Recent content by John K

Thanks, Want to build the strongest wheel that I can using an X5... I'll check out that Freeride stuff. Thanks again

I've been trying to chase up some strong rims for a bike that I'm about to start building. Can anyone suggest a strong rim? Does anyone know what type of rims the Blade runs?

That wasn't supposed to be a quote BTW

Fecther, Some of the newer full size scooters have bigger motors.

Fecther, Going by what you said, the motor has the potential to put out 10kW. Just wondering how you came to that conclusion....was it though physical testing or through calculation? I'm assuming that the motor would then need some sort of ventialtion....and I'm assuming that cross drilling...

Big H, My current one is going well, but I did manage to kill one of the same model. Not sure why.... may have just been a dodgy one from the factory.

Fechter, Thanks for the tip. I'll get on to Ebikes.ca as soon as I get the chance and buy one of those suckers. Beefing up the bus bars seems easy enough even for me. That sevcon unit looks pretty serious and I wouldn't mind cooking a motor just for fun. Something to think about I guess.

Big H, I didn't have any luck with the older type that had the screws on the bottom, but the one that I have now which has the cooling fins seems to be a lot more reliable. I have no idea which mosfets the old one had because I read through fechters reverse engineering of the controllers and...

Big H, Thanks for that. I'm just wondering if many poeple ave had experience with these yet and if there's been any overheating etc etc. I've blown at least 5 of the X5 controllers by running them on 60V and 40A so I need something more robust than what I've already used.

Safe, If you're patient I'll have my other project finished in a few months. I'm running 2 of the PMG 132 motors on 84V. I'm used to 1000cc ICE bikes, but I thik this one will be fun still. I've already built one using one of the PMG motors but it was just a little bit under powered and the...

G'day everyone, I've been reading bits and pieces about the X5 motors being capable of outputting 5kW without any problems. Firstly I'd like to say that this is impressive. Secondly I'd like to know where I can find a controller that can do this reliably and continuously. Are there any...

Yeah, how much?? I need at least 2