Started out to be an average day. The ol lady made french toast and bacon and I went around the corner to cash in about $7.50 cents in empty beer cans mostly 24 oz. :lol: Then went to the bank to see if I had $20 left to take out to replace the hard drive in the old HP dual core and WOW.
I had less than 1/2 hour to travel approx. 1.3 miles to the branch where my lock box is. Fortunately I had the other virgin Lipo pack on the charger as the voltage had dropped down some on the cells since charging to 4.2V a couple weeks ago now. pic 1. shows the current state of the pack I ran low last night.
pic 2 shows the voltage today on the pack I ran below 3V yesterday. Pic 3 shows the voltage of the virgin pack I ran today for approx.2.6 miles at 10 to 15mph.
The mistake I made with the other pack was running it from approx. 3.8V around the block several times before doing the video last night.
I was a little concerned running the other pack today without an alarm or the balancer. I was pressed for time and did not even bring my chain or lock. The lady in the bank watched it thru the window. She said "don't worry if anyone touches it I will take them down" I said I would love to see that. She was kind of hot. :lol:
I left close to $300 in the bank so I guess I have the money to order the proper torque arms for the Diamond Back with the hub motor. I would love to order the 4.5HP AmpFlow motor also but am going to pass on that. I am not getting stupid with my money this time. It is a second chance and I must do it right. If there is a different special washer to replace the one I cut for extra clearance for the wires please let me know as I will order it.
Also if the hub motor is geared for hills and is a heavy hauler I should get a chrome rear rack for cargo as the bike I rode today will climb small hills no problem but then I did not have much weight on the back. No way it would go up the larger hill downtown. For all around performance and reasonable speed 25 to 27mph there is no substitute for 36V. The best performance up hills and flat out acceleration and speed is the Unite 48V 1,000W motor run at 36V, 2,250rpm and 750W.
I am going to go shoot a video now of the performance of the bike.