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Old 03-29-2016, 12:09 PM   #5 (permalink)
Stubby79
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Originally Posted by Daox View Post
Haha, wow that is quite the brick of lead you got there.

Regen is not as easy, but completely doable. Find a way to hook up the alternator while decelerating. Ideally a large alternator so you can recoup as much as possible.
This is your best bet. Plus make it so whenever you are idiling, it's charging. Gives your engine something to do. Of course, if it's just turned on and off by the brake switch, it'll regen during idle anyway. Unless you use the hand brake/park.

And, yes, as mentioned, there's solar...but you'd have to go big to get enough out of them to get that many amp-hours.

Otherwise, you'd have to figure some means of plugging it in. Even if that means carrying your bike with you so that you can leave it charging at a buddy's house while you go the last few KMs to work(or whatever) every day.
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