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California98Civic · 06-11-2017, 11:43 PM

The new look of "black and red" ...

I still have some wire tucking to do (thinking this stuff) and a couple other small things, but here it is:

The rebuild took 6 pounds off, gave me a lower center of gravity, and greatly improved handling by bringing weight forward of the rear axle. I also solved an intermittent brown-out problem (turned out to be a loose wire in a connector). I made the bracket for the battery out of the battery box portion that I cut in order to fit the frame triangle. First time I ever have made any sort of mount or bracket. It is very solid. It's not very pretty.

Fully loaded with bike lock, toolkits, parts, battery mount--as in the old photo below--the bike was 51 lbs. Now it weighs 45 lbs.

I hope that moving the weight off the back tire will also reduce the frequency of punctures.

The new bike lock is that rectangle above the top tube. It is a titanium TiGr Mini+, and it coast $135. I love it. It weighs 1 lb. My old lock weighted in at about 2.5 pounds.

06-11-2017, 11:43 PM	#61 (permalink)
California98Civic Cyborg ECU Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Coastal Southern California Posts: 6,299 Black and Green - '98 Honda Civic DX Coupe Team Honda 90 day: 66.42 mpg (US) Black and Red - '00 Nashbar Custom built eBike 90 day: 3671.43 mpg (US) Thanks: 2,373 Thanked 2,174 Times in 1,470 Posts	Rebuild and weight reduction The new look of "black and red" ... I still have some wire tucking to do (thinking this stuff) and a couple other small things, but here it is: The rebuild took 6 pounds off, gave me a lower center of gravity, and greatly improved handling by bringing weight forward of the rear axle. I also solved an intermittent brown-out problem (turned out to be a loose wire in a connector). I made the bracket for the battery out of the battery box portion that I cut in order to fit the frame triangle. First time I ever have made any sort of mount or bracket. It is very solid. It's not very pretty. Fully loaded with bike lock, toolkits, parts, battery mount--as in the old photo below--the bike was 51 lbs. Now it weighs 45 lbs. I hope that moving the weight off the back tire will also reduce the frequency of punctures. The new bike lock is that rectangle above the top tube. It is a titanium TiGr Mini+, and it coast $135. I love it. It weighs 1 lb. My old lock weighted in at about 2.5 pounds. Attached Thumbnails __________________ See my car's mod & maintenance thread and my electric bicycle's thread for ongoing projects. I will rebuild Black and Green over decades as parts die, until it becomes a different car of roughly the same shape and color. My minimum fuel economy goal is 55 mpg while averaging posted speed limits. I generally top 60 mpg. See also my Honda manual transmission specs thread.