01-08-2010, 03:00 PM
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Great video, Ben! (You da man.)
I had an EV grin just watching you bunch of hardcore EV guys out playing in the dead of winter.
Also: for one volt, that's not too bad!
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01-08-2010, 03:15 PM
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I was later informed that it wasn't at ONE volt, that was a miss-measurement on someone's part. However, it did appear that the motor was pulling HIGH AMPERAGE / LOW VOLTAGE.
It sure is one dang quiet motorcycle though.
A black carbon-fiber body would look slick on it. (With lots of LEDs for safety, of course!)
I might have to loan my Citicar controller to the cause for controller troubleshooting and high-speed playing in the street.
Also, I am glad I was NOT the one riding it with NO SEAT!
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01-11-2010, 11:49 AM
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I would have done it. 
Lately I've been thinking, an EV motorcycle with side car and streamlined bodywork would even work in the winter around here. There's a guy who rides his Ural + sidecar most of the year... |
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01-14-2010, 06:07 PM
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I knew a guy in Binghamton, NY that rode his sport bike all winter, pulled a trailer to junkyards, etc... his ***** was that insurance/fuel was too expensive for a car, and an electric jacket/seat warmer/etc... didn't cost him as much as he saved for the first year, let alone the last 10 that he'd been doing this.
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01-16-2010, 08:43 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bennelson
A black carbon-fiber body would look slick on it. (With lots of LEDs for safety, of course!)
I might have to loan my Citicar controller to the cause for controller troubleshooting and high-speed playing in the street.
Also, I am glad I was NOT the one riding it with NO SEAT!
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led's...for safety...i never thought of that...i just thought they would make it look SWEET! hahaha
and riding without a seat wasent as bad as i thought, although i wasent going too fast...or over any sort of bumps...this weekend might be more of a problem tho, i messed up my back earlier this week snowboarding...so...we'll see...
as for the body design, i think everyone agreed last time, a stealth body needs to be done, just for the simple fact that its so quite....so if anyone has any ideas of how i could make it look kinda like a F-117, that would be awesome!
i'm so excited for this weekend...little sneak peek of the updates that will hopefully be done TOMORROW!!
1) Trail Tech Endurance - its alot smaller then i thought it was when i bought it, but it will get the job done...
2) Got a throttle of my own, so ben can have his back! but thanks for letting me borrow it!!!!
3) New controller to test out...its 48V, so i get to add another battery, and more cabling
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01-16-2010, 08:50 PM
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Re: Looking like a fighter - if you don't mind paying, you can get an episode of Orange County Choppers where they build a fighter bike, modeled after the stealth fighter from Discovery.com (I think they're about $20, or you might even be able to watch it on HULU or something similar).
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01-16-2010, 09:37 PM
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Shiba got another controller?
Musta bought it on Ebay when I wasn't looking!
I know another guy who wants to build an EV cycle, who might stop out at the build day.
I might also bring my cycle seat, just to make road testing a little easier!
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01-16-2010, 10:42 PM
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Quote:
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Re: Looking like a fighter - if you don't mind paying, you can get an episode of Orange County Choppers where they build a fighter bike, modeled after the stealth fighter from Discovery.com (I think they're about $20, or you might even be able to watch it on HULU or something similar).
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thanks for the heads up, just finished watching it...kinda a sad episode...never fun family fights...
the bike was awesome...it gave me some ideas, i was mostly struggleing w/ how to handle the 'slim'-ness of the airplane, and the...well, not so slim motorcycle...but it gave me some ideas! |
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01-16-2010, 11:27 PM
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Is it this one you are talking about?
I like the pointy back end. |
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01-16-2010, 11:40 PM
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no, thats not the one i saw in the episode...but SWEET!!!
i totally agree, the beck end looks awesome...all these are making me wish i built this from ground up....  haha, i'm PLENTY happy with what i have tho!
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