A lot of work done during the past week and some very good news!
First Thing I've done was to build the foot pegs brackets:
They are placed pretty high so there's very little chance that they rub on the floor ever again, which is an annoying problem I have on my other bike.
Also, I welded the little brackets for the frame's carbon tubes, and this time I actually did a decent job:
Then I worked on securing the battery, which was a complex task.
I first welded a few anchor points on the frame, then created some 3D printed brackets to attach very solidly on the aluminum plate:
The battery is held in place by keeping it under pressure (not a crazy pressure, just enough so it can't move around), and is secured to the frame on 5 different points. The controller as well as the BMS are bolted to the plate, so the whole thing is tight and secured. I tried to move stuff rell hard but it is solid as a rock, I'm really confident with this mounting solution now.
So that was the first great step: the frame is now entirely finished (except for painting, of course)!
Next I installed all the power wiring:
I rebuilt and improved my stand, this time going for a thicker carbon tube and building a solid stop. The stand feels great now, I don't think it'll break anytime soon. Just need to print the little end cap in black instead of white, I had white filament in the printer at the time and didn't want to go through the hassle of changing it.
Also trying some different designs for the saddle, a bit bigger to make it more comfy:
Connected the vital functions to the controller: throttle, halls and on/off switch, and also finished wiring the BMS.
Then I connected the BMS to my phone through the app and set up everything, BMS works fine and basically almost everything was ready at this point.
Next step was to connect the controller to my computer to program it. I have to say that the Kelly software interface really isn't intuitive nor convenient to use, but eventually I did understand how to run the self calibration of the controller.
Finally, reset of the controller, turn it back on again, twist slightly the throttle and........
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it's working, Alleluia!!
I was super excited at this point, about three months of hard work starting to finally pay off!
Actually I was so happy (and stupid) that I took her for a quick spin outside, even though it had no brakes (brake lines aren't connected). So needless to say that I didn't go fast, but I couldn't resist to at least have a little ride.
My objective was to have it running by the end of the chinese new year holidays, I'm glad to say: Mission Accomplished!!
Still a lot of work to do, but at least now the mechanical and powertrain are done.