Here's what it looks like without the nasty ICE stuff, some flat steel mtb handlebars and a cheap chinese hall throttle.
I bought a Yamaha DT100 front wheel (18") in the hopes it would fit my forks and I could find a street tire for it. It doesn't fit (wrong size axle).
I'm playing with using a mtb front brake cable, but attaching it to the brake arm is tricky. I might have to buy another KE100 brake cable. (mine is frozen).
I did manage to sell the motor, gas tank and a plastic for $90 total. Yay.
But I am going crazy trying to find a 2.75" 19" front street tire. Thought about switching out the forks and putting in disc forks with a 17" street wheel.
I got a 17" x 2,75" moped tire for the rear, rated for 94mph. It's light and looks like a beefy mtb tire.
I started making a mount for the motor. It has to go on the left side and stick out since it's CW rotation only. Perm132.
I'm also going crazy finding a sprocket to fit this motor! 19mm bore is rare. Luckily DocBass has a 16t 420 sprocket for it. I had bought a 428 chain and sprockets kit, mounted the 50t rear sprocket. But now I need to go back to 420 chain. Of course, finding a 420 rear sprocket to easily fit this hub is going to be hard!
IF I run my 428 chain on this 16tooth 420 front sprocket, that will give me a top speed of 63mph. That's faster than I wanted for now with the limited power/battery. Unless I get a bigger rear sprocket to fit than the current 50 tooth.
Yay for the motorcycle industry - where nothing is standard! Everything is different on every bike and trying to piece one together for low cost is insanely hard!
Some good news - I built my other 72v 8ah 38120HP Headway pack and fit it nicely in a Pelican 1300 case. That is the other half of my emoto battery. (or two ebike batteries, good for 60 miles total range on the ebike. I rode my ebike today with both on it. It's a slug for changing direction, but cruises fine.
So I plan to run 72v 16ah high power lifepo4 (partly a123, part HP Headway). Theoretically the cells can push 20-30c peak, but the wiring I wouldn't go above 10c or 160amps peak for very long. That gives me 11.2kw - enough to do whatever I need, even with my gf on. With that said, i did buy 4awg wire and a 300amp fuse for the emoto wiring. If I ride this bike easy, I think I can get 40wh/mile around town and 25mile range on just this little 30lb pack. Afterall, I get 20wh/mile average on my 100lb ebike with no pedaling and including some 30-35mph sections.
Would you believe that the ke100 as shown in this pic rolls easier than my 75lb ebike? Well that's due to the drag of the cylte HT hub on the ebike. The Perm132 has very little cogging torque, I can spin the axle with my fingers. Try that with a Clyte HT!
Anyways. Help me me out with any suggestions on getting this wheel situation figured out.