Re: [ElectricMotorcycles] The other new guy

2007-06-23 Thread Henry Heng
Well that is the idea :p I'd like to get into motorcycle design, so having a (semi)life sized bike to play with helps with the visualisation. But before we get carried away, would anyone be willing to explain in detail (preferably with pictures) how I should connect the motor, controller, bat

Re: [ElectricMotorcycles] The other new guy

2007-06-21 Thread Mike
That photoshopped idea wouldn't work though as the seat is where the controller is, that area's simply too small to fit anything in there. And I was planning to fit the controller (and maybe even charger) where the tank is. I assumed your NSR had a single seat cowl too. Are you going to desi

Re: [ElectricMotorcycles] The other new guy

2007-06-21 Thread Henry Heng
Thanks for all the replies . That photoshopped idea wouldn't work though as the seat is where the controller is, that area's simply too small to fit anything in there. And I was planning to fit the controller (and maybe even charger) where the tank is. The specs of the battery says it doesn'

Re: [ElectricMotorcycles] The other new guy

2007-06-20 Thread Garret Maki
Mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I bought an NSR 80 to convert but decided to go with a bigger bike. >My only question is would it be a bad thing to have 1 battery lying >flat instead of sitting upright? >Like this? >http://dictator.jkyrd.com/files/tameshi.jpg I see the guys beat me to that

Re: [ElectricMotorcycles] The other new guy

2007-06-20 Thread Mike
I bought an NSR 80 to convert but decided to go with a bigger bike. My only question is would it be a bad thing to have 1 battery lying flat instead of sitting upright? Like this? http://dictator.jkyrd.com/files/tameshi.jpg I see the guys beat me to that answer too. So how 'bout this: htt

Re: [ElectricMotorcycles] The other new guy

2007-06-20 Thread damon henry
and are careful not to discharge the batteries to the point that you might reverse a cell. damon From: Henry Heng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: ElectricMotorcycles To: ElectricMotorcycles Subject: [ElectricMotorcycles] The other new guy Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2007 03:43:41 +0900 Hi guy

Re: [ElectricMotorcycles] The other new guy

2007-06-20 Thread Mark Eidson
I think you need to keep flooded battery like the one shown upright. You probably should be looking at AGM batterys for non-upright mounting. me On 6/20/07, Henry Heng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi guys, I'm currently working on converting a Honda NSR 80 Planning to use the ALECo 28Ah battery.

[ElectricMotorcycles] The other new guy

2007-06-20 Thread Henry Heng
Hi guys, I'm currently working on converting a Honda NSR 80 Planning to use the ALECo 28Ah battery. http://dictator.jkyrd.com/files/battery.jpg My only question is would it be a bad thing to have 1 battery lying flat instead of sitting upright? Like this? http://dictator.jkyrd.com/files/tameshi