aaron_mason
100 mW
- Joined
- Sep 13, 2018
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Hey all,
New to the board - looking for thoughts / advice / moral support as I start an EV conversion of a 1971 Vespa Primavera. I've read through a few of the various forums, with a lot of attention paid to Jim Delgado's conversion, posted here but mainly over on http://forum.modifiedelectricscooters.com/viewtopic.php?t=802.
The starting point for the conversion is a scoot in absolutely great shape - bought it for my wife to cruise around San Francisco this summer. But after driving a few of the Scoots around SF we decided that electric seemed more civilized than kickstarting and 2-stroke mixing.
I'd like to do the conversion using bolt-in options - meaning that I'd also like to be able to convert it back to ICE if I ever wanted, without having to do any welding. I'd also like all the things I do to be bought off the shelf. Not that I'm afraid of a little fabrication, but I've seen a number of people looking for ways to convert their kits, and a ton of projects what are now just awkward 404 pages (VespaEV, SoundSpeedScooters, to name a few).
To that end I'll try to keep a list of everything I buy and a random journal of the process here:
Parts list: http://goo.gl/Q8wMia
Random Log: http://goo.gl/32nmwb
Here's the little Vespa as it stands today:
New to the board - looking for thoughts / advice / moral support as I start an EV conversion of a 1971 Vespa Primavera. I've read through a few of the various forums, with a lot of attention paid to Jim Delgado's conversion, posted here but mainly over on http://forum.modifiedelectricscooters.com/viewtopic.php?t=802.
The starting point for the conversion is a scoot in absolutely great shape - bought it for my wife to cruise around San Francisco this summer. But after driving a few of the Scoots around SF we decided that electric seemed more civilized than kickstarting and 2-stroke mixing.
I'd like to do the conversion using bolt-in options - meaning that I'd also like to be able to convert it back to ICE if I ever wanted, without having to do any welding. I'd also like all the things I do to be bought off the shelf. Not that I'm afraid of a little fabrication, but I've seen a number of people looking for ways to convert their kits, and a ton of projects what are now just awkward 404 pages (VespaEV, SoundSpeedScooters, to name a few).
To that end I'll try to keep a list of everything I buy and a random journal of the process here:
Parts list: http://goo.gl/Q8wMia
Random Log: http://goo.gl/32nmwb
Here's the little Vespa as it stands today: