It will be great at lower volts. It likely has spent it's life up until now
running at 36 or 48 volts. When Jim says he has advanced it to run at 72 to
120 volts what he means is that he has drilled and tapped new holes and rotated
the brush cap so to tune it to the higher voltage. It's just a matter of
setting the cap back to it's original position to optimize it for lower
voltages and Jim would happlily take care of that little detail for you :-)
That particular motor is as big as the one I have in my Datsun Truck. It's
definitely more than you need for a motorcycle. I have been riding for years
on a motor the size of the smaller ones he has listed with no problems. As
long as your motorcycle is not super heavy you should just snatch one of those
up.
Of course you will still have to work out the shaft drive thing. Perhaps you
can just work up some kind of jack shaft with sprockets so you can try
different gear ratios. It should take up less room than a transmission and you
will have more options as to where to mount it. http://www.surpluscenter.com
has a nice selection of bearings, shafts, chains, and gears at very low prices.
It makes experimenting quite affordable.
damon> Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 12:42:02 -0500> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To:
[email protected]> Subject: Re: [ElectricMotorcycles] Hi-Torque
Motors for sale> > Yeah, I've been drooling over them. Prices are much better
than I > thought they might be!> > The first one (DSCN2032) might be what I
need for the BMW conversion. > Right now I'm in the middle of adding a
transmission to it so I can run > more tests with my present motor, but the
tranny really screws up the > layout and I really don't want it in the final
setup. I wonder how that > motor would be at lower volts?> > - SteveS> > >
Damon henry wrote:> > If you are in need of a good motor take a look at Jim's
latest > > offerings. Take my advice, don't screw around with one of those easy
> > to melt pancake motors, get yourself one of these forklift rebuilds > >
instead. Jim makes them bulletproof. They just soak up whatever > > amps you
throw at them and keep pushing you down the road.> > > >
http://hitorqueelectric.com/gallery/v/MOTORS+FOR+SALE/rebuilt+modified/> > > >
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