what i learned in the shop today..

1. you can not run an e motor with a clutch backwards. Well I did know that but I wasn't sure that I remembered right, so I set it up and it didn't do anything but whine.

2. My eyes are way to bad to weld small sprockets to drive shafts.

3. It is a heck of a lot easier to spin a 350 watt motor than a 600 watt motor by hand. No wonder my bike eats up amps. I am giving some serious thought to down grading my motor for the chain drive.

4. It hurts to toss motors but I had to do it.

5. Walmart squeeze bulb horns are loud. I bought one and it is so loud my wife banned it and me from the house.

I have a couple of trash cans in my shop that don't get emptied for several weeks. Things go in things come out. The 600 watt I managed to get a straight sprocket on, no clutch so it will do for running backwards should I need one to do that.

I did buy the 450watt geared motor that goes with the bike setup stewie stripped out. I have a better controller and throttle than he does so those I am using from my own kit. At the end of the day I should have one good rhino bike with a spare engine assembly complete, and one sprocket and chain bike for rainy days. I want to try it at 24v first then go to 36v if it needs help.

I have to try a 350 motor if I find one cheap enough, just to see how it does at 36v. I think the 600 is tough enough to do 36v but I'm not all that sure about the 350 it seemed pretty light in the butt but we will see.

thats what I do with friction drive motors but with the pedal sprocket on the right side of the bike its rather hard to put a second sprocket on.

The sprocket has to be on the left side to not interfere with the pedal drive system. The motor has a clutch so it can be wired backwards. Of course not it doesnt have a clutch. Since I removed it and mounted a single sprocket no clutch on the motor but I don't trust it. I just bought the right engine and decided to put the whole thing on pretty much the way it should be done. I will be using my 36v system though.

Today I learned not to hold a sprocket in your hand while you drill it. When they jerk they do some nasty things to flesh. Fortunately it wasn't too bad just a little blood.

now that might be embarrassing for him