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Old 05-02-2014, 01:51 AM   #35 (permalink)
vskid3
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Got the motor kit and battery. Flipped my bike and stuck the motor in and hooked everything up to test it and it seems to work great. It hit 42MPH with no load according to the speedo it came with, so we'll see how it does when its right-side-up.
Waiting on the torque arms. I ended up getting them from ampedbikes.com. I got two, but I'm not sure if I'll be able to get them both on. They're supposed to be here Monday, I'm crossing my fingers that they arrive Friday or Saturday so I can ebike to work on Monday.

Last week I found my front tire with just a few PSI in it. I discovered that I had picked up more thorns than I thought, with many of them broken off in the tread. I went ahead and Slimed both tires. It took about 40 miles for the tires to get the flat, and its been 60 flatless miles since I put the Slime in.

I want to mount the battery in the triangle for weight distribution and handling. Unfortunately, it only fits laying down, 6" wide. My crank arms just barely clear it, and that's without any extra casing on it. I think I'll just mount it to the rear rack for to get it going and experiment with triangle mounting later.

Hopefully my torque arms will arrive and I'll have a busy weekend.
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