One of the designs for a home made e drive uses a starter motor. It even uses the gear on the end as a drive wheel. I just never tried buy but I bet it would be fine even though they say a starter motor wont run for long periods without over heating. Mine was always pulse drive anyway.

Ps I find twenty mph perfectly acceptable as a bike speed.

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