inb4ohnoes
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Hello, I've been a long time lurker, but recently I did something I thought was pretty neat and thought I'd share it with you peeps!
I haven't really seen a whole lot of E-Go mods on this forum, so I did my own. I like Yuneec's setup and range. It's pretty much perfect for riding around on a college campus and a bit off campus for entertainment and such :lol: but I really don't like the deck they used, which made the entire board heavier than it should have been and doesn't really add much to the aesthetics. Also the deck was too stiff to my liking, so I swapped it out.
The entire process took maybe less than an hour. Yuneec designed the board to be very modular, so really all you have to do is unscrew everything, drill 8 holes in the new deck, and screw everything back.
The replacement deck I used is the Arbor Collective Axis Bamboo http://arborcollective.com/skateboards/products/axis-bamboo/. I absolutely love the design and it's overall a very good deck. It's also flexible, which I like. You could do this with any deck that doesn't have too much of a curve though. I got the deck for $95 on Amazon Prime.
(links because images embed too large)
http://i.imgur.com/n1OY4Pj.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/NXKYhNQ.jpg
The original compared to an unmodded board:
http://i.imgur.com/QkayCaM.jpg
The original components were good enough and I didn't really have any complaints about them. A bit of tweaking a lubing straightened any issues out real quick.
Here's everything off the board. Battery pack and controller is under the new deck. The bottom compartment comes apart in two sections and you can actually disconnect the battery pack from the controller. There's a rubber layer then a foam layer that keeps the whole thing more or less watertight. The batteries on mine look to be Panasonic ones, but I didn't get enough of the rubber layer off to see more of them.
http://i.imgur.com/5TlzZKV.jpg
After drilling the holes and mounting everything back, it's pretty much finished. The whole endeavor took no more than 50ish minutes at most, and as a result the entire board is lighter and better looking than ever before!
http://i.imgur.com/YDO97hc.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/6Xs0YOL.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/6Xs0YOL.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/RK7Ivzc.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/UaM2hjd.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/CaCAJnn.jpg
One thing to note is the issue of motor clearance between the top of the motor and the bottom of the board when you turn. Since I used a dropthrough deck, there's even less clearance between the motor and the bottom of the deck when turning. As a result I turn slightly less when I lean left than when I lean right. It's not a huge issue for me, but it might be something worth considering for some people who might want to try this using a thicker dropthrough deck.
Otherwise, everything runs fantastic! The small remote is very convenient to stash in a jacket pocket (it's about snow season over here) and the long range means I don't have to worry about charging it every day and can go pretty much everywhere I want without exerting very much effort at all. Truly the best method of transportation!
Thanks for reading!
I haven't really seen a whole lot of E-Go mods on this forum, so I did my own. I like Yuneec's setup and range. It's pretty much perfect for riding around on a college campus and a bit off campus for entertainment and such :lol: but I really don't like the deck they used, which made the entire board heavier than it should have been and doesn't really add much to the aesthetics. Also the deck was too stiff to my liking, so I swapped it out.
The entire process took maybe less than an hour. Yuneec designed the board to be very modular, so really all you have to do is unscrew everything, drill 8 holes in the new deck, and screw everything back.
The replacement deck I used is the Arbor Collective Axis Bamboo http://arborcollective.com/skateboards/products/axis-bamboo/. I absolutely love the design and it's overall a very good deck. It's also flexible, which I like. You could do this with any deck that doesn't have too much of a curve though. I got the deck for $95 on Amazon Prime.
(links because images embed too large)
http://i.imgur.com/n1OY4Pj.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/NXKYhNQ.jpg
The original compared to an unmodded board:
http://i.imgur.com/QkayCaM.jpg
The original components were good enough and I didn't really have any complaints about them. A bit of tweaking a lubing straightened any issues out real quick.
Here's everything off the board. Battery pack and controller is under the new deck. The bottom compartment comes apart in two sections and you can actually disconnect the battery pack from the controller. There's a rubber layer then a foam layer that keeps the whole thing more or less watertight. The batteries on mine look to be Panasonic ones, but I didn't get enough of the rubber layer off to see more of them.
http://i.imgur.com/5TlzZKV.jpg
After drilling the holes and mounting everything back, it's pretty much finished. The whole endeavor took no more than 50ish minutes at most, and as a result the entire board is lighter and better looking than ever before!
http://i.imgur.com/YDO97hc.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/6Xs0YOL.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/6Xs0YOL.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/RK7Ivzc.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/UaM2hjd.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/CaCAJnn.jpg
One thing to note is the issue of motor clearance between the top of the motor and the bottom of the board when you turn. Since I used a dropthrough deck, there's even less clearance between the motor and the bottom of the deck when turning. As a result I turn slightly less when I lean left than when I lean right. It's not a huge issue for me, but it might be something worth considering for some people who might want to try this using a thicker dropthrough deck.
Otherwise, everything runs fantastic! The small remote is very convenient to stash in a jacket pocket (it's about snow season over here) and the long range means I don't have to worry about charging it every day and can go pretty much everywhere I want without exerting very much effort at all. Truly the best method of transportation!
Thanks for reading!
