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rkildu · Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2010 1:44 pm Post subject: My New High MPG Ride

Here is my new 'e-bike'.

It has a 350 W 24 V brushless, gearless motor.
Top Speed 18 mph
Distance about 20 miles per full charge.

It uses two AGM SLA batteries.
Average time to charge 4-8 hours, but I have noticed it takes closer to 4.

Great for running errands around town and saving on gas. Pennies to charge.
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97 K1100LT HighLine
82 R100Lufty

Ted · Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2010 2:18 pm Post subject:

Where are the PIAA lights?

Cool ride Smile

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Jim · Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2010 2:21 pm Post subject:

Very cool! Did you build it? Or buy it? I've been thinking about doing something like that with my bike.
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1997 K1100LTSE 94,000 - still has gremlins!
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1992 K75RTP 46,000

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SugarHillCTD · Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2010 2:40 pm Post subject:

+1

Is the bike driven by a motor in the front wheel hub?

BTW, as might know, this year at Isle of Man TT, they were just off the 100mph mark with full electric bikes.

You are on the leading edge with your new ride. Wink

John

rkildu · Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2010 3:39 pm Post subject:

Sorry guys, I guess I should have explained a bit more.

Yes, I built it. Bought the bike and the conversion kit separately and did the conversion. The conversion kit consists of a provided hub center front drive wheel with tire mounted, controller, batteries (2), saddle side mount battery boxes (which I didn't use), twist grip throttle, two replacement brake levers (with electric motor cutoffs), pedal crank sensor, and charger.

It took about three hours to convert plus the time to convert the brakes.

I had to get another bike because the front axle is a larger diameter than the one on my old 10 speed.

No Pia lights but the bike shop had some really cool LED running lights I may invest in soon.

The motor is intended as a pedal assist. It helps on the hills and works well on the flats to cruise.

Just a few miles so far. I'm going to get a Sigma speedometer for tracking things soon, too.
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97 K1100LT HighLine
82 R100Lufty

Tim (Midland Section) · Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2010 4:09 pm Post subject:

AND it has a BFD Laughing

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drikko · Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2010 5:18 pm Post subject:

Suspect it is Black Final Drive....yep, sad, really sad.

We have braindead laws here that if the motor in an electric bike is over 200 watts it has to be registered as a motorbike! How stupid is that! The kits are available here quite cheap. You can even get ones that are stamped and labelled as 200 watts but are actually the 350 watt ones like this Smile

The trouble is Brisbane is really hilly and the 200W ones just don't work, mind you the pedals are there for a reason I guess.

So much for encouraging people to get out of cars!
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malcolmt · Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2010 9:19 am Post subject:

I'll wait till this beauty is freely available before going green.
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drikko · Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2010 7:22 pm Post subject:

Interesting to see it'll take 2 hours to recharge here as we have 240V but 8 hours in the USA hahahaha.

Pretty cool looking machine hey.
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Laverda RGS 1000 '84
Jim Young Trailer Sailer 5.7M WB

DISCLAIMER:- Anything I say may have been when I was drunk so please don't take it personally.

'Bigamy is having one wife/husband too many. Monogamy is the same.'
Oscar Wilde

Jim · Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2010 9:07 pm Post subject:

Karlos11 · Posted: Thu Jul 01, 2010 5:21 am Post subject:

Really nice looking bike. Good work! Smile

How much does it weigh now, with the conversion kit? Is it heavy to ride without the help of the electric engine?
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rkildu · Posted: Thu Jul 01, 2010 9:37 am Post subject:

The gross weight of the conversion package is 50 lbs., including the batteries. It doesn't seem to be that much harder to pedal.

I am looking into the possibility of a solar charger to get it completely off of the grid. Mainly just to see if I can do it. To use the relatively inexpensive units I will have to use two, one for each battery.
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Rod Kilduff
97 K1100LT HighLine
82 R100Lufty