And an entire set of heavy duty wheels in case I decide to build another one of these in electric because this one turned out so nice for me.
BO15 Beiwagenmaschine Type II (finished)
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put a wheelchair hoop out there, I used a wheelchair hub on the other one. I keep threatening to convert my other one to electric. It would be so much lighter. I am just going to have to build one more so i can stack extra batteries in the sidecar. I could fit enough in there to get to the casinos and back
I have never struggled this much with tail lights ever. I guess I could use my solar pumpkin lights. I forgot I made those
Headlight and tail light. I can wire those little markers to the hub maybe later and leave this here as a backup plan just in case. I missed the last train out of downtown Dallas before and had to ride my bike home after an event. I wasn't paying attention to the time and Kate wasn't there. I really doubt these can kill a battery in a single day though. They are both really low draw
Plus I can put this thing in that fender lamp housing
Plus I can put this thing in that fender lamp housing
I might even get to move to the finished bikes thread tomorrow. I have have like twenty places that would be good for taking a "not too busy" background photo
That bright white thing would be pretty cool inside this. Put a pack of 18650's in the tank.
Or Kate's Columbia
Or Kate's Columbia
That works. Now for the headlight
I want to use a relay for the lights so I just shrink wrapped something without marking my ground wire
That is only slightly more fun than solder then shrink wrap
That is only slightly more fun than solder then shrink wrap
Plus the wiring diagram on these relays is comically backwards. Explaining why I got them all so cheap
This lamp is a little too intense . I figured out a way to mount it indirectly in there. If If someone looked straight at it it would blind them. I can just leave this thing on one of my float chargers at the house when I'm not riding it. I have a few for the ski and the motorcycle. I would need to use a smoked lense if I put it in a lamp
I put an extra heavier guage wire in here and shrink wrapped them together so I wouldn't have to worry about this getting cut. I also mounted that light in the top of the housing so no one will accidentally look straight at it. It still puts enough light in front of the bike to see where I am going and I can always add a "driving" light or use my other headlamp if I really need an intense beam
I just cut a coke bottle to pin it to the top of the housing so if I decide to do something different later I still have the 3m adhesive on it. It's a crescent clamp essentially
You can't tell I have been oblivious to anything else but this bike for a minute. I swear this was all cleaned up and mowed before I started.
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I don't know if your led is dim-able, but most that take direct voltage are- in my experience (disregarding what is written on the package) anyway.
I had this laying around, but 3 are like 10 bux
https://www.amazon.com/Hiletgo-DC12...keywords=12v+dc+dimmer&qid=1598110347&sr=8-45
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wow! That is so weird! i NEVER have that happen to me....
I was thinking just take the rheostat out of an old stereo and mount it somewhere you can see the coil
It is already blistering hot outside. I forgot I can drag that thing in here and make another mess in the air conditioning
Tick tock I already have three bikes here to restore I need to get this done
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or even just a hand-ful of resistors
The dimmer does have a circuit of some kind, but i don't think the LEDs care that much- too much voltage is the only issue i have had - POP!
