So, A few years ago I picked up a Motoped and it was great. Lighter and more nimble than a dirtbike with capabilities that better matched my riding style instead of the bus jumping monsters current dirtbikes are.
The problem was that gas motor was always being fiddly, wanting adjustment, making a mess. had to go.
The first thing to do was figure out the electric powertrain. What I settled on was the following:
Motor: Sur-Ron light bee
Controller: Nucular 24F
Throttle: Domino
Batteries: Molicel P42A 20S8P configuration
BMS: Smart ANT 180A cont/450A peak (not in love with it, but I can't seem to find what I feel is a better option right now. Suggestions?)
The first mockups for the frame design looked promising, but the old frame brought alot of weight to equation (15lbs) and was getting in the way of my pack placement.
So it was time for a more dramatic redesign
Alot of work was done to narrow the bike. Right now i'm looking at a total width between the imaginary footpegs of 6.6"
And if you're going to do a job like this you need a machine to help get the job done.
Right now everything is onhand except for the pile of aluminum required to make the main frame.
If something looks stupid with my battery pack design let me know. Right now i'm planning on having a 12 ga wire between each series run all coming together (a total of 4 positive wires, 4 negative wires) into the BMS and then out to the controller. My hope is this will keep the pack balanced because I'm aiming to pull 250+ amps from the pack and/or max out the Nucular 24F/Motor
The problem was that gas motor was always being fiddly, wanting adjustment, making a mess. had to go.
The first thing to do was figure out the electric powertrain. What I settled on was the following:
Motor: Sur-Ron light bee
Controller: Nucular 24F
Throttle: Domino
Batteries: Molicel P42A 20S8P configuration
BMS: Smart ANT 180A cont/450A peak (not in love with it, but I can't seem to find what I feel is a better option right now. Suggestions?)
The first mockups for the frame design looked promising, but the old frame brought alot of weight to equation (15lbs) and was getting in the way of my pack placement.
So it was time for a more dramatic redesign
Alot of work was done to narrow the bike. Right now i'm looking at a total width between the imaginary footpegs of 6.6"
And if you're going to do a job like this you need a machine to help get the job done.
Right now everything is onhand except for the pile of aluminum required to make the main frame.
If something looks stupid with my battery pack design let me know. Right now i'm planning on having a 12 ga wire between each series run all coming together (a total of 4 positive wires, 4 negative wires) into the BMS and then out to the controller. My hope is this will keep the pack balanced because I'm aiming to pull 250+ amps from the pack and/or max out the Nucular 24F/Motor