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Hey all, i'm thinking of electrifying my KLR650, i haven't ridden it in years and i just can't bring myself to feed it with fossil fuels anymore, so i've decided to look into making it electric.
Now if i'm going to convert it, i'll need a big, high torque motor as it's a big, heavy bike, and i need a ton of torque to make it feel alive. The stock motor puts out something like 40ftlb of torque but i want more, and less top end as the bike is already too fast. Right now redline is like 110mph but i don't really need much more than 60mph or so out of it.
So, what's the deal with forklift motors for bikes? Is there a motor out there that can do this kind of thing? I want scary low end power on it, the kind of power where a bit too much throttle will flip the bike. Me and the bike are both big, heavy beasts and i'll need to be able to power up steep offroad stuff, like near vert hillclimbs, launching double sets, and such.
So is there a good choice for a beastly, oversized motor that can provide a wildly excessive amount of torque?
Now if i'm going to convert it, i'll need a big, high torque motor as it's a big, heavy bike, and i need a ton of torque to make it feel alive. The stock motor puts out something like 40ftlb of torque but i want more, and less top end as the bike is already too fast. Right now redline is like 110mph but i don't really need much more than 60mph or so out of it.
So, what's the deal with forklift motors for bikes? Is there a motor out there that can do this kind of thing? I want scary low end power on it, the kind of power where a bit too much throttle will flip the bike. Me and the bike are both big, heavy beasts and i'll need to be able to power up steep offroad stuff, like near vert hillclimbs, launching double sets, and such.
So is there a good choice for a beastly, oversized motor that can provide a wildly excessive amount of torque?