E-S Stealth Electric Bike Owners

[Rix]

Hey guys. My rubber is almost worn out. Just want to know what tire is good for this 120lbs machine. I am not looking to spend too much. Is it ok to use a single ply wall tire?

For mixed riding I prefer the DMR Moto RT's if you don't mind the smaller tire size.
http://www.dmrbikes.com/products/tyres/moto-rt

I would love the same or similar tire in 3" wide, but haven't found one yet.

Cheers

You said it CD, the biggest reason why I didn't mention the DMR moto is they are so small in profile and width. If I could them in 3" wide, I would try one on the front as well. For the rear, I am 100% moto tire.

 

[Jimboyr6]

Yes the dmr moto diggers would work great but there 24x 2.35
Wish there was more choices for us

 

[Emmett]

Yes the dmr moto diggers would work great but there 24x 2.35
Wish there was more choices for us

On the front of my Fighter now, I have a Duro 24x2.35 tire. I forget the name of it. It's a tread pattern meant for harder dirt. More aggressive and not so smooth like the Crazybob, but much less aggressive and much higher land-to-sea ratio than the Razorback. I bought a pair of them for about USD50 I think. In hard dirt or on rock, it's better grip than a Razorback. But that's to be expected considering how the tall soft knobs on the Razorback bend and literally fall over when pushed on a hard surface. On medium dirt I think the 2.35 wide tire is fine or sometimes better. On a mix of medium to hard terrain I think the narrower front tire steers more precisely, and grip aint an issue. When you can look further up the trail/track and trust the front to go where you expect it to, then the front tire is working. For typical off-road riding, fork damper settings typically have more effect on front grip and bike handling than a tire choice. But, if you ride in soft dirt, or sand, then the razorback is better for sure. My 2.35 front sinks much more in sand, so I have to be careful to not weight it at the wrong moment. There is a lot of sand on the trails I ride my Fighter on, but I've been riding sand for many years so I'm not fussed about it. I actually prefer the improved agility on the harder dirt sections.

 

[Jimboyr6]

I hear u
I may try them (dmr) as i mit b doing some riding to work this year,
I shall see how the VUELTA usa rear im running and duro front last,
As we all know its not easy to just change tyres quickly

 

[biknut]

I has getting all the attention till this douchbag showed up on his fancy custom

 

[Rix]

I has getting all the attention till this douchbag showed up on his fancy custom

That looks like a Confederate Cycles custom there. Yah, that's probably around 80-110k and for sure, its an attention grabber among American Big Twin enthusiasts.

 

[biknut]

So I was hanging out a while at the ole watering hole. After a few double vodka cranberry's I decided to head home because it was about to get dark. There's a long straightway that leads to the first stop light. 3 Harley's left right before me, but when I got to the light they were waiting behind a car that was first at the light. I rode past them with a stupid grin on my face to the front of the line. The timing was perfect, and just in time the light turned green. One of the bikers yelled at me as I rode past because he knew I was going to blast. I took off ahead of all the cars, but those guys were stuck long enough for me to get pretty far ahead. I could hear them back there yelling but they never caught me, and I was already going over 50. I don't think they made the next light, and I never saw them again. That's fun city riding.

 

[Rix]

Yah that is badass city biking there. Its funny because I run into the same thing here, I met my GF at my son's school for parent teacher conference. We left at the same time. She got stuck in traffic and I blasted my way down the shoulder, slowly rolled through several red traffic lights, and was home eating a taco before she pulled up.

 

[biknut]

I has getting all the attention till this douchbag showed up on his fancy custom

That looks like a Confederate Cycles custom there. Yah, that's probably around 80-110k and for sure, its an attention grabber among American Big Twin enthusiasts.

Yeah I said the same thing. The owner said it was designed by a guy that used to work for Confederate. He said they only made 200 of them, and they also made an even more expensive one that was something like $200,000 that they only made about 30 of. I never even heard of it before. I started with a C, and they were in Colorado. The owner said he was a rich bastard.

 

[biknut]

 

[biknut]

He said it had 150 hp, at the crank and about 125 hp at the rear wheel. It weighs 450 lb. I think it was 127ci

 

[Jimboyr6]

Looks nice I'll take 2
Erm i wish
Whats that red bike in background ,,,,,
Oh yeah its tvs stealth forgot to look at it :wink:

 

[Allex]

None of the bikes in that picture have Streamers, isn't that strange? Are you at the wrong party?

 

[1abv]

He said it had 150 hp, at the crank and about 125 hp at the rear wheel. It weighs 450 lb. I think it was 127ci

So what your saying is its almost as good as a 5 year old japaneese sport bike?? for 10 times the cost???:lol: :lol:

 

[Rix]

He said it had 150 hp, at the crank and about 125 hp at the rear wheel. It weighs 450 lb. I think it was 127ci

So what your saying is its almost as good as a 5 year old japaneese sport bike?? for 10 times the cost???:lol: :lol:

That's what hes saying. Its almost as fast as a GSXR 1000 or Hayabusa in terms of horsepower to weight ratio, and 10 times the price. :lol: But its a v twin, wait, my cousins Super Duke 1290 is 387 pounds and has 190hp, scariest thing I have ever ridden. But it cost 17k, so its only 5 times cheaper. :lol:

 

[Emmett]

wuuut, rix did you buy new springs for front?

Got em with my tax return. Blew out my RSTs and Hippie Tech Suspension is taking a look at them. Wish I had Emmett's ability to repair and revalve forks, as I really liked my RSTs.

Rix, I think the RSTs are a dead end. Too much friction and also no pressure on the damper oil to prevent cavitation when you ride fast for longer periods on rough ground. So they will suffer from fade. That is assuming you could notice the fade despite the friction. I might pull mine apart one day, to try fix them up for use on a pedal mountain bike. I could probably have a good guess on some much better shim stacks (damping), but I doubt I will find good seal to replace that sticky blue seal on the lower end of the damper.

To anyone seeking some cheap but excellent forks for a Fighter or Bomber (or any mountain bike), and you have some basic mechanical ability, then check out my latest update on mods to my DNM (200mm USD-8) forks. http://www.stealthelectricbikes.com/forums/topic/dnm-usd-8-fork-review-and-mods/#post-9404

 

[biknut]

A lot of people that aren't into electric bikes have a hard time understanding our bikes. Since Harley is supposedly coming out with an electric motorcycle, a lot of the bikers have new interest in electrics. What's confusing to them is they don't understand there's different types of propulsion.

One guy that was studying my bike ask me about my gearing. He wanted to know what my final drive ratio was, and if I could change it to get more top speed. I told him I didn't really know the ratio, and it didn't matter because it was direct drive, and the pedal gearing didn't effect the top speed. He had a lot of trouble understanding the concept of what I was telling him. He was looking at the V Boxx thinking it was the motor. Since there's a chain going to the rear wheel it must me chain drive right?

Even after I pointed out the motor was in the rear wheel he still didn't completely get it. Finally he said, but you have to pedal it to get going right? I said no, it takes off like a freight train without any pedaling. He still had a puzzled look on his face, and then he ask, so it has a throttle? I said oh yeah, it has a throttle, you just twist it and it goes. He seemed so surprised when I told him that. I still don't think he understood what the V Boxx did.

Of course thinking isn't the clearest whe we're all half gassed.

 

[biknut]

He said it had 150 hp, at the crank and about 125 hp at the rear wheel. It weighs 450 lb. I think it was 127ci

So what your saying is its almost as good as a 5 year old japaneese sport bike?? for 10 times the cost???:lol: :lol:

You're not really going to want to go to this place on a Gixxer. No one would bother you if you did, but you might was well be invisible. This is a place where it's hard to show your face on a bike that costs less than about $30,000. I have that much even in my Sportster.

That's what's interesting about riding my Bomber up there. It always draws a big crowd no matter what It's parked next to. It kind of pisses some off when people are tripping over their bikes to get closer at mine lol.

 

[Rix]

He said it had 150 hp, at the crank and about 125 hp at the rear wheel. It weighs 450 lb. I think it was 127ci

So what your saying is its almost as good as a 5 year old japaneese sport bike?? for 10 times the cost???:lol: :lol:

You're not really going to want to go to this place on a Gixxer. No one would bother you if you did, but you might was well be invisible. This is a place where it's hard to show your face on a bike that costs less than about $30,000. I have that much even in my Sportster.

That's what's interesting about riding my Bomber up there. It always draws a big crowd no matter what It's parked next to. It kind of pisses some off when people are tripping over their bikes to get closer at mine lol.

I know what you mean TV, and I also know some of the types of riders there. Alot, but not all, are the kind of folks that trailer their machines to within 100 miles of the Black Hills Rally, park at a camp site, and ride into Sturgis. Then there are guys like me that rode from Boise to Sturgis in two long days on 1983 Honda CB1100F and didn't even stop in town.

 

[Rix]

wuuut, rix did you buy new springs for front?

Got em with my tax return. Blew out my RSTs and Hippie Tech Suspension is taking a look at them. Wish I had Emmett's ability to repair and revalve forks, as I really liked my RSTs.

Rix, I think the RSTs are a dead end. Too much friction and also no pressure on the damper oil to prevent cavitation when you ride fast for longer periods on rough ground. So they will suffer from fade. That is assuming you could notice the fade despite the friction. I might pull mine apart one day, to try fix them up for use on a pedal mountain bike. I could probably have a good guess on some much better shim stacks (damping), but I doubt I will find good seal to replace that sticky blue seal on the lower end of the damper.

To anyone seeking some cheap but excellent forks for a Fighter or Bomber (or any mountain bike), and you have some basic mechanical ability, then check out my latest update on mods to my DNM-8 (200mm USD) forks. http://www.stealthelectricbikes.com/forums/topic/dnm-usd-8-fork-review-and-mods/#post-9404

Emmett, I am no where near as smart as you are about suspension valving, I just know how to set up machines and dial them to work for me and others folks based on input. That's said, the RST forks on my Fighter, worked really really well. Even my dad thought the worked better than the Marzocchis on his Bomber. And my uncle is running a set of Zochs, from when they were made in Italy on a home built, and he thought my RSTs worked better than those as well. The only thing I can think of is RST accidently built a good pair of forks, because mine was bone stock and unlike the RST on my Bomber, it worked great. I know you have had these forks apart a few times, and there is only so much that can be done with them because of their design, but I had no issues with stiction from the stanchions or anything, until I blew fluid out the bottom (R) leg and things went to shit in a hurry. Conversely, the RSTs on my old bomber acted like there was super glue in the seals and stuck so bad that they felt like they compressed in stages through the stroke.

 

[biknut]

So what your saying is its almost as good as a 5 year old japaneese sport bike?? for 10 times the cost???:lol: :lol:

You're not really going to want to go to this place on a Gixxer. No one would bother you if you did, but you might was well be invisible. This is a place where it's hard to show your face on a bike that costs less than about $30,000. I have that much even in my Sportster.

That's what's interesting about riding my Bomber up there. It always draws a big crowd no matter what It's parked next to. It kind of pisses some off when people are tripping over their bikes to get closer at mine lol.

I know what you mean TV, and I also know some of the types of riders there. Alot, but not all, are the kind of folks that trailer their machines to within 100 miles of the Black Hills Rally, park at a camp site, and ride into Sturgis. Then there are guys like me that rode from Boise to Sturgis in two long days on 1983 Honda CB1100F and didn't even stop in town.

You got a lot of these guys pegged. Many of them definitely would trailer their bikes to Sturgis. That's just how it is now days with new Harley riders, but at least they ride.

A lot of them are just too damn rich. It's common to have a $100,000 chopper with a $30,000 paint job. I'm not in those guys league. I'm just a kid that always loved to ride. But you can imagine what a gas it is to show up on a Stealth and steal their thunder even for just a little while. And racing them home in traffic, and beating them is thrilling to say the least.

 

[Rix]

Yah, TV, like you, I have seen this time and time again. I guess there is nothing wrong with trailering bikes, but in my small brain, that means these guys aren't hard core bikers like I was back in the 80s-90s, and first part of 00s. Being that this isn't a motorcycle touring thread, I wont bore people with details of riding around Italy, France, and Germany on a 98 883. My only regret, I didn't take more pics.

 

[Allex]

Yeah Rick,

 

[Longshot]

Has anyone taken their bomber battery apart? I want to be able to fit it in my nyx frame. if it could lose .125" on each side of the width, it would fit. Is there plastic in there? I dont care about warranty...

Cheers

 

[Rix]

Yeah Rick,

Ah shit the bed Allex, way to call me out. :lol: