It shouldn't take much time at all. I'm not sure what all you mean by the
El Ninja aproach (I do know what the El Ninja is I'm just not sure what
distinguishing features it has) but really you are just looking to fit the
pieces in the correct places. In my opinion the most important thing to do
is to get your sprockets lined up correctly. There are several approaches.
You can mount the Etek directly on the swing arm, although I wouldn't. You
can mount the Etek in line with the swing arm and run the chain directly to
the Etek with the chain going around the pivot point of the swing arm, or
you can mount a jack shaft in that position and mount the Etek, or both
Eteks someplace else and run a seperate chain from the motor to the jack
shaft. After you have that worked out, then mount the batteries and
controller anywhere you can find room and take it for a ride. Don't forget
to pick up a Magura Twist grip throttle as it will interface directly with
your controller. It should cost you about $50. This is literally something
that you could put together in a few days if you want and get out and kick
up some dust. I've been riding my motorcycle for well over 3 years now and
it is still a lot of fun. It took me a while to figure out the whole motor,
swing arm thing, but since I got that settled I have reconfigured the bike
multiple times to accomodate different batteries.
damon
From: "Chapin, Tim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: ElectricMotorcycles <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Subject: [ElectricMotorcycles] Hello...
Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 13:03:18 -0400
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.
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