Sorry for being such a sour-puss last night. It has been two weeks of dealing with this ordeal with the retailer of my MB so I was and still am not in the best of moods. Let me explain further.
The bike itself is NOT a total loss. But it has enough broken and missing parts so that it is unridable even as a standard pedal bicycle. That's just the beginning.
The installation of the motor kit was horrible! This is the part where I simply threw the towel on it and decided to return the bicycle. In a nutshell, the builder was either drunk, did not care, or was in a big hurry, because only 50% appeared to have been done right. I say "appear" to be right because as I went through the bike carefully, I kept on uncovering build-issues that should not have been present if the bike was professionally built! Minor issues like deep frame scratches on every area where there was a part installed, loose fasteners with no loctite, etc. These were minor issues mind you. Major issues made it impossible and/or not safe to ride the bike using the motor.
The worst part was the unwillingness of the retailer to take the bike back. The retailer wanted me to get over the issues and work around it. Unfortunately for me, I made the mistake of paying the retailer to do all the work when he only did half the work and made a mess of it! I have very little time because I work a lot so I just wanted to ride the bike. I can't even do that right now!
Knowing what I know now, I would buy a bicycle from Target/Walmart/Amazon, buy a Motor kit, and build it myself. As it stands, the motor kit on my bike cannot be made to work properly without replacing a few important items due to the shoddy assembly done by the retailer. I will continue to work in getting my $$ back. Once that is settled, I will start over again. But it won't happen overnight. Thanks all for listening.
