Water tightness on Shimano STEPS E8000?

[Browneye007]

A mate has advised to check out the 'water tightness of the motor area', how have riders of the STEPS E8000 found this?

 

[steve_sordy]

I have had my Focus Jam2 since Jan'19, so I've been through two winters in the UK, which thanks to global warming are wet, wet, wet! OK, I don't shove a hose up the motor area and I don't ride though rivers either. But I do ride normally, ie through massive puddles, in the rain etc. And the bike is on my tow-bar rack when I'm doing 70mph in the rain. I have not had any problems at all.

I removed the motor guard for the first time a month ago and there was hardly any muck in there, just a bit of dust. Any mud that may have accumulated had probably tuned to dust and fallen out.

 

[Punisher]

My power inlet was not waterproof. Motor gone in January.

 

[Rusty]

Have found with several different bikes and motors a lot of the issue is the shops assembling them. Speshy stuffed up with their 2019 Levos and quickly put out a fix, but mostly it is the shops assembling them either have zero experience with ebikes, or more often not having whoever is assembling them not having proper training.

 

[rb.]

I think the bigger issues is the battery and power connections points. But I cannot say from personal experience as I just got the bike and haven’t experienced winter riding yet.

 

[Gary]

There was a guy on here a few weeks back who suggests completely removing the motor every week to clean it. I'm not sure whether he sticks his in the machine on a warm cycle or handwashes it though.

 

[Mr CRUD]

I have had my Focus Jam2 since Jan'19, so I've been through two winters in the UK, which thanks to global warming are wet, wet, wet! OK, I don't shove a hose up the motor area and I don't ride though rivers either. But I do ride normally, ie through massive puddles, in the rain etc. And the bike is on my tow-bar rack when I'm doing 70mph in the rain. I have not had any problems at all.

I removed the motor guard for the first time a month ago and there was hardly any muck in there, just a bit of dust. Any mud that may have accumulated had probably tuned to dust and fallen out.

Same here. had 2 bikes with Shimano motors. Bullet (and water) proof. So good all-round I would be very reluctant to buy a non-shimano bike. My current commencal has 2,000 HARD miles, always turbo, and battery-motor are like new.

 

[cole_inman]

Same here. had 2 Shimano motors. Bullet (and water) proof. So good all-round I would be very reluctant to buy a non-shimano bike.

Amen to the bullet proof. I cracked my motor cover going over a log the other day and had no reservations about the motor still operating. I’ve been through some big creeks and so far so good.