This video shows how to program your controller from the stock display to get a 25% bump in power...the maximum you can get. Go from 800watts to well over 1000watts.
@@mfrere Wondering if setting it at 18 or even 17 will still give me a nice bump over what the default wattage setting is (15/20..?), peaking at around 1000 or so, but save some battery life per trip instead of doing it at 19 and peaking at 1250.. it's definitely nice to have that power, but I might be willing to sacrifice an increment or two of that if it means i wont drain the battery as quick. Thoughts?
Yep, absolutely. I have in the past lowered it to 12 or 13 if I was going for a very long ride and wanted to make sure I didn't run out. So yeah, works both ways.
@oliviawutam This person feels the need to be a dick for no reason and add nothing constructive to the conversation or bother to anwser the simple question. Must be an American. The person simply asked for some clarification. "Who don't" LOL
Holy smokes it actually worked... something on RU-vid actually worked!! I have a 2020 Yukon 750 and actually it was set 15 amps from the factory and I, like you, moved it to 20 based on all my research about the controller and it didn't do anything i.e. I didn't notice any extra power. and the power reading on the LCD peaked at 780 ish. But when I changed it to 19amps I noticed a difference in the torque and the power reading on the LCD was just as it was shown here was over 1000watts and the LCD displayed 999. I wanted to make sure it wasn't just my imagination and wishful thinking that it had more power so I did a small test to verify what I was feeling was correct. I ran the bike on grass in the park. I did 3 runs set at 20 amps, and 3 runs set at 19 amps and measured my max speed after 50 meters. When set to 20amps I hit a top speed average of 19.2 km/h throttle only in 50 meters. When set up at 19amps, top speed average over the 50meters for 3 runs was 22.6km/h. This means that the bike got up to speed faster which is exactly the point. You're not going to go faster in terms of top speed, you're going to have more torque and get to top speed faster. Thanks Mike!!! I don't know how you found that out but happy that you did.
this also worked on my 2023 Kodiak. Had the colour display and have to go to advanced settings and enter the 1919 password. It was set from the factory at 20A. I switched it to 19A. My bike had noticeably more power climbing the hill to my house and was up to 1200watts.
Nice to know... Also that it goes up to 1200 since the old display maxed at 999, so we never really knew. Anyway, I guess they are still using the same controller across the bikes. Haven't heard about any problems with it, so I suppose that's a good thing.
Yeaaaaaaaaaaaa...thanks a LOT! Getting the Voltbike OUTBACK soon and yup I'll be seeing 19! LOL. I knew there was something about a 500Watt equivalent to the 750Watters!
Advanced settings on the manual (page 9) shows the setting (P08) for max speed (the bike speed where the motor will stop assisting). www.voltbike.com/Manuals/voltbike-owners-manual.pdf
@@darthripple4833 Speed is set by voltage, so setting it to 99 or 100 has no effect. The speed limit setting is the assist cutoff point...or at what speed the motor stops helping.
Have you ran your bike like this for a long period of time with no issues? I'm 200lbs and want a bit more jam but concerned about life of my motor. I don't imagine this would be harmful in short bursts when you need it
Don't walk RUN , you will be so bummed trying to move 200 lbs with a 500 W motor 500 Yukon for 1,800USD Excellent bike but they VOLT, followed the RAD Power bikes program pay Bafang motors, China to betray the world and we bought 2 Yukon 500's. My wife loves hers, I went Himi!
Letting everyone know if you go into advanced settings on the bikes with the LCD and up screens the pass is 1919 and you can change max speed watt out put this and change between standard mode eco and proformance this may void your warranty though
We have 2 Yukon 750's I followed your steps and this absolutely increased the torque on my bike, I left my wife's bike "stock". I have rode both bikes back to back, and mine is quicker, throttle only and with pedal assist. Definitely happy with 9 PAS, 5 PAS in this mode would be way too "torquey". Question, in password protect settings, 26' in tires or 28" make a difference in top speed? We are in the USA with a fresh charge, lights off, flat pavement, tire pressure up, no wind, 175 LB rider, PAS 9, 7th gear, giving it all I got pedaling, I can hit 25.5 MPH (41 KPH) Then there seems to be a drag or pulling a parachute feeling, is the speed limiter giving this sensation? Even going down a slight hill, I can not go faster, the drag prevents it. Thanks a bunch for this info. I look forward to any insight.
Wheel size just changes the calculations made by your display, it wont make it any faster. You cannot increase top speed of a stock bike. You would need to go to a 52V battery to increase speed. The top speed setting will only be used to shut down power to the motor if met...it won't slow you down. Hope this helps.
@@mfrere Thanks a bunch, when my warranty is up going 52 Volt battery and check in with Bolton Bikes for a controller and LCD color screen. Really appreciate your Torque Tutorial.
Now I really laugh at my naivety, 52 Volt Battery is one more YES 1 more 18650 battery. For an additional 200 plus bux USD. And yes to the pull back drag feeling going all out down hill, there is a "limiter to the limiter" Went Himi and doing 30mph................ questioning the Volt 48 Volt 17.5 now. Why? just ask.
I just recieved my 2023 Yukon V2 today with the colour screen and can confirm, setting it to 19 gives over 1000w power when taking off and sustains higher power for longer. At stock 20a it maxed around 800w and goes down from there as you speed up
Yukon 750 should be re-named Yukon 500. Selling my 500 watt bike and buying Himiway. I re-read my naive post of stoke 4 months ago. Love the bike, hate the deception. Rad claimed the same. Volt website now states 500 W, Dang I or is it we are BETRAYED Apologies Mike, your 1919 Torque really does increase power. Maybe Volt could keep up with the Himi and TRUE 750 Watt motor. Not the correct place for this "rant" but I don't feel better. Any fan boys/girls to defend Volt?
indeed that is deceiving. their website currently states 750w PEAK power. Peak is the key word here. usually motors are called 500w or 750w based on their average power output. so usually 750w motor state they peak around 1000-1100w. it is very deceiving and dishonest of them, thank you for having pointed this out to me. i'd imagine they only have a 500w motor as that's the maximum legal power for ebikes in canada without having to register/get a license, but they name it the 'yukon 750' to appeal to the american market >.>
Not a lot of info there... Can you provide more info? But basically the controller doesn't accept 20a setting (above max power), but will accept 19a. Simple ohw's law that the display shows.
At first, this didn’t work for me. Perhaps this was because my battery didn’t have enough charge in it. The boost worked after I put the battery on the charger.
The battery will provide the current (power in watts) requested by the controller until the low voltage cut off level is reached (I think it's around 43v). Beyond that, the level of charge should not affect it. However, the level of charge does affect speed (not power). Your Yuk will go faster when fully charged (53v) then will slowly decrease until drained. So voltage affects speed and current affects power.
Does doing this mod do any damage to the 2020 Yukon motor,was told by voltbike that this will void warranty and that the motor is not designed for this power???,tried it,works great,but would like to hear opinions,Thanks!
Covered in other comments, but I think you need to be more specific with your questions with Volt. Like "where does it say in your warranty that this setting voids it?". Or "Why would you have the instructions to make this change on your website and manual if it could damage the bike?". And finally "Why would you not install a 15A controller instead of a 20A if its too strong for the motor?". The reality is that the motor can handle the current in prolonged bursts (controller won't deliver continuous 19A or 1Kw anyway). Finally, they do not have the capability to determine if you've done this change if you change it back to 15A and motors can go for various reasons. I've been running 19A for a year and the motor and controller don't even get hot.
@@brianaske8109 I had an interesting thread on FB about it. Originally their mechanic said something like "yeah that works and the motor can handle it". Must not have sat well with management and then it went to "it will void the warranty". We then had a prolonged discussion on it and when they couldn't point to anything that said it would void the warranty and I pointed out that they cannot retroactively change warranty coverage, it ended with "we are working on it and may change the warranty in the future". To my knowledge, that hasn't been changed for the 2020 models.
@@mikefrere1545 thank you for this, i just set my voltbike yukon 750 to 19a yesterday after watching your video, but i was concenred about if this was putting stres on my motor, i really only use the throttle when passing other riders on our bike lanes or when climing a steep incline. Glad to hear that it's not!
Total power output for legality is a bit of a strange thing. Even at stock Canadian settings the bike can output more than 700watts in bursts. Top speed should be the real spec and part of the law. Doing this setting change doesn't change the top speed, just the time it takes to get there. The change is noticable, but not a crazy difference as you are still operating at manufacturers and component specs.
I haven't had any issues with my two Yuks. Haven't heard of any one else having issues. BTW, setting to 19A is within the specs of the controller and motor. To my knowledge, Volt never changed their warranty to prevent this change as stated by a previous mechanic and nothing more has ever come of this subject.
This is the reason I didn't buy the Volt Nitro. Quite a few other Canadian companies like Rize and Biktrix factory set their bikes to go 32kmh like the Volts, but you can increase the speed up to 40 by going into the settings. What's even stranger is that you but electric kick scooters from Canadian retailers that go well over 50kmh. My electric skateboard goes 45kmh. Still, this is a neat hack, but not what I was hoping for. 😞
This setting change is about increasing torque...does nothing for top speed as that's determined by voltage. So you're top speed won't change, but it will get there faster with this change. With a full charge to 54V, I get 37Kph on flats, throttle only, no wind, warm temps. I easily get over 40Kph with some peddling and it can pump out over a kilowatt in spurts. Can't speak to the Nitro, it's a different animal. The Yukon is not really about speed...fat tires, heavy ,etc. So it depends what you want to do with it.
@@noliftebikeracks8159 this seems to be a misconception by those who haven't studied electricity. But voltage in and of itself is simply a difference of potential energy and only regulates speed in as much as an increase in voltage results in an increase of power (Watts). Ohms law; Voltage x Amperage = Wattage (power). So an increase in voltage OR amps increases power and thus speed. If the speed doesn't increase along with the power it's because they have limited the speed somewhere in the programming or that's simply the top speed the bike can achieve with the available power.
It would be dependent on the control. Your motor if it's the same as this Yukon then you could increase it. It's just dependent on the amps and volts. So what your battery can give ya and the control. For the Yukon it's 48 volt x 15 amps =720 the 500 watts would be 36 volts x 15 amps
Depends where you live (see ebikebc.com/electric-bike-regulations-in-canada/) But this power adjustment doesn't increase the top speed of your bike, just makes it quicker to get up to speed if you demand it. The Bafang motor, Lishui Controller can both handle that amount of power for prolonged bursts.
The motor is still Bafang it’s just the 500w the controller I have no clue if it’s the same and the battery is a 48v 17.5ah but how do I check what the controller is??
@@lucadya just remove the cover via the six screws and look at the sticker. Should say 15a continous and 20a peak. But I believe all 2019 and 2020 Voltbikes have the same controller. The motors on the Yukon are 750w.
▪ Step one - create split personalities. Step two - let your second personality change the setting to higher power. Step three - change back to original personality. - Now, if you get questioned by a statist devil, you can say "I got the bike from 'someone else'" 🟥
The family just got a Trio and this doesn't work unfortunately, set to 19 it only ever gives ~820 under "P" Same as the 20 it was set for from the factory :(
I did this on my Trio (version 1) and unfortunately didn't feel any difference climbing a big, annoying incline near home. I didn't have any problems changing the settings since your instructions were straightforward. @@mfrere
How about changing tire diameter for a smaller one to increase speed limit? Is there an option to do it on the Yukon 750? I did it on a NCM Aspen and it went from 32kph to 45kph.
Then you didn't do it right...this isn't magic, you are simply raising the maximum amount of power the controller will allow the battery to deliver to the motor. Voltbike sets it to 75% and you'd be changing it to 100%.
I went into the password menu and adjusted the speed limit from 32km/h to 38km/h and now my throttle and pedal assist tops out at 38km/h on a flat grade. I did the torque conversion too and that works great. I’m sure if I put the top speed to 40km/h it would hit that too.
@@kevinboyle9207 this is encouraging to hear. The reason I'm not making a purchase today is because i don't want to be limited to 32 kmh when the competitors allow you to adjust up to 40 kmh. From what you're saying, it seems this can be done with Volt too? I was looking at the Nitro model.
Way too long getting into what people came here for. To much explaining. I’ve seen other videos for this very thing and it’s 1 min long. Thanks for the info.
So the biggest thing when I discovered this, was that people thought it didn't work or do anything. So I was trying to show that it worked, in a controlled environment. But hey...this info is in the manual too...
Voltage is directly related to speed, while current is directly related to torque. Watts is both (VxA). So they are both important. If the battery voltage is down around 43v, you won't get the 1000 watts out of it. The point of the video is to show that the setting change to 19A actually works (because 20A doesn't do anything). I actually don't care about a thumbs up or down, I only do this for info to voltbike owners.
