Getting to freeway speeds is simple, getting 40 miles a charge at freeway
speeds is almost impossible unless you spend some serious money on expensive
batteries and some serious time building a system to properly take care of
them.
Damon
From: "James Allgood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: ElectricMotorcycles <[email protected]>
To: "'ElectricMotorcycles'" <[email protected]>
Subject: [ElectricMotorcycles] NooB to Ecycles
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 09:14:36 -0800
My name is James, I live in Oakland CA and currently I have a Kawi ZR 7S, a
V-Star, and my wife also has a V-Star. I want to build an electric commuter
bike based on a UJM frame, a Bandit 1200 or similar large displacement
naked
bike. My commute is over the Bay Bridge, so I need a range of 40 miles with
38 of those miles at 50-65 mph.
I have everything pretty much worked out theoretically, but I am having the
most trouble with the transmission. I don't think I can get the efficiency
and range out of an electric motor without taller gearing at highway
speeds.
The big cruisers have a secondary drive but that would take up a lot of
weight and size. Vectrix's planetary gear looks promising, but where can I
source one?
Maybe I am just spinning my wheels. Will a motor spin fast enough to keep
me
humming a freeway speeds with decent efficiency?
Thanks for your help and if there is an archive where I should look for
these answers let me know.
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of lyle sloan
Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 3:41 AM
To: ElectricMotorcycles
Subject: Re: [ElectricMotorcycles] eCycle has new CAD images
http://www.machineart.com/transfer/hybridconcept/EcyclePressRelease.html
--- lyle sloan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Don't know if anyone has been on the eCycle website
> recently, but looks like there are some new CAD
> images
> posted of some of their new design concepts.
>
> http://www.ecycle.com/powersports/hybrid.htm
>
>
>
>
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