My Board Tracker

[DocktonSpeedShoppe]

I've been lurking in the boards as a guest until now!
I just am wrapping up my 2nd ebike. I'm not very good with building systems like you guys, i'm a carpenter. So i purchased a kit from a online company in Texas. I've been extremely happy with the kit and the company's service. It's a 3000w Crystalyte, 72v, 40a controller, 20ah lithium manganese batteries. I still have to fishing painting the frame panel and put the rear XT disc on. I may have not used the correct terminology for the electrical stuff, sorry. It's been a really fun project. hope you like it!

 

[emco5]

Nice job, you captured the essence.

 

[DocktonSpeedShoppe]

Thanks emco5! It was a lot of fun and is very stable at speed. I hope to lean more about the electrical side here, for a future bike. I still have the frame panel to put in. But it's close to done. I also need a good 2 legged kick stand, any suggestions?

 

[spinningmagnets]

Very nice! As a coincidence, I just visited the Marquette motorcycle museum in central Kansas.

Here's an article you might like. https://www.electricbike.com/juicer-e-bikes-king-of-the-boardtrackers/

 

[AussieRider]

Wow! I love it. You've done an amazing job there Dock. I see you used U bolts to mount the battery box. I found them a very secure method on my chopper. BTW, nice batt box. Soft bags always look wrong to me though they work well enough. Can't help but think how period sweet that would look with a drum brake up front. I don't see a rear brake. Are you planning to fit one? My compliments on your work.

AussieRider

 

[emco5]

.... I also need a good 2 legged kick stand, any suggestions?

Some options at Niagara.....
http://www.niagaracycle.com/categories/evo-massload-double-leg

 

[Keith Pegg]

https://www.amazon.com/Pletscher-Two-Leg-Kickstand-320mm-Black/dp/B001GSKVSG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1470617559&sr=8-1&keywords=bike+kick+stand+2+leg

I have had this for two years and it works great for me:

 

[Wolfeman]

Very cool build. Love the look of that thing. What company did you buy your electrics from?

 

[OCD Garage]

Ah, the pics are better here than on Rad Rod Bikes! It looks like a Crystalite on the rear with spoke washers? As I posted over there, it's a great retro e-build, very nice work. 8)

 

[Drunkskunk]

Very nice.

 

[DocktonSpeedShoppe]

Hey guys! I wasn't getting email notification from this forum. Sorry!!
It's a kit bought from electricrider it's a 72v system, 40 amp controller, 2 36v lithium manganese batteries 20ah, crystalyte, hub motor. I would like to say I built it but, I'm not too handy with the electrical stuff. I hope to learn more from everyone here. I worked at a bike shop when I was in high school and have 4 other bikes.

 

[DocktonSpeedShoppe]

And thanks for the kickstand recomendations!!

 

[DocktonSpeedShoppe]

Aussierider,
It's funny you mention drum brake...I had this kit on another bike before this build, it had a SA drum brake front and a u-brake rear. And that thing was a total death trap!! Lol, I don't think it helped that I had the batteries in .50 cal ammo boxes hanging off a rear rack!!! Every freaking time I'd hit WOT out of a corner at 7-10 mph the front wheel on the SOB would come off the ground. So this bike is essentially MK II of the the wobbly death trap

 

[DocktonSpeedShoppe]

I have a friend who is a union sheet metal worker he hand made the steel battery box, Lane at the bike shop put the 'tracker together. Every part I hand picked, I painted the raw frame. This was pretty much the bike I always dreamed of. So far I'm happy!
XT single speed cranks
Black Ops Platform pedals
Mavic Chain
Chris White headset
XT 160mm hydraulic disc brake front and soon rear
Thomson DH stem
Sportsman Flyer frame & bars
DT Swiss custom front wheel laced up with 14g spokes to a XT front disc hub
Brooks leather springer seat

Soon to come:
Rear disc
Leather Brooks grips
Frame panel hand sign painted
2 leg kick stand

 

[Greg H]

Nice job on the build. It certainly looks the business. Where did you find that drop loop frame? It's a Worksman right? Board track racing was quite the spectacle back in the teens and twenties. They finally had to shut it down, 'cause too many guys were getting killed--those bikes didn't even have any brakes. But I'm sure you probably know all that.

 

[DocktonSpeedShoppe]

The frame is a sportsman flyer, purchased through Worksman. The board tracks took over 3 million board feet of lumber to build! The bikes also had no transmission, only full throttle. From my understanding, they were also a total loss oil system. Meaning, you fill the oil tank and it dripped down to lube the parts of the engine, then on the track. The only why to slow down was to kill the engine, then compression start it out of the corner. The tracks were nicknamed Murderdromes, due to the loss of life. It's an incredible era in motor history. I wonder if there was a group of us with e-trackers, if we could race on the bicycle velodromes? Wouldn't that be phenomenal??!!

 

[Drunkskunk]

Yeah, it would be. I'd love to run my boardtracker on one. it would be worth the risk of death or splinters!