Seth: I don't want to burst your bubble but 601 lbs dry is good bit of weight to move around (they used 78HP of torquey 4 cyclinder). It's what you have though. You are moving a couple of hundred extra pounds around in your bike. That weight (mass) carries a severe penalty: speed, range, and stopping.
601 lbs, then remove the ICE components, then add in the starter/gen (which is what? 75 lbs) and batteries with enough AH to give you the range you need, and keep in mind you need two passenger weight to be added/moved around, and before you know it you have a bike of 700 lbs carrying 250 lbs of load. That is what you have. Just ask Garrett Maki, his first bike conversion was an 1100 with a series wound motor, and it was a beast (I think he had another word for it). His second full conversion is a svelte 750 conversion with an ETEK and NiCad batteries, nimble, decent acceleration. Again I stand by my recommendation, the lightest bike to start with will net you a benefit of longer range or higher speed. The majority of the builders here would say to a newbie to bypass the 1000cc+ bikes. Cheers, Jeff On Jan 25, 2008 3:03 PM, Seth A. Keel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Michael, > > I'm working on getting one going. It's a '75 GL1000 and it is by means > TOO big. It's not small either. The bike without ICE components is > actually reasonably light. I picked up a starter/generator shunt wound > motor that cranks out 18hp continuous and it should be plenty powerful. > My girlfriend and I commute together, so we're going to need the extra > horses for two riders on the heavier Wing. I was planning on having two > PMs like Dale suggested, but this motor turned up first. > > The main issue is with the final drive. I'm planning on needing to put > some kind of reduction between the motor and drive shaft. I was hoping > to get a CVT worked out, but now I'm leaning towards a fixed ratio belt > drive. > > The EV album page is several months out of date, but it's got some shots > of the bike. > http://www.evalbum.com/preview.php?vid=1282 > > Seth > > > > > michael wrote: > > > > So, has anyone ever done a gold wing? Or is that just TOO big of a bike? > > > > > > > > Michael > > > >
