Recent content by Mongoosed

Update on build. Mongoose G5 So far so good besides the wipeout. Not really riding a bike unless you crash at least once right? Wet grass + corner + full throttle = large peddle scrape halfway down leg and bruised knee. Scrape looks impressive but more impressive was that the bike survived with...

30MPH? Did you do any other mods to achieve this speed? I have 36V LifePo4 20ah batteries and only can get mid 25's. If you can get 15mi on your battery then I have to imagine I'd get around the 25-30 mile range. The battery I used is a bit larger then an average car battery. 12V of it would...

First I want to thank everyone that was kind enough to help in building this bike to 36V. I had lots of questions and was not very savvy to anything electric. it was a learning experience, challenge and a bit of fun. With that being said, wow what a fun bike. Up and running since Sunday and...

Yes I hope my battery box doesn't hit my tire... :) Its about 3 inches away and after bouncing on the back it never gets closer then about an inch. Don't plan on riding on real rough terrain or hitting the jumps with this. It is a single box that is mounted directly above the rear tire on a...

Ok so I finally decided on a color for the goose as well as installed all the batteries. Now I just need to wire them together which is not going to be as bad as I first thought. Originally I was going to recover the seat and add some foam but not sure I want to go through that much trouble. Any...

Ok so I figured the light patterns on the battery. If green and red they are charged to peak level. When green they are within a safe operating level and when they start turning red then its time to charge. Pretty simple stuff so far. Not sure of the brand but I know that there is a sticker on...

OK so the batteries arrived and appear to be in good shape. Had issues with one charger but now it appears to be working although it has a funny smell. Being a $20 charger I think I will just replace it. Not knowing how long since their last charge I decided to charge them up. All PCM lights...

Batteries are arriving today, excited to try and make them fit and hope they are good. I have a friend that offered me $300 for the second spare battery and might consider it. The thought of buying the goose for a total of $100 with 36V lithium batteries might be too good to pass up. After some...

The price was for 2 of them. Being that I hoped I could squeeze them in someway. Am I wrong that these are 3 modules wired together? At 7x3x6.5 a piece I was hoping to arrange them in a way that they could fit. I also have a plastic motorcycle motor shell that I was hoping to modify to fit these...

Ok so I have finally purchased batteries. I've been trolling around ebay looking at LiFePO4 prices when I came across someone selling 2 36V LiFePO4 prismatic battery packs and chargers for $329. It was a newly listed item and after doing a bit of research I believe these should work for me...

Thanks a lot for the info, very helpful. I will be going to 36V lithium then. I just finished removing all the plastics and painted them the original color and gave it a good cleaning. Looks pretty good for a $20 bike and much better without the stickers. I just will need to get over the fact...

Hey thanks for the info. Going to 36V would I need to get a new motor or will the original work? I'm assuming the controller will need replaced. Anyone know of a cheap source of batteries? Any advantage to using 3 12V as opposed to 2 18V or is 36V no matter how you get there? Also are Lithium...

Hi new to E-bikes and just bought a CX for $40. It was in pretty decent shape but batteries were toast. I had some 12V batteries from a UPS so I wired them up and it works. Now originally I bought this just to go camping but being the speed freak I need it to go faster!! I'm guessing with some...

Hi new to E-bikes and just bought a CX for $40. It was in pretty decent shape but batteries were toast. I had some 12V batteries from a UPS so I wired them up and it works. Now originally I bought this just to go camping but being the speed freak I need to go faster!! I'm guessing with some...