Originally I was planning for an 11 conductor and 8 conductor cables going to the handlebars. Now I have more conductors I can use for things. I need to redo my plans for how things are wired up to take that into account. I was rather tight on power wires before and now I have more to work with and of course with the greater number of switches on the left side, I can turn things on differntly too. I had originally intended to turn on all the side lights together, but now with two more switches, I'll turn on the down tube lights separate from the battery bay lights like I have done on the blue scooter.
I've only thought briefly about the back end area over the rear wheel. I would like to add a small platform over the wheel. Spray from riding through a puddle or because the roads are wet, generally sucks so I want to block that as a minimum. I'm thinking aluminum angle like I used on the blue scooter will work well. I also want to remove the existing stamped steel motor mount plate and replace it with something better. My thought was to make slots in a flat piece of aluminum so the motor can be slid closer or further away from the wheel sprocket to take up chain slack. If I integrate it into the back wheel platform, then the platform will reinforce the motor plate and the plate will reinforce the platform. The 80-100 is taller than the existing motor, but significantly smaller in diameter. I don't know if it will matter or not, but the Schwinn version of this scooter had a cage around the motor. I might want to protect the motor from getting bashed on things. There's not a lot of space in front of the wheel, but my other thought was to make a bracket so I could mount the motor in front of the back wheel, but then that gets in the way of the riding platform...so I probably won't go that route. It's that our mount the motor behind the back wheel. In either case it is going to get sprayed with water and road grunge all the time so not a great solution. On the side where the factory motor currently sits is probably the best place.
I'm already thinking how I will probably want a lot more amp hours of battery capacity. 10,000mah is probably enough for a single 10 mile trip, but not much more than that. So based on the math 10,000mah x 48 volts is 480 watts. The motor will do approximately 4000 watts max...anyway...that means a really short ride at full power. IF I assume 500 watts continuous...that's an hours worth of riding. It takes about 10-15 minutes to go the 5 miles from home to work so if I was really conservative about hitting the throttle, that 10,000mah could get me a couple of days of riding. However, knowing me...I won't be conservative on the throttle. I'll be sitting at a light and want to crank the throttle to get in front of the cars or be on an empty stretch of road and want to hit full speed which means a really short ride at 4000 watts. LOL...I need more batteries! At least another 10,000mah of them. Although that brings up an interesting point. I built the battery pack with the old battery bay in mind. Now I have lots more space. I might just as well get some 16 or 20 Ah packs and not use the 10,000mah pack at all. That or build a LION pack that fits the space. I have the cells and the battery holders...hmmmm.