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gasdive · Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2011 9:10 pm Post subject:

Three electric riders? Wow!

That looks like one scary electric! It it a high speed off road wheelchair? it looks like you steer with differential power to the rear wheels, is that right?

=:)

Hangskier · Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2011 9:22 pm Post subject:

Yea, but looks like he can't go far with that cord. What motors did you use, ones from the old electric lawn mowers? Smile

SWIFTY · Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2011 8:01 am Post subject:

Nah I used the biggest power wheelchair motors there are but with the big tires front and back and the rear tires being twice as tall as the orginal the gear ratio won't pull the front end around when it gets in a turn. That's because I put a lot of rake in the front forks so I wouldn't get high speed wobble. If it would pull it it would do about 17mph, which does't sound fast but when steering with differential steering with the joystick it's pretty quick. Hack &spark l would do about 11-12mph but it had a wider track and longer wheel base. H&Slll will be a little wider then ll and be a litle longer wheel base also. But it's gonna have a whole lot more power! 15hp in each wheel continuous with a bunch more for short bursts. It may not go far but it'll get there quick! Laughing

H&S l had about a 15 mile range on flat ground but couldn't pull a hill because the tall rear wheels screwed the ratio. H&S l was 24v dc H&S lll will be 72v dc. The trick is the controller to handle that much power but I've got it figured out. It just takes $$.

kzPegasus · Joined: 12 Jul 2011 Posts: 5

Very nice bikes... my other car is a horse.

blindrodie · Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2011 12:44 pm Post subject:

gasdive · Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2011 2:40 pm Post subject:

Years ago I saw a picture of someone Horse towing a glider, but I can't find it anymore. Was it one of you guys?

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dievhart · Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2011 3:23 pm Post subject:

it's here
http://windsports.com/why.html

Diev

twistedkeys · Joined: 08 Jul 2011 Posts: 117 Location: Utah - Monroe Peak

Sorry I don't mean to be the first to post in a while with this monstrosity. But I thought I'd share...

Not really my ideal bike, and spent way too much money on keeping her alive. But I love her.

Nicos · Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2011 5:33 pm Post subject:

My daily commuter bike doesn't have a motor.

Nor does my (foldable!) chopper.

Bobfly · Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2011 7:04 pm Post subject:

I'll list 'em but I ain't got no pics. Well, I do, but I'm too lazy to find 'em and scan 'em.

1966 Toat Goat w/5hp Briggs and Straton
1968 Yamaha 250 Big Bear Scrambler
1962 Triumph TR6 chopper w/18" over springer and a shitty back brake
1973 Suzuki GT750 Water Buffalo
1974 Suzuki GT750 Water Buffalo
1982 Suzuki GS1100 ES (my one true love)
1995 Suzuki RF600R
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Schpankme · Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2011 6:20 am Post subject:

This is my commuter; 35 mph with 60 miles between charges (2-hour recharge time).

Hello all, long time pilot and lurker.

gasdive · Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2011 3:13 pm Post subject:

That's 4 electric bike riders on the org. I'm *sure* that HG pilots are a different sort of person to normal. I doubt that there would be more than one in 10000 random people in first world countries who ride electric, yet here we have at least 4!

=:)

SkyOrDie47 · 1 thumbs up Joined: 06 Jan 2008 Posts: 97 Location: SoCal

Here's my self-retrieve rig. Also a good Plan B when the winter flying doesn't quite work out. Stock internals, but bigger carb, bigger header and less restrictive exhaust really made this thing come alive. No more WOT from stoplights. Right wrist control is needed to keep the nose down.

-Stan