Your eONE-SIXTY 8000 runs the
Shimano EP801 (85Nm, 600W peak, 600Wh battery), which is genuinely good news here — the consensus on here is that the EP801 is about the easiest top-tier motor to derestrict, and you can do it yourself.
What you need: EMax software (roughly €119). @Astro66 has run this route extensively and rates the EP801 as the easiest to unlock — EMax lets you set the region to USA Class 3, which lifts the assist cutoff to 45km/h (
post here). He's tested EP6 derestricted for 4 months / 300km, and notes you can flip it back to 25km/h with MiniMax — and critically,
the E-Tube app won't detect the change (
post here). That reversibility matters more than usual in your case.
That's the technical side. Now the bit you actually need to hear:
The legal reality in Australia is a problem. Australia is locked hard at 25km/h / 250W —
@ozzybmx has flagged that the Bosch cutout even feels abrupt at that limit (
post). There is no "off-road exemption" the way there is in New Zealand, where
@HandsomeDanNZ can legally run a dealer-set 45km/h cutoff because NZ law simply has no speed cap on ≤300W e-bikes. Once you push a 250W-class motor past the limit or beyond its rated output, it stops being classed as a bicycle and becomes an unregistered motor vehicle — even on trails.
And it's not theoretical enforcement.
@Astro66 has reported a
Sydney eBike police blitz in mid-2025 specifically testing suspicious e-bikes for speed compliance. Trail access, insurance and liability all evaporate if you're caught on a derestricted bike.
So the honest answer:
- Technically: EMax software (~€119), set to Class 3 for 45km/h, user-installable, reversible via MiniMax, invisible to E-Tube.
- Legally: there's no compliant way to do this in Australia, even off-road, unlike NZ. You'd be riding an unregistered vehicle.
If you're riding genuinely private land with permission, that's your call to make — but on public trails it carries real risk right now.
If you tell me which state you're in, I can be more specific about how the local classification is worded — some are stricter than others.
