My sister's mother-in-law is new to the country and kind of stuck at home due to no income and no transportation (she doesn't drive a car so that option doesn't work).
I just bought a Burromax pit bike for my niece so I was thinking if that is going to last my niece for decades, why not get something similar for her grandmother?
It should be cheap because I'm not rich and she's not my mother-in-law but it doesn't have to be big because she is a small woman.
What I am looking for is a Razor Pocket Mod. Used models with bad batteries are cheap, it has classic scooter styling and she won't have to straddle it like the Burromax.
I will have some 18560 cells surplus to my E-bike project so I was thinking I could add a lithium battery and try to up the power in to the 500+ watt range for a higher adult ridden cruise speed.
If anyone has experience with modding a Pocket Mod, let me know. There seem to be many eBay 500-1,000 watt motor/controller kits for cheap but I don't want something that doesn't fit, overheats, burns up, craps out or is otherwise not worth the time to install.
I am going to make the battery for my E-bike project modular with 1s6p modules and I bought enough extra cells to have 9 spare modules so I can make a 9s6p pack for the Razor. It's not quite a 36v pack but I'm hoping it can make for a 25mph top speed scooter with a comfortable 15+ mph cruise and good range since it's about 500 Wh.
Which motor or kV rating should I look for?
The idea is a convenient way for a small, non-athletic but light weight woman in her sixties to get around for short trips of less than 20 miles round trip, I don't need a hot rod and I'm not going to change the battery configuration and lose the ability to use the battery modules as spares for my bike.
I know I could use less cells to make a 13s4p 11Ah 48v pack but nope, not interested. If she winds up not using it, I don't want to have a spare battery in a useless configuration.
I just bought a Burromax pit bike for my niece so I was thinking if that is going to last my niece for decades, why not get something similar for her grandmother?
It should be cheap because I'm not rich and she's not my mother-in-law but it doesn't have to be big because she is a small woman.
What I am looking for is a Razor Pocket Mod. Used models with bad batteries are cheap, it has classic scooter styling and she won't have to straddle it like the Burromax.
I will have some 18560 cells surplus to my E-bike project so I was thinking I could add a lithium battery and try to up the power in to the 500+ watt range for a higher adult ridden cruise speed.
If anyone has experience with modding a Pocket Mod, let me know. There seem to be many eBay 500-1,000 watt motor/controller kits for cheap but I don't want something that doesn't fit, overheats, burns up, craps out or is otherwise not worth the time to install.
I am going to make the battery for my E-bike project modular with 1s6p modules and I bought enough extra cells to have 9 spare modules so I can make a 9s6p pack for the Razor. It's not quite a 36v pack but I'm hoping it can make for a 25mph top speed scooter with a comfortable 15+ mph cruise and good range since it's about 500 Wh.
Which motor or kV rating should I look for?
The idea is a convenient way for a small, non-athletic but light weight woman in her sixties to get around for short trips of less than 20 miles round trip, I don't need a hot rod and I'm not going to change the battery configuration and lose the ability to use the battery modules as spares for my bike.
I know I could use less cells to make a 13s4p 11Ah 48v pack but nope, not interested. If she winds up not using it, I don't want to have a spare battery in a useless configuration.