Handling instructions
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HP
Velotechnik
Lighting system
If you want to ride your trike on public
streets, it must be equipped with a legal light
system. Do not only use your lights in the dark
but also in the twilight of dusk and dawn. Due
to laws and regulations the brightness of bicy-
cle lights may be considerably lower than that
of other vehicles.Therefore always keep in
mind that other road-users may only see you
very late or not at all.
For the Scorpion, HP V
ELOTECHNIK
offers a dy-
namo light systems with a tire dynamo or a
hub dynamo.
Both light systems come with strong LEDs for
headlamp and rear light.The LEDs last consi-
derably longer (approx. 100.000 working
hours) than a light bulb. For your safety the
light system has a parking light system both at
the front and at the rear light, which makes
the LEDs shine on approximately 10 minutes
after you have stopped riding.The electronic
system is maintenance free. Because of the ca-
pacitors used you don't have to worry about
batteries.
The cables and the contacts can be affected by
corrosion or mechanical damage.Therefore,
check the light system before every ride.
Tire dynamo
You turn on the light system with the tire dy-
namo at the rear wheel by unlocking the swiv-
elling dynamo. For this purpose you press the
red button at the dynamo until it moves to-
wards the rear wheel.To turn the light off,
swivel the dynamo back to its initial position
by hand.
You can adjust the pressure of the dynamo
against the wheel with the turning knob at the
side.The pressure is right when the dynamo
wheel just does not slip at the wheel, if the
light flickers, the pressure is too low and you
have to increase it.The dynamo should be po-
sitioned in a way that the extension of the dy-
namo axle points through the center of the
wheel.Take care that the dynamo is mounted
safely and can’t be turned.Worn dynamo
wheels can be exchanged. Please ask your spe-
cialist dealer.
Lighting system
You switch on the tire dynamo by pressing the red button.To
switch off the dynamo move it away from the wheel.
Danger!
Do not try to move the dynamo
while riding, your hands can be caught in the
wheel and be injured! To turn the light sys-
tem on or off stop riding, get up from your
trike and only then move the dynamo.
Danger!
The dynamo must always be safely
fastened to the bracket at the frame, so that
it can not turn. If the screws come loose the
dynamo can get caught in the spokes and
block the rear wheel - danger of a serious
fall! Always check the position and secure at-
tachment of the dynamo before a ride.