Bafang M560

why I stay with bafang ? because I have too many frames and motors and batteries I had to sell deciding to switch brand ... simple
Sounds like you should sell the frames and cut your losses, particularly if you can purchase Bosch cheaper than Bafang. I guess that’s down to EU tariffs.

Here in the U.K. you can get a M510 for around 400 Euro. + parts at stupidly cheap prices.
 
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is there someone waking up finally and saying things as they are ?
anyways
here's sound of my friends m560 he got two weeks ago

Well same as mine. Check video of mine with motor on the trail. But be aware when the motor is installed in a frame the noise is amplified and is even worse. Really on a ride people will turn to you for sure. I've opened it up and greased everything and it helped little bit. But still noisy especially in higher RPMs. Let's say up to 60 it's fine. Up to 70 tolerable and above the "fun" begins. At that point you want to gear up to lower cadencies because you want to get rid of a noise. But uphill the motor is not that performant in lower cadencies so there is no win situation. It's not like the noise of gears, yes it's there - some mechanical noise of spinning gears but this is not that bad. Problem is that high pitched noise created probably by the rotor spinning very fast transferring into motor cage and then up to the frame.

Just returned from a ride and yes, I guess it was better this time but still far away from the noise of my Bosch gen. 4. It can't be even compared. At least there is no power surge and power delivery on climbing is stable. With this I'm fine. The noise I consider the only issue. It was pretty windy today so the noise blended with environment :) But on a trail in the night oh man... poor wild animals :)

Be thankful that you can do some customisation as unlike Bosch which has locked out their engines to all but registered dealers
That's true but with Bosch you don't need any customization. Everything works there out of a box. Support is great, regular firmware updates, all is simply working out of the box. The only thing I would do is not unlock it to 45kmh and that's all I need.

Wayne. my friend was about to get bafang but decided to go bosch .
A good decision. No good bike manufacturer will install bafang in their bikes and they have a reason for that. People would kill them. I would never buy bafang but I wanted to try E82 frameset and this was the only option. And yeah, it's disappointment. They do many motor and in the end is +/- the same. Some more power some less power. But they have one thing common. They are all noisy, very noisy.

Bafang were selling millions of engines years ago, long before Bosch and Shimano had even started to think about EBike motors. There were rumours that the BB series was up to 5M alone let alone the major market for them, their hub motors. Asian markets for bike stuff are unbelievably big, mainly commuter and road, off road they have little interest as the market is just too small for them. All to often I read Western forums that the writers have absolutely no understanding of how sheltered they are from the real world outside of the EU.
Maybe but other manufacturers are now miles ahead of bafang. That's reality. You can put lot of bullshit on a paper trust me. I can say that my Bosch gen. 4 is in turbo mode same if not more powerful than M600. And look at specs...
 
Every motor has its + & -’s. I’ve not ridden a M560 so can’t really comment on it.

I’ve just spent 4 days riding the latest Brose motor and I have to say that having customised my M510 using both the BESST tool and the IPhone App to what I like, there wasn’t much in the riding to the Brose. Give the Brose motor the kudos to how quiet it is in the Levo, good all round package.
 
Well same as mine. Check video of mine with motor on the trail. But be aware when the motor is installed in a frame the noise is amplified and is even worse. Really on a ride people will turn to you for sure. I've opened it up and greased everything and it helped little bit. But still noisy especially in higher RPMs. Let's say up to 60 it's fine. Up to 70 tolerable and above the "fun" begins. At that point you want to gear up to lower cadencies because you want to get rid of a noise. But uphill the motor is not that performant in lower cadencies so there is no win situation. It's not like the noise of gears, yes it's there - some mechanical noise of spinning gears but this is not that bad. Problem is that high pitched noise created probably by the rotor spinning very fast transferring into motor cage and then up to the frame.

Just returned from a ride and yes, I guess it was better this time but still far away from the noise of my Bosch gen. 4. It can't be even compared. At least there is no power surge and power delivery on climbing is stable. With this I'm fine. The noise I consider the only issue. It was pretty windy today so the noise blended with environment :) But on a trail in the night oh man... poor wild animals :)


That's true but with Bosch you don't need any customization. Everything works there out of a box. Support is great, regular firmware updates, all is simply working out of the box. The only thing I would do is not unlock it to 45kmh and that's all I need.


A good decision. No good bike manufacturer will install bafang in their bikes and they have a reason for that. People would kill them. I would never buy bafang but I wanted to try E82 frameset and this was the only option. And yeah, it's disappointment. They do many motor and in the end is +/- the same. Some more power some less power. But they have one thing common. They are all noisy, very noisy.


Maybe but other manufacturers are now miles ahead of bafang. That's reality. You can put lot of bullshit on a paper trust me. I can say that my Bosch gen. 4 is in turbo mode same if not more powerful than M600. And look at specs...
We get that you love your bosch motor, but that doesn't make everything better than the bafang. Bafang is the 3rd most used sytem in the world next to Shimano, and Bosch so to say that "no good bike manufacture will install bafang" is nearly a load of crap, not to mention the right to repair is totally gone with the bosch, how much more are other manufactures when people are still buying M560s, M510s, M620s, which are really really old tech. Also, the animal comment is hilarious when nearly all hunting e-bikes use bafang systems.
 
Misenko, they developed same controllers for M510 and M560. Difference only in a bootloader (so which firmware controller allow you to flash).

v0.8 is new M560
v0.5 was in my first loud M560.

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its not negativity but simple truth . if the sold millions of units they should have all issues resolved by now . if battery has a bms and it should, the motor should not try to take care of it .
if they wanted they could give user option to setup voltages via besst since the let users purchase it for hetfy price.
they could sell us CAN bms but they decided not to . they could open dedicated aliexpress store but they prefer to sell via shady alibaba dealers who tend to avoid straight answers not to say they often lie in your eyes . as we see they put random hardware and not allow to easy update firmware .

saying that bafang is selling millions of units might be overstated - where did u get the numbers from ? i don't know any big ebike brand who makes ebikes with bafang , and what can be seen on forums and fb it's maybe several thounsands units but includind bafang bbs and hubs and have in mind they often get resold several times which is rare in case of bosch / yamaha / shimano / brose etc ...

Yes, they do milions of motors, they are second largest manufacturer of motors if I remember right.

And it is false expectations you have, same as Mischenko. So they should build motor according your expectations?
Bosch also allowing you to set treshold voltages? ;)

In Dengfu batteries are 3rd party BMSes with Bafang CAN protocol. So you can try to get to one somehow.
Or go with BBR and you can discharge down to 2.8V per cell.
 
Yes, they do milions of motors, they are second largest manufacturer of motors if I remember right.
hard data please . millions including hubs and bbs yes ? and the number is coming from where ?
bosch/others is allowing for far better tuning than bafang , battery treshold is not needed there - not the point we are talking about . they give you this out of the box , not via dado's speedbox for a nice dollar (not that i hold something against you but this boring advertising your own product is starting to be repulsive) thus the only thing agains bosch&others is speedlimit afaik . oh , somehow i know lots of people to whom 25kms is strangely enough ... how they can live with that ... such a waste ...
okay . rant off
i wanted to say that i had high hopes from bafang , nothing much . they promised good integrated motor - they delivered g510 uart , powerful and easy to tune with cheap usb cable - looked soo good...
then m600 - i was quite happy with that motor anyway . CAN , so it required besst , but nothing to tune - WTF ? after g510 and no tuneability ??? wtf ...
they they promised bafang GO+ along with NEW motors . whoever used this shit, doesn't need to explain that it wasn't the promised land ...
years passed by and things are still as they are - without resolving problems of existing motors being fair to buyers who built bafang's fame and fortune - they introduce "new great motors" like apple , however apple cares more for existing users and bafang dumps you the minute they got your money .
as i said before , they could get great , but they chose only to get rich
 
Misenko, they developed same controllers for M510 and M560. Difference only in a bootloader (so which firmware controller allow you to flash).

v0.8 is new M560
v0.5 was in my first loud M560.

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Thanks! Thant explains it then. Really looks like it's the latest iteration. I've regreased the motor completely and now it sounds much butter. It is still not silent, but much better. Think I can get used to it (until I ride my bosch again lol).

I'd like to see someone develops a peek gear for it, it could help even more. Do we know why no one offers peek gear for it ? It's too strong for it ?

And it is false expectations you have, same as Mischenko. So they should build motor according your expectations?
Bosch also allowing you to set treshold voltages? ;)
Well, they do not. But still it's the fact no premium brand bike manufactures use bafang. This is used in low/middle class bikes - Pedego, Juiced, Aventon, Charge. Did you ever hear of them ?

I don't say it's a bad motor, it's just noisy, but also M510 is noisy for me so all is subjective. If they will start to make silent motors like DJI or Bosch, then I'm all in. Until then I just need to accept how it is.

I understand there are many benefits of bafang motors but I can't ignore their biggest con and that's the noise. For someone it's maybe minor but for other people it's a big negative.

hard data please . millions including hubs and bbs yes ? and the number is coming from where ?
bosch/others is allowing for far better tuning than bafang , battery treshold is not needed there - not the point we are talking about . they give you this out of the box , not via dado's speedbox for a nice dollar (not that i hold something against you but this boring advertising your own product is starting to be repulsive) thus the only thing agains bosch&others is speedlimit afaik . oh , somehow i know lots of people to whom 25kms is strangely enough ... how they can live with that ... such a waste ...
okay . rant off

Yes, here I agree. The only and pretty big annoyance of e.g. Bosch motors is that it's locked to 25kmh. Other than that, everything is perfect and works out of the box. You don't need to tune anything. It's smooth, it's silent and power delivery is different world with Bosch, their smart eco system is top notch where everything works perfectly. And somehow I don't trust Bafang's numbers that much. Paper is one thing, and real power delivery on a wheel second. Bafang GO+ app is a joke. It won't track your rides automatically, you always need to start it from app, wtf ? And when I want to start it I have to move my bike, otherwise there is no record button. It's really a pain that app.

So guys, let's try not only to praise how great it is but let's talk also about negatives which could be improved. Not talking about them will not move us further ahead.
 
yeee. if only bafang would listen hahahah . they would beat bosch by now
 
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Oh common, 174K mid drive units ? Stop posting this nonsense. Take the facts and don't be Bafang's fanboy.

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And this is only up to 2019.

Where do you see Bafang here ?

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Source.
 
Sounds like you should sell the frames and cut your losses, particularly if you can purchase Bosch cheaper than Bafang. I guess that’s down to EU tariffs.

Here in the U.K. you can get a M510 for around 400 Euro. + parts at stupidly cheap prices.
"here in uk" you mean via a local dealer ?
 
Oh well I guess if you are correct then the deep dive I did using Google ChatGPT must be bollocks. So much for AI.
Well, I found ChatGPT often talks nonsense. It depends how you ask and what sentiment you have when ask. And sometimes you must ask multiple times because first you get a completely different response.

"here in uk" you mean via a local dealer ?
Cheapest I found somewhere in Germany is about 600 eur for 36V. Most of them are 700 and up. Often they are selling for 1000 eur which is insane.

EDIT: Even on ali insane price :)

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"here in uk" you mean via a local dealer ?
Is there an actual UK Bafang dealer in the UK, I think we are covered by the European division.

One of the joys of Brexit was that we can import gear from China and all parts of the world without worrying about the punitive tariffs imposed by the EU protectionism mechanism. In my case I just keep a lookout on EBay or contact Chilli Shen who can dispatch them within a few days.

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So far I've done about 6K miles on 3 engines, two failed eventually with water and mud ingress which is par for the course for all the motor brands here. I think my Bosch riding friends are on more motor replacements than I at about the same mileage, Brose motors seem to be the most reliable but seem to have more electrical failures. The one Yamaha rider ( Haibike ) has had zero failures but he does a lot less winter riding.
 
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Oh well I guess if you are correct then the deep dive I did using Google ChatGPT must be bollocks. So much for AI.
the only numbers i believe is annual company report . chinese companies are not required to publicize them outside PRC thus we know nothing ... not to mention this is irrelevant as discussed issues are still here unsolved and manufacturer is not likely to fix them , rather offering new product - where is fault in this statement?
 
Is there an actual UK Bafang dealer in the UK, I think we are covered by the European division.

One of the joys of Brexit was that we can import gear from China and all parts of the world without worrying about the punitive tariffs imposed by the EU protectionism mechanism. In my case I just keep a lookout on EBay or contact Chilli Shen who can dispatch them within a few days.

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So far I've done about 6K miles on 3 engines, two failed eventually with water and mud ingress which is par for the course for all the motor brands here. I think my Bosch riding friends are on more motor replacements than I at about the same mileage, Brose motors seem to be the most reliable but seem to have more electrical failures. The one Yamaha rider ( Haibike ) has had zero failures but he does a lot less winter riding.

Omg, that's an ended auction. Show me shop in UK which sells cheap. Even in China you won't buy for less than 600$ and then add shipping fees and taxes eventually.

I have 10000+ km on my Bosch and never had a single issue. M560 is a bit more powerful but that's it.

not to mention this is irrelevant as discussed issues are still here unsolved and manufacturer is not likely to fix them , rather offering new product - where is fault in this statement?
This is right. You buy this motor and then you need to fix it yourself. I don't understand so many fanboys around here :)
People should be more objective because all that glitters is not gold.
 
Omg, that's an ended auction. Show me shop in UK which sells cheap. Even in China you won't buy for less than 600$ and then add shipping fees and taxes eventually.

I have 10000+ km on my Bosch and never had a single issue. M560 is a bit more powerful but that's it.


This is right. You buy this motor and then you need to fix it yourself. I don't understand so many fanboys around here :)
People should be more objective because all that glitters is not gold.
OMG its an ended Auction, that's what I paid 3 months ago, what more can I say.

10000Km a lot of UK riders would love to get 1/4 of that before getting water ingress troubles.

Not sure why you bought a Bafang engine, you made a consumer choice knowing that you would get an engine that was probably louder than a Bosch, probably less backup in the EU and you have had a good experience with Bosch. You can buy a Bosch engine for about the same money and yet you still bought a Bafang engine ?
 
yeee. if only bafang would listen hahahah . they would beat bosch by now
Just cry, boy. If you would know how many issues and bugs I encounter with Bafangs last years you would cry a river.

And do know Bafang is not reading here your complains, you need to complain on different fields. M560 is best Bafang motor ever and as Wayne stated, you just spreading negative vibes.

And also funny, you can not google how many motors Bafang is producing.
 
i wasn't aware that bafang will promise that bafang GO app will be good and then realized its crap . anybody was ?
anybody was aware that the new m560 will be loud and still have overrun despite they claimed "new sensor"?

iknow it's good news for dado as he sells magic potions for this and bafang fixing shit ends his business . but for the rest of us not necesarilly .
trying to patronize me is a bad choice dado . im definately not boy at 45, and im not crying . i'm a customer who is discussing annoyances in the product he uses , it's called progress, when manufacturer is paying attention .
you know ppl do this regarding other products than chinese motors?

show me google results that are trustworthy
 
OMG its an ended Auction, that's what I paid 3 months ago, what more can I say.

10000Km a lot of UK riders would love to get 1/4 of that before getting water ingress troubles.

Not sure why you bought a Bafang engine, you made a consumer choice knowing that you would get an engine that was probably louder than a Bosch, probably less backup in the EU and you have had a good experience with Bosch. You can buy a Bosch engine for about the same money and yet you still bought a Bafang engine ?
Thing is you can't normally buy it for that price. You were lucky, that's it.

Well, I knew it is possibly louder but I didn't expect that much louder. Also was quiet disappointed with eco system. For example why for a god sake that display can't remember the last settings before I turn of the bike ? On every start I have to chose mode, I have to choose Wats. I need to reset driven distance in pretty awful way. Why ? Do they know that a memory exist ? These are small thing which can ruin your experience, especially if you are coming from system like Bosch.

For my needs, I would definitely buy a Bosch or DJI, but I simply couldn't because I haven't had a choice since frames are not compatible with them. All those Chinese frames like dengfu are compatible only with Bafang motors.

But let's stop argue about this, it is how it is, seems we can change it even you shout on Bafang the whole day.
 
Omg, that's an ended auction. Show me shop in UK which sells cheap. Even in China you won't buy for less than 600$ and then add shipping fees and taxes eventually.
I just bought m560 motor from chili Shen and it cost me 510€. Shipping and tax included. China to EU.
 
"But let's stop argue about this"

i'm not arguing , they are . haven't got a clue why they defend this so much , knowing that good changes are in their favor (maybe not for dado...for obviuos reasons...)
i only say what is to fix

funny enough - if there were so many milions of sold bafangs , some of hundreds of thousands were m560 , some of thousands users were definately dissapointed and , let's say , 3000 should be on this forum ... where are they ??
even at endless sphere there are maybe 20 people talking about it ...

i only overheard somewhere that bafang frames from china sold only few thousands - but this if assworthy info
 
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i wasn't aware that bafang will promise that bafang GO app will be good and then realized its crap . anybody was ?
anybody was aware that the new m560 will be loud and still have overrun despite they claimed "new sensor"?

iknow it's good news for dado as he sells magic potions for this and bafang fixing shit ends his business . but for the rest of us not necesarilly .
trying to patronize me is a bad choice dado . im definately not boy at 45, and im not crying . i'm a customer who is discussing annoyances in the product he uses , it's called progress, when manufacturer is paying attention .
you know ppl do this regarding other products than chinese motors?

show me google results that are trustworthy
It is as it is. Yes, Go app was shit and made lot of harm to people. Also was criticizing missing Assistance level % in app - such an important parameter. Just you wont solve anything with the crying.

Ending with you. And stop to attacking me and my devices, you dont have a clue how much work it was. Hundreads people are happy with it. And I can tell, only Slovaks, Czech and Polish people are crying about high price of devices. Do you know that new speedbox for Bosch cost almost 400Eur?
 
It is as it is. Yes, Go app was shit and made lot of harm to people. Also was criticizing missing Assistance level % in app - such an important parameter. Just you wont solve anything with the crying.

Ending with you. And stop to attacking me and my devices, you dont have a clue how much work it was. Hundreads people are happy with it. And I can tell, only Slovaks, Czech and Polish people are crying about high price of devices. Do you know that new speedbox for Bosch cost almost 400Eur?
YOU started attacking me . what is weird in the fact that "Slovaks, Czech and Polish" are complaining for the price since they earn money in much less worthy currency genius ?? why not set price at 100 pln or 100 czk . actually you only admitted that you fixed what bafang fu#$%d up - therefore conclusion is that bafang is shit ? yes or no ? if NO - why ? it took lots of work ? of course - bafang released half baked product - thank u for agreeing with me.
howewer u still attacking me and my arguments .
wonder if one day bafang will say that no more DIY batteries - who will purchase m750 ,or whatewer number they figure , then ?
 
YOU started attacking me . what is weird in the fact that "Slovaks, Czech and Polish" are complaining for the price since they earn money in much less worthy currency genius ?? why not set price at 100 pln or 100 czk . actually you only admitted that you fixed what bafang fu#$%d up - therefore conclusion is that bafang is shit ? yes or no ? if NO - why ? it took lots of work ? of course - bafang released half baked product - thank u for agreeing with me.
howewer u still attacking me and my arguments .
wonder if one day bafang will say that no more DIY batteries - who will purchase m750 ,or whatewer number they figure , then ?
You develop it for 100pln, smart boy.
 
And I can tell, only Slovaks, Czech and Polish people are crying about high price of devices.
Hey, and you are from Slovakia and don't cry about the price :) Anyhow, it's not about the price why we are crying :)
YOU started attacking me . what is weird in the fact that "Slovaks, Czech and Polish" are complaining for the price since they earn money in much less worthy currency genius ?? why not set price at 100 pln or 100 czk . actually you only admitted that you fixed what bafang fu#$%d up - therefore conclusion is that bafang is shit ? yes or no ? if NO - why ? it took lots of work ? of course - bafang released half baked product - thank u for agreeing with me.
howewer u still attacking me and my arguments .
wonder if one day bafang will say that no more DIY batteries - who will purchase m750 ,or whatewer number they figure , then ?

Guys, stop arguing. I know at least one Slovak guy who is not complaining :)

Simply Dado is fixing Bafangs shit and he is good with that. Sadly, he can't fix everything and there is still a lot to fix.

So let's end the debate with statement, that M560 is best motor Bafang created (besides noise) and there are many better, yet less powerful motors out there.
 
I will add my experience with Bafang. I have 2 bikes, one BBS02 / 25000km/and the other with M500/13000km/. On BBS, only the bearings on the axle and the nylon wheel were replaced because the grease had penetrated the clutch. And in the winter the clutch was not working. After cleaning, the nylon wheel is working in reserve.
There was no problem with M500 yet. It took me longer to find a good FW but I managed. When riding with friends on Bosch motors, I think I am an even partner.
The noise level is great for me.
 
Thing is you can't normally buy it for that price. You were lucky, that's it.
Not at all, I've seen that same retailer on a number of occassions selling around that. Chilli is much the same price. I think the UK has quite a bit less % Customs and delivery charges than the EU, certainly I've stopped buying from the EU as I can get gear quite a bit cheaper through AliExpress, Temu, Ebay since Brexit.

I am aware however that Chinese products are becoming more expensive through the Tariff war thats onward going. Blame Trump for that.
 
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