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Title: Energize me! Post by philthymike on 05/15/19 at 20:13:25 http://www.nightshiftbikes.com/savage http://https://static1.squarespace.com/static/52295519e4b05116fdbe1825/579ecf049f7456e2431c3355/579ecf8e1b631bd12f0ead7f/1470025617151/3.NightShiftLeftProfile.jpg |
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Title: Re: Energize me! Post by ohiomoto on 05/16/19 at 06:20:20 That's cool! I'd do a fake speedway tank on it, a proper seat and call it done. :) And the rear disc where the clutch lever would be is sort of cool. All my bicycles are set up like that already. Wonder how much it cost to build? |
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Title: Re: Energize me! Post by ohiomoto on 05/16/19 at 06:30:30 Or maybe relocate the charger controller and leave the backbone naked. That would be cool too. Put the charge controller on the downtube mounted like a radiator. |
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Title: Re: Energize me! Post by Ruttly on 05/16/19 at 11:23:11 18” front wheel , fiberglass tank and seat , some nice wide chrome flat track bars and behold the “E Tracker” My neighbors might like me again , NOT ! And try to mount as much of the components as low as possible ! Such a useless bike , the “Tracker” , but at the same time the funnest. Only good for one thing , Raising Hell on two wheels ! ;D Sign me up , we need a component list and a diagram. |
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Title: Re: Energize me! Post by philthymike on 05/16/19 at 16:00:58 Oh crap I just noticed the rear disc brake! WTF? Dude needs to market that by itself. Got plenty of paying customers here! |
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Title: Re: Energize me! Post by Ruttly on 05/16/19 at 17:11:58 The rear disc most likely part of the motor hub ( no drive chain or belt ) Wonder what that kit costs. Would be a very cool project , I just need the components & diagram. But it would be kinda weird , a quiet Tracker. I'm ready for a new kind of project , bust out all my rusty bike building skills. |
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Title: Re: Energize me! Post by ohiomoto on 05/17/19 at 06:32:29 He listed the parts on his site. The rear hub is by EnerTrac and costs $1,300. https://www.enertrac.net/productorder.php? Rear disc brakes are often times too powerful for the bikes needs. Most mountain bikes and motocross bikes use smaller rotors out back to limit the power, offer better modulation and feel, and limit wheel lock ups. Suzuki used rear disc brakes on a lot of their mid to lightweight bikes in the late 70s and went back to disc brakes on most of those same bikes a few years later. Be careful what you wish for. :) |
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Title: Re: Energize me! Post by justin_o_guy2 on 05/17/19 at 07:17:50 The crappy drum will lock it up all too easily. It's funny how much pressure I have to use stopping. I've been planning on cleaning up inside there, trying to make it work easier.. But, no, when the guy turned left across me, I left about thirty feet of rubber and was amazed at just how easy it was to lock up the rear brake. Absolutely effortless. Of course, the front tire had the weight on it, but, still, was way too easy. |
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Title: Re: Energize me! Post by Serowbot on 05/17/19 at 09:12:15 If you threw a big thumper motor in there,.. you'd really have something.... :-? |
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Title: Re: Energize me! Post by batman on 05/17/19 at 09:33:00 And you could ride it more than a hundred miles, that rear disc brake is just something to fill the area used for the belt drive , the double pot caliper is a bit insane. Covering the charger or moving it might be a mistake , converting AC to DC causes a 30 % loss, generating a lot of heat. |
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Title: Re: Energize me! Post by ohiomoto on 05/17/19 at 10:22:01 2D3B2C31293C312A5E0 wrote:
Haha, you mean like this? http://https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/Automotive/Entity/CRS/v1/2004_Suzuki_Savage_650._CB502852494_.jpg |
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Title: Re: Energize me! Post by ohiomoto on 05/17/19 at 10:25:01 Nah, I still think it's super cool. 100 miles is plenty for the way I use my bike. That's not to say I don't like the thumper, it more that I like seeing creativity and think electric is in a creative space right now. |
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Title: Re: Energize me! Post by Serowbot on 05/17/19 at 11:13:14 I think they are going to have to make batteries look more visually appealing somehow before e-bikes really catch on... |
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Title: Re: Energize me! Post by verslagen1 on 05/17/19 at 12:10:15 2C3A2D30283D302B5F0 wrote:
What you're looking at is the battery out of one of the e-cars. You're gonna have put a panel over it and paint a real engine on it to make anyone happy. |
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Title: Re: Energize me! Post by Fast 650 on 05/17/19 at 16:45:36 I couldn't deal with riding a bike that sounds like a golf cart whizzing down the road. Where is the fun in that? Maybe if you stick playing cards in the spokes... :-/ |
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Title: Re: Energize me! Post by philthymike on 05/17/19 at 17:10:13 6A796E6F707D7B79722D1C0 wrote:
What you're looking at is the battery out of one of the e-cars. You're gonna have put a panel over it and paint a real engine on it to make anyone happy.[/quote] Then add a PA speaker down where the muffler is supposed to go playing back a looped recording of the thumper engine exhaust sounds. |
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