An ev/bicycle for Frank Lee
 

I remember Frank posted about that Honda motorcycle not too long ago and figured he'd appreciate this.

Juicer 48 motorized bicycle gets its gumption from V-Twin battery banks

http://www.blogcdn.com/green.autoblo...cer-ii-628.jpg

Very cool looking bike.

But uncomfortable as heck?

Frank Lee wouldn't put up with that kind of riding position. (Neither would I - forget vanity over comfort!) Recumbents rule!!!

Jay Leno just looked at some retro, custom built, ICE-powered bikes on his site ( Phantom Bikes - Phantom - Jay Leno's Garage ) . The "cafe" style one that looked sort of like that EV was a pain in the nads to ride for more than about 10 seconds.

Certainly looks cool. I'm an upright "wedgie" rider, myself, and thinking that would look neat in a more standard cruiser frame... might take some fitting and a different battery size though.

The aesthetics on it are genius! It looks a lot like my '15 Indian, which is just about the sweetest thing on wheels.

I guess I wouldn't condemn the riding position without... riding it. I've made my own seat for my Songi that is far lower and further back than stock... makes the pedalling ergos bad but the stupid thing was never made for serious pedalling anyway. So what I got out of it was much better comfort, better handling, lower weight, and the aero has to be better too, simply due to a good reduction in frontal area.

My Dear Santa letter requesting one of these is in the mail! I haven't been all that good but Santa forgives right? Or do I have him confused with someone else? :confused:

We live a few miles out of town, but only about 3 or 4 from a couple truck stops and a few local general stores... and a McDonalds. If I need to run out for a quick something I can get at those places, it isn't even enough to properly warm up an engine.
That's where I'd like a bike like this, or a scooter/motorcycle conversion.

By the way, the speed limit between here and there is 45, so it wouldn't even have to be super fast, and there *is* a back way. :)

Love it !

Clean up the electrical wiring, (optionally) do something about the out-of-place blue-anodized color of the battery packs, and start selling them !

+1, way cool.

It's hard to see in the OP picture but the ebike has pedals too!
The cure for range anxiety? :p

Quite possibly you might need them rather than push it as at
reasonable urban speeds speeds anyway --30-35 mph, range
appears to be on the limited side.

" ...it's pretty quick and can hit speeds of 46 miles per hour.
At a more reasonable 20 mph, the 16 LiFePo4 cells hold enough
energy to carry the 110-lb bike and rider about 13 miles.

Wonder what the charging time is on 120 and 240 VAC?

If there's room in the "tank" I'd consider stuffing more battery capacity in there...

Oh, jeez! Looking more closely at the OP pix, the brakes appear
to be standard bicycle disk in front and caliper in the rear. :eek:

I expect they'd be a little sketchy when stopping from 35+
MPH.

Pack a extra set of skivvies; briefs or boxers your choice. :D

I think the mountain bikers, who see 50 mph going down steep hills, have proven the brakes already.

I was talking to a bike mechanic who has been working on bikes for nearly 40 years and asked him if there would be an issue with going 50mph on a bicycle and he seemed to think you would be just fine as long as it was not a wal-mart bicycle.
I also heard just the other day that some schwalbe tires are a LRR tire and they would be ideal for a bike like this to help with a little extra range.
Of course the pedals are not there to help you get home when the battery runs dead... most people don't go on 20 mile electric bicycle trips, 5 to 10 miles at most, the pedals are there because it's a bicycle and bicycles have pedals and electric bicycles have pedals and a motor that can be removed without affecting it's use as a bicycle.

This is pretty darn cool! That Etek motor is good for 20 hp bursts, (although the batteries might complain) so this would be a pretty quick bike. I'd like the "engine" in flat black, the rest painted like your old Indian. (I had a couple 43 Sport Scouts)