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philthymike Serious Thumper Offline Wallowing in my own crapulence Posts: 1413 Philadelphia Area Gender:	Energize me! 05/15/19 at 20:13:25 http://www.nightshiftbikes.com/savage
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ohiomoto Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 2681 WTF is JOG?	Re: Energize me! Reply #1 - 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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ohiomoto Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 2681 WTF is JOG?	Re: Energize me! Reply #2 - 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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Reply #3 - 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 ! Grin

Sign me up , we need a component list and a diagram.

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philthymike Serious Thumper Offline Wallowing in my own crapulence Posts: 1413 Philadelphia Area Gender:	Re: Energize me! Reply #4 - 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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Ruttly Serious Thumper Offline Thumpers Rule Posts: 4997 Manteca , CA Gender:	Re: Energize me! Reply #5 - 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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Reply #6 - 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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Reply #7 - 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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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 28366 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: Energize me! Reply #8 - 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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batman Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 3806 osceola new york Gender:	Re: Energize me! Reply #9 - 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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ohiomoto Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 2681 WTF is JOG?	Re: Energize me! Reply #10 - 05/17/19 at 10:22:01 Serowbot wrote on 05/17/19 at 09:12:15: If you threw a big thumper motor in there,.. you'd really have something.... ------------- Haha, you mean like this?
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ohiomoto Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 2681 WTF is JOG?	Re: Energize me! Reply #11 - 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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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 28366 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: Energize me! Reply #12 - 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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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28754 L.A. California Gender:	Re: Energize me! Reply #13 - 05/17/19 at 12:10:15 Serowbot wrote 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... 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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Fast 650 Senior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 392 Valrico, FL Gender:	Re: Energize me! Reply #14 - 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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