It's unlikely to be the motor as once you're freewheeling the motor, chain and front sprocket are no longer rotating. I'm pretty sure it'll be the rear hub. I have DT Swiss pawl drive on my 'normal' mtb and that makes a very loud clicking when freewheeling. My emtb has the DT Swiss ratchet drive which is still fairly noisy compared to the Shimano XT hub I have on my retro Gary Fisher. Believe it or not, but that clicking noise is favoured by a lot of riders at the moment.
You are correct the noise is from the rear hub not the motor as I thought!
I've been running a kilowatt bike for 5 years now but the problem is that its illegal, when I built mine ebikes were few & far between and plod had no real knowledge of them. These days thats not the case and that means if you get nicked, its big time - riding a motorcycle without insurance, without tax, without an MOT, riding a motocycle without an approved helmet, riding an unregistered vehicle, riding with illegal tyres for a motorcycle, and more... penalties could affect your working life really badly. I think now, I'd go 250w and not be looking over my shoulder all the time
No worries Phil and thanks. Have a great Xmas too@Raven sorry I didn't mean it as a put-down, it looks a cracking build, I just meant be careful
Have a great Christmas
Phil
