Custom Built e-Trike

AussieJester · #41 (**permalink**) 10-13-2008, 11:02 PM

1000watt 48v 20ah setup

AussieJester · #42 (**permalink**) 10-16-2008, 02:52 AM

I received the remaining parts required to get the bike completed (minus the Lifepo4) today-->

~5 business days from when order was dispatched :-| ****, i have waited longer to get items from the other side of Australia in the past Australia Post could take a leaf out of UPS's book thats for sure...

Anywayz...lil late in the day for me to get enthused about getting covered in iron filings etc so shall get stuck into fabrication of front caliper mounts first light tomorrow, hopefully have ALL calipers mounted AND hooked up with the spiffy new braided brake housing by end of the day...shall have the hub laced up proooobably next week if i'm not able to organize a trip to the local bike shop tomorrow...

Back soon ladies :-P

Kim

goat herder · #43 (**permalink**) 10-18-2008, 08:43 AM

Tying to get drool of my key board, sweet bike love it! Where did you get those forks I feel suddenly as I can't live with out them! I would like to know where to get those!?

AussieJester · #44 (**permalink**) 10-18-2008, 01:41 PM

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Originally Posted by goat herder

I would like to know where to get those!?

Trying having a read of the the worklog pal, couple pages back ;-) clearly 'explains' where the forks 'came' from :-S

My brother came up with his bike yesterday, he built it from a few bikes found on the side of the road, has some funky rear suspension setup, forks are from a veeery old Motorbecane he found and the red section is from one of them lil tiny clown bike hehe..

Just building up a jack shaft for it atm should be running this arvo...

Kim

AussieJester · #45 (**permalink**) 10-25-2008, 05:28 AM

Lack of parts...my brothers ICE bike build and the Aussie dollar
crashing have all contributed to the trikes build stalling...TODAY however i got a couple of hours too myself and managed to get the front
caliper adapters fabricated, the springer fork rocker modified to bolt aforementioned bracket to and the calipers mounted and hooked up with the
'blingy' stainless braided cable Deec :: wink :: I also ordered some spokes so as i could lace up the dual disk hub (i did that last night)...only thing
that really went wrong was the inner tube copped some spatter (thus a hole) from the MIG as a result I have a flat tire LoL...no biggy,
i had planned on buying new front slick 3inch tire and tube regardless... as always I have 'documented' the work for those following the build--->

I chose to follow the full size chopper trend and mount the caliper directly
above the front axle. Some may see i changed the original '
'template d' design slightly, the bottom was narrowed to allow room for the joint end on the springer forks tube.

Now its time for a shower feed and a beer...back soon boyz, think ill make some custom bars tomorrow....

Kim :-)

Walter F. · #46 (**permalink**) 10-25-2008, 07:33 AM

I have followed your build from the start and am at a loss for words, however, fascinating and amazing come to mind after a moments thought! I bet there is some far out stuff going on that three ring circus that is your mind! You need to wear a helmet all the time to protect it, good stuff going on in there.

Guess you are getting ready for warmer weather down there, does the water really run backwards in the crapper when you flush it? Runs counter-clockwise up here. Australia has some weired and interesting creatures and you qualify as one of them. G'day mate, Happy Trails Walter F.

AussieJester · #47 (**permalink**) 10-25-2008, 07:42 AM

HAHA thanks mate ;-) Actually been raining the last couple of days before that we were in the low 30's though, heat waves a ~month away ;-) and yes water runs the correct way down here...clockwise ;-P

AussieJester · #48 (**permalink**) 10-27-2008, 10:13 PM

LiL Update

I knocked up a set of handlebars yesterday.
The stem i have been using is from a BMX bike,
the mountain bike handle bars had a too wide
OD to fit into the stem properly so i tinkered
with the idea of reaming them out with the die
grinder THEN i had a the idea to lop off the
lower section of the BMX bars that came with
the stem and attach it to a set of straight MTB
bars, came out alot like this--->

Also makes for a more comfortable less stooped
over riding position, i think thy turned out nice
anywayz, will paint them the colour of the
frame when time comes... OH also shortened
the brake cables to (neaten them up a lil i think)

I checked the state of the Lifepo4 pricing on
Ebay last night situation has worsened for us
Aussies :-( ping packs up around $AU1200 :-|
RIDICULOUS IMHO... I cant even get some 'fake'
pings for 700 now the cheapest is up around
800 PLUS delivery :: sigh :: I might have to
bite the bullet for the time being and grab 4 SLAs
till the dollar strengthens and the Lifeopo4s drop
in price, i just cant justify the 1200 dollar price tag
at this point in time, it would leave me penniless if
i splurged out on Lifepo4s now.... I have government
payment of 1400 dollars due mid December, if i go
the slas now ill get the Lifepo4s end of December,
hopefully by then the price has dropped not gone
up more :: sigh ::

For now, i need to make a tractor size seat for the
trike...shall have more on that soon.

Kim

AussieJester · #49 (**permalink**) 11-09-2008, 05:58 PM

Well... i thought some that have followed this build and contributed to it over recent months might like to see a lil video of my trikes firts run... BIG thanks to Matt (1000watt) for the SLA batteries, shall do me over until Lifepo4s find there way to me ;-)

The video is shot from leaving my garage and a lil run around my block, the first half is all up hill, the only flat road in this video contains the two round abouts and down hill section...Sorry no watts up connected as yet (i have one and will be hooking it up tomorrow...also no speedometer :-( ) Matt did advise me these batteries from new weren't the best but i think they did admirably for my initial run on the trike...I also shall upload some detailed pics of the brake hook up and electrics lil later...

Big thanks to those on the forum that have given me input on this build, it is much appreciated:-)

E-trike first run

Regards

Kim

AussieJester · #50 (**permalink**) 11-09-2008, 06:34 PM

Charged the batteries up last night so I was able to take some pics of the assembled trike this morning...

I think i'll be riding it around for a couple of weeks before i stripz it for powdercoat and chrome though heheee...

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Kim