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BTW this is not an electric bike - its a 130hp Suzuki TL1000R :wink:

As the title suggests, I'd like some advice! I would like to use 4 x Headway LiFePo4 3.2v cells to create a compact 12.8v battery for a motorbike - would they stand up to the charge/discharge rates from the motorcycle generator? The standard bike battery is rated at 12v / 10Ah - the generator...

I wish the RGV was on the LAMS list! Nope its just a lowly GS500F - makes about 45hp but still cracks the ton in about 6 seconds (faster than most cars :wink: ) I have a pair of jeans made by Hornee - they are look exactly the same as your white cammo pants. They're quite soft and don't feel...

Hi Jay, has been a long time since I was on ES last so I'm glad to hear you are beating the illness and still riding hard! Just spent the last 30 mins cruising thru your videos and there is some awesome footage, both on-road and off - but after seeing them I can't help but worry... A fortnight...

I took the day off work to build mine!

There once was a man named Oz Jester Who thought RC drives were much bester He paid out hub drives With his dribble and jibes But the rest of us couldn't care lester

Just replaced my regular hard drive with one of the new SSD (Solid State Drive) on the weekend. The time between BIOS loading and Windows 7 being ready to use is only about 4-5 seconds - I have never seen SCSI or a 10,000rpm raptor load this fast its just unbelievable! It used to take between...

Hehe - Colonel Sanders was the only "indiscretion" caught on video... there was that lady walking a dog on the bike path :roll:

She looked pretty fragile and I reckon a decent hit at speed would have broken most of the bones in her body - sure she ignored every rule in the book but in the end, pedestrians still have right of way. Unlike this NJLrcG64ulU Better to be wrong and let her live, rather than be right and...

My 72v Hadron was capable of pushing 87kph on the freeway flats and would tear around all day at 70kph thru traffic - sure it was a rush to ride it that fast but it was based entirely on adrenaline from fear!!! I feel safer winding my Suzuki off the clock than I ever did riding my MTB at...

Awesome post Jay! Nevertheless I am happy with my 72v Helga and quite enjoy being tossed (thrown) off and beat up every now and then :D I think I would end up breaking Kara Kent though... could we build a Kara/Helga hybrid pack?

Quick answers for a quick question... I'm swapping out a hub motor from a 26" rim onto a 700c alloy rim The motor is 36v 500w. Do I NEED double walled rim or should the standard rim suffice? Hit me :mrgreen:

Very much so! My shoulder is getting better after the "40kph flip" so whilst I am unable to ride I decided to take some time and neaten up all the wiring, install the new BMS, make a new acrylic cover for the frame, paint a few things.... or maybe start transferring the gear onto my new project

For those of you who have never driven through the rural roads of Tasmania (or rural Australia for that fact), just a little insight... they can be downright dangerous at high speed for many reasons: - more often than not there is no centre line and people will cut corners and take up the whole...

I got thinking about the exact same concept a few months ago and after an exhaustive search of the web I could not seem to find any readily available production drive units... My thoughts were to connect a decent RC motor to a car power steering pump but without a unit to convert the pressure...