- Is there a specific 52V version of the motor, or is it just the 48V version run at a higher voltage?
- The M510 is CANBUS only, right?
- Has Bafang ever sorted out the issues with the M500/600 in terms of running as smooth as the main competitors? I have lost track of the recent developments regarding this.
- Engine noise is audible while riding the bike but I find it quite tolerable.
- Engine versions available for sale are: 36V, 43V and 48V. I didn't find a special 52V version.
You can always reprogram the controller to change the voltage by installing a different firmware.
- As far as I know, All M510 engines are CANBUS.
- There are many firmwares for the previous M500 engine. Some of them are very excellent but the M500 engine heats up quickly under pressure. But the M510 engine gives much better support Without getting too hot. Thus, it maintains high performance under pressure for a longer time.
I've never tried the M600 engine and I'm not aware of its problems.
 
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