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Inspirational pics from gravitybike.com. They look awesome and I bet they're good for going down hills tho probably not so good for commuting.

haha yeah well I had another fork in the toaster moment today. I went racing around the back yard with the front wheel almost lifting, parked it up to go get my girlfriend to watch and no sooner had I lent it against the house I saw sparks and heard 3 pops..... I opened it up and I can see 4 of...

Finally... I have my motor successfully converted to wye configuration. I had a lapse in concentration and connected one phase the wrong way around.... I feel almost like i should give that evil configuration a name..... it made a hell of a racket and blew my controller. <Despair> I opened the...

If it is enabled, I could test by connecting the low speed wire and see if anything changes. Hmmm I'm just not sure that this is what a low speed function would be like....it's kind of unusable. The range of operation is very narrow, but it is still possible to get what seems to be quite a...

Hi, I have a Hua Tong 1500W controller hooked up to a c80100. It goes well but i'm also having problems getting the throttle to behave. It's as if it was made for a different spec throttle (though the lable says 1.1-4.2v. Mine kicks in at 1.35v and out the top at about 2v. I tested the throttle...

It's good to apply your front brake gradually entering the corner. This pushes the weight of the bike and yourself forward compacting the front suspension and squashing your front tire giving it more surface area in contact with the road.

I can't believe it but the motor was running backwards.... Could I have connected something the wrong way around? ... no... Anyways, I sorted it out but swapping 2 of the phase wires and going thru a few sensor wire combinations. Whew So the drive train is complete, unless I decide that the...

Here are some pics of the motor mount and rear fork plate/clamp thing that I've all but completed over Easter weekend. I've taken the day off work tomorrow and hopefully I may even get some power to the back wheel tomorrow! I decided to mount the motor on the upper part of the rear fork to give...

Hi Wayne, I must admit I can't be sure how it will handle at any great speed. I did have a bit of trouble with the spokes being too long and so until I ground them back I couldn't really test the riding position. The tires are now inflated and I have achieved back yard scooting velocity. I...

I made some progress on the motor mount today. I have still to bore out the bearing clamp holes to 37mm and get them welded to either end of a base plate. My uncle kindly press-fit a piece of steel into the 13T sprocket hole and drilled it out to 12mm fitting the motor perfectly. He added a...

I caught myself thinking about my bike project in a meeting the other day... I think this means I'm not devoting enough time to it. My uncle turned up this disk to attach the #219 89T sprocket to the splined hub. I may have to make better spacers but the nylon rings from between the original...

Thanks Dogman, I'm keen to eventually have a fairing but I know it's not really necessary:) I feel like I've been neglecting the motor/drivetrain a bit. I guess it's good to have a whole bunch of things that need doing so I can't get too annoyed when parts take a while to source. I have been...

I spotted these containers while at the mall with the mrs. With a bit of modification I now have the battery container/tank almost finished. I had this motorcycle fairings in the shed and thought I'd sit it on the bike but it is way too big. I might have a go at modifying it, and if it...