I've never done an ev -conversion or built an e-bike before, but have wanted to do something for a while, and my aim is to get it road legal too using the cheapest finest components!
First it was supposed to be a 800cc marauder, deemed it too heavy, tried to strike a deal on an Yahama DT125 but that fell through. Few weeks later I stumbled on a 1999 Suzuki GZ250. It's still a Marauder, just a small one!
150kg wet weight, cruiser style, cheap as bag of chips, small enough for me to look like a blueberry on a stick riding it?
Perfect!
Not much have been done to it yet. Just did a small 160km road trip with a trailer to get it, stripped it of its hard bags and oily bits and now it's sitting in the car port waiting for my parts to arrive.
For the go parts I've decided to go with the following and ordered them:
Controller: VOTOL EM-150s-72490 - To get things rolling, BAC 8000 later.
Motor: QS138 90H 4000W
Batteries: Nissan leaf Gen 1 modules, ~82% SOH, so around 52AH usable / module.
Aim is to do 10S2P on modules, so 76v nominal / 104Ah - if i can't fit it all, I'll just have to revert to 76v 52Ah.
Other bits:
84V 400A main contactor
"Z6 throttle switch combination"
Ant BMS 300A (haven't ordered yet)
Charger: ????
DC-DC Converter: ????
Still need to sort out charger and a DC-DC converter. Any suggestions for these?
For the charger I don't want to splooge on an elcon yet, because I'm on a budget and dumping ~500€ for a charger at this point is not ideal. Also it really doesn't need to be on board for my use.
As for the DC-DC - do you retain the 12v lead acid battery or just wire everything directly to the converter?
Edit: Some stripteasy pictures!
Bike just before loading it up to the trailer!
Removed things - to remove more things.
ICE BE GONE!
Popped the seat and fuel tank back on. I don't have too many shelves in my car port.
First it was supposed to be a 800cc marauder, deemed it too heavy, tried to strike a deal on an Yahama DT125 but that fell through. Few weeks later I stumbled on a 1999 Suzuki GZ250. It's still a Marauder, just a small one!
150kg wet weight, cruiser style, cheap as bag of chips, small enough for me to look like a blueberry on a stick riding it?
Perfect!
Not much have been done to it yet. Just did a small 160km road trip with a trailer to get it, stripped it of its hard bags and oily bits and now it's sitting in the car port waiting for my parts to arrive.
For the go parts I've decided to go with the following and ordered them:
Controller: VOTOL EM-150s-72490 - To get things rolling, BAC 8000 later.
Motor: QS138 90H 4000W
Batteries: Nissan leaf Gen 1 modules, ~82% SOH, so around 52AH usable / module.
Aim is to do 10S2P on modules, so 76v nominal / 104Ah - if i can't fit it all, I'll just have to revert to 76v 52Ah.
Other bits:
84V 400A main contactor
"Z6 throttle switch combination"
Ant BMS 300A (haven't ordered yet)
Charger: ????
DC-DC Converter: ????
Still need to sort out charger and a DC-DC converter. Any suggestions for these?
For the charger I don't want to splooge on an elcon yet, because I'm on a budget and dumping ~500€ for a charger at this point is not ideal. Also it really doesn't need to be on board for my use.
As for the DC-DC - do you retain the 12v lead acid battery or just wire everything directly to the converter?
Edit: Some stripteasy pictures!
Bike just before loading it up to the trailer!
Removed things - to remove more things.
ICE BE GONE!
Popped the seat and fuel tank back on. I don't have too many shelves in my car port.