As well as the new motor being more powerful, the brakes will be massively improved on the e-vespa. The original rear brake used a 150mm drum brake. Perfectly fine given the size, weight, and power of the original bike. The motor, however, comes with a disc and I have sourced a hydraulic, two pot caliper. It being hydraulic does mean we will have to route a pipe and a master cylinder, but that should be possible. Originally, the rear brake was activated by the foot pedal. However, given the lack of clutch on this conversion, I want to use the left hand brake lever for the rear brake - just like on modern mopeds. The motor and controller are also capable of regen-braking, the ideal plan would be for the foot pedal to activate the regen: thereby allowing no-brake slowing and charging when needed or on hills.
