My first run on my new 5303 motor

[morph999]

I finally got around to taking pictures of my bike. This is the ugly side. It's the side with the torque arm that I wanted people to see. Let me know what you think of it. The torque arm is on backwards. It was the only way I could get it on.

(I'm sorry about the ads on the picture links...just click enter...had no idea that it'd have ads pop-up like that)

sorry...pics below...without ads...edited

[MattDog]

Pizark,

You should just sell the whole bike as one-piece. It's a very elegant build!

Start over & build the geared rig as an entirely new unit.

[TPA]

Pron popups, dude!

You're gonna get me killed!

[MrKang]

(I'm sorry about the ads on the picture links...just click enter...had no idea that it'd have ads pop-up like that)

use http://www.photobucket.com instead. great facilities to edit and use for photo's on sites.

Nice bike ! Nothing wrong with that ! Don't sell just modify the front forque

[maesitos]

Hi morph999, what battery are you ussing? what's the max range of your setup?

Thank you man

[morph999]

Hi morph999, what battery are you ussing? what's the max range of your setup?

Thank you man

I'm buying a new battery in about a week. It'll be a 36v 20ah lifepo4. My SLA's are dead now. Almost unuseable. If you like joy riding, I don't recommend anything under about 15ah for SLA and about 10 -15 ah for lifepo4. I like going out about 5 to 10 miles and joy riding around the neighborhood. I got 60v 9ah SLA on it right now and it's not anywhere near enough for me. Plenty of speed but not enough distance.

[morph999]

if you like a bike that's powerful and fast, the 5303 is great. Get a bike with no suspension and then get some maxxis hookworms, the real big ones so that they absorb the bumps in the road and it shouldn't be a problem. I don't like suspension bikes because it's too much maintenance. I like frames that last for decades. I still have my huffy from 1993 and it still works. I can deal with the bumps. I can't deal with a frame that will break though.

In my review, I should have said that the "5303 felt like a jet aircraft". The hub is very very quiet but when you turn the throttle, it feels like a jet.

If you want to go with SLAs on the 5303, I recommend getting 3 EB-20-12's...the B&B 12v20ah . Going with a 36v 20ah configuration. Even on the 5303, the 36v will get you close to 30 mph. That's plenty fast enough for me.

Or if you are worried about keeping up with traffic, maybe a 48v15ah config would be better.

[Lock]

Pron popups, dude! You're gonna get me killed!

Yah. What he said... Who is this "Jasmine"? Why is she wiggling around like that? She appears to be in some discomfort...
loCk

[morph999]

sorry....here they are without ads...

[chrisvw]

Yeah, you can definitely feel the cogging on the 5303. More power = more cogging when you don't have a freewheeling motor. When it's time to invest in batteries, be sure you're real conservative and get something with plenty of C rating. I ran through a set of NiMH batteries in 5 months by pushing them too hard on my 5303. The chemistry isn't nearly as important as getting a battery that can handle the max current draw. My cycle analyst routinely shows 50A peaks even though I always pedal when I ride.

[The Mighty Volt]

anyone else who has an X5, do you feel a cogging effect when you are pedaling ?

Pedaling? Pedaling? What is this "Pedaling"? Is that when you push the throttle down?

Seriously, I felt cogging when I broke my front hub {a cheap Chinese affair} but not when it was working.

I guess there is really a lot of copper in the X5.

[dogman]

My 5304 coggs a lot, probobally why I got it so cheap. It can actually skid across the slick painted garage floor at first. Pedaling it without power is unthinkable. It's all the huge magnets.

[johnrobholmes]

The cogging is an effect of the pole shape (steel concentration) and the magnet/ pole ratio. The closer to 1:1 magnet/ pole ratio, the lower the cogging. I haven't cracked the cover off my 5303 yet, so I don't know what the counts are.