I have been snooping around EV for while now.. Was one of the lucky few to own a Ford Ranger factory ev for a few short months. (the lead pack crapped out and it was before the latest battery conversion was figured out). I have owned my Elec Trak electric lawn tractor for around 5 years and became a dealer of the Pukka electric mini bike.
I am mechanical enough to break thing and sometimes get them back running again. Over the last year, I have been gathering parts and pieces to build an electric dirt bike. The parts bin includes 2 etek motors, 2 Curtis controllers 36 and 48 volts (I don't remember but I think they are around 300 amp), 1 mid 80's Suzuki RM 250. (it was given to me and pretty rough). I was thinking about setting it up like the el ninja and use the engine bay to carry four 30 ah sealed bricks. Gear it to run about 35-40 max. I can weld some and own an old stick buzz box. Is the el ninja approach the easiest/quickest approach? Is there down falls to it? I.e. scrapping the motor off on a tree... Is there easier/quicker ways then the el ninja? Time is currently a problem so looking for less complicated approaches. Would love to just buy a drift, blade, ac-motard or even the little road runner but the wife wouldn't allow the expense. I have also been kicking around the idea of going the electric bicycle approach to start but think an etek on a bicycle might be a little over kill. Any idea or comments are more than welcome. I just don't want to spend a bunch of time on something that I end up scrapping. Thanks Tim Chapin Brighton Mi.
