So, i mentioned in an earlier post that i originally thought i’d be able to build a bike for a couple grand. Well, after thinking about my desires for an electric motorcycle, that cost jumped a bit….ok more than a bit.
What i’m hoping to get in the end is a motorcycle that will:
- go 65-70mph (highway speed)
- get at least 55 miles per charge, but hopefully more than that
- have enough acceleration to beat out your average car from a stop when driving in traffic. This isn’t particularly hard since most people don’t gun it from the line at a stop light. But my scooter is underpowered so accelerates pretty slowly.
That being said, i decided to throw as much in the way of batteries as i thought i’d be able to get away with. A guy in Florida with the screen name “remotecontact” on elmoto.net started on a project similar to me a few weeks before i got started. He started with a 2009 Ninja 250 and is planning on using the same EnerTrac hub motor, with 32 Thundersky 60Ah batteries. that works out to 6.1KWh.
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