Well...build something different, an e-bike! hub motors are easily installed on most bikes
kits are available "off the shelf" so minimal electrical experience is needed, all plug and play..
Can ride e-bikes anywhere you ride your bicycles now Uncle stretch...
KiM
Having built half a dozen custom electric powered bicycles from the ground up, i have to say, that electric motor your using
will do very little as far as increasing power and range...your running a 7hp ICE motor and what a 500watt if that
brushed electric motor thats waaay less than a...
Aluminium Side Panels Completed
Thanks fellas for the kind words, i haven't till recently done alot to the bike
I been having to much fun riding it in this lovely weather we are having...
I did require a means to two my wheelchair behind the bike, so reluctantly
knocked up a tow hitch and...
Nor did i harry76 but theres this wonderful thing called the internet and Google hehe Join
Endless Sphere forums if you want to learn about e-bikes, they are incrediably simple
plug and play kits avaialble very cheap... Hyena Electric Bikes in NSW would be the ]place to score a good hub motor...
Carbon Fiber Chain Guard
Since i saw Mr Recumpence beautiful hand made Carbon fiber and delerin
chain guard, i of course, wanted one myself... like most of the things Matt.S makes...i want LoL-->
So not being able to purchase one, i made one myself! with a few "additions" of my oown :-P...
More Carbon Fiber And Lightening Holes
I wasn't completely happy with the first couple of gear change levers lil too flimsy so-->
Spring loaded to first gear, push down lever for 2nd gear, hit downshift
'button' on shifter it springs to 1st again works perfectly! AnD is super
strong, bit...
More Carbon Fiber :-P
I started working on a new gear change linkage setup, my mate who was also into RC cars like myself few years ago still had a heap of parts so we scrounged through them and thought something like this would work
^^that was done last week just today i got back working...
Goes to show racing isn't always about horse power and who
has the most... The winning bike ridden by Endless Sphere member PaulD
used same motor i have in my e-bike, the Turnigy 80-100 130kv he
peaked during the race at 3500watt (output of controller) this
equates to lil over 4 1/2...
I have mate yes, won't be any new pics (from me anywayz) of Matt's bike it has
been collected buy its new owner, Matt sold it for $AU2000
I have made a few modifications to the cruiser, lil more carbon fiber happening hehe...
Got it all fitted up to the frame after a few strokes with the...
Lovin' the alumnium mounting brackets CNCed? are they?
Nice bike all round tank is trick too perhaps a lil love
to the welds to smooth them? Have you plans to
pull the bike down and polish/anodize the ali parts
or will she remain a 'Rat Rod Bike' ? Either way she is
impressive...