Luna Eclipse Folding Ebike

[bwiesman574]

Went for my first long ride today. Man this bike is beyond cool!!!!! Now as far as the seat goes…..it’s killing my behind. What are some upgrade options?

I’m also hearing some rattling by the handlebars or possibly below them when riding on bumpy roads etccc. I made sure everything is tight. Could this be normal or what else can I check? I don’t believe it’s is coming from the light reflectors on the wheels.

The noise you hear is likely the battery bouncing around. Take it out and shim it with some door/window seal foam, just two squares about 1.5" on a few locations will do. Look at your battery and there will be wear marks where it is rubbing the frame when you go over bumps.

[obscureyetrevealing]

I thought the chain drive should the be the section that should never lay fflat?

That's right, but there's no other way unless you want to loosen +4 bolts every time and slowly strip the bolt heads.

I've got some ratchet lever M5 bolts in the mail that should fit my stem and will hopefully make this a bit easier so I can start laying it down like the 1st pic every time.

Do you have more pics on how you positioned the handlebars over the back seat and do you place a towel or something over it? I have the Model Y Performance, have you thought of just folding the seats down?

Same, mines a MYP. The handlebars over the seat is just a temporary thing I'm hoping, I only do it for short periods of time. Just be careful about the glass roof and the small side panel windows. And be careful about the wire for the motor that's sticking out of the rear axle of the bike, for now I try to keep weight off of it using a bunched up blanket.

I usually have people or a dog in the car, so folding the seats down isn't an option for me. My plan is to have the bike live in the car 90% of the time so I can just hop in and go.

Regarding a towel, I've got moving blankets showing up tomorrow and I ordered some liners/covers for the sidewalls of the cargo area.

[Neverlost99]

Luna loves add on options. An easy fold handlebar clamp makes lots of sense Pax!

[Neverlost99]

Very helpful. Its a big bike and even in my Lexus NX it fills the back. My plan is to remove the battery, remove the seat, fold the bars with the two screws and finally remove the bars if necessary. If that is more hassle then it's time for a fat bike trailer hitch type rack.

[obscureyetrevealing]

For those who fold the bike and place it in their SUV’s trunk. …Can you post a pic on what has worked? I have tried a few different ways without success. Either it bounces around too much or the handlebars are hitting something etccc…

I think this is the ideal way of folding it up (weight is off the carbon drive, screen is safely out of the way), but it requires loosening all 6 bolts on the stem, so it's not good for regular use:



The other way is with the stem rotated, handlebars in their regular position, and putting the handlebars over the back seat:



This way works with the rotating stems on the market.

I just installed this stem:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5XQJV5mBOU

Which required installing a 1" fork tube extension:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I'm hoping this one eventually comes back on the market in 88mm, since the 80 degrees of handlebar adjustment using only 1 bolt would make it easy to angle/shorten the handlebars a bit:
https://byschulz.com/product/stem-tw...o-sds/?lang=en

But until then, I'll be looking for ways to quickly loosen/tighten the handlebar clamp part of the stem so that I can collapse the handlebars. Maybe with some cam handled M5 bolts or something:

https://www.mcmaster.com/cam-levers/

[paxtana]

I would have to confirm with our mechanic but I have never seen a caliper that didn't use either M4 or M5. It's probably M4.

[Neverlost99]

Pax what size wrenches do you need to do this brake adjustment on the ECLIPSE?

[paxtana]

The bike is very new, but the knowledge base is basically the manual and is still under development. Here's how to adjust the brakes, this was also added to the knowledge base page.

[Neverlost99]

I would try to develop a relationship with a bike store or fire up YouTube

[Neverlost99]

Doesn’t thin stem move the bars out? I am struggling with numbness and wonder if the additional reach would hurt

[bwiesman574]

How does the belt tensioner work on this? I see there's a tensioner on one side but not on the other?? Is this common with belt drive bikes? I'm coming from a motorcycle background and there would be a tensioner on each side so you get the axle lined up correctly.

nvmd figured it out.

[Neverlost99]

Wouldn’t just turning the bars 90 degrees work as well

[spoonf20c]

What adapter is this if I may ask? I drive a MYP.

it’s called thinstem from thinbike.com MYP huh? nice mines a 3P :)

[bwiesman574]

On the FAT BOYS stock they say 4.25. Did the 4 “ mission control work the same?

Yep, fits nicely!

[CameronOmnia]

By holding menu button and power button when starting the bike.