do motors differ when it comes to pedal assist?

[ScooterBronson]

my bike doesnt have pedals so i dont use pedal assist. i rely purely on the strength of the motor. i recently purchased a wheel, front hub 48volt 1500 watt, to improve my bikes performance. my old wheel was 36volt 800 watt and feels stronger and torquier than the new 48volt. i am using a new 48volt 20 ah lithium battery fully charged. this wheel may work with pedal assist but doesnt work for my needs or expectations.
is there any information in regards to hub motors designed to be the only way to propell the bike? and have less drag? any help is appreciated.

 

[Annieolnie]

What is your controller setup?

 

[ScooterBronson]

not sure what you mean. the controller came with the wheel. along wth a throttle, ped assist thing, display and a couple break levers. do you mean, whats inside the controller?

 

[Annieolnie]

not sure what you mean. the controller came with the wheel. along wth a throttle, ped assist thing, display and a couple break levers. do you mean, whats inside the controller?

Do you have advanced settings on your display, so that you can check the parameters to see how things are set up?

 

[ScooterBronson]

on the display you can change from 5 different levels of power but no way to turn pedal assist on or off.
and no access to parameters, that i can see.

 

[Annieolnie]

Pedal assist is not causing any drag on a hub motor. I'm guessing your old controller is still set up for your old motor. Does your new motor have a different number of magnets in it than your old motor? I think you may need a new controller and display that are programmable to match your new motor. You can start reading some of the threads here, on KT controllers. Look up some of m@Robertson's threads. He is the expert on setting them up.