Well Rick, there is the playing card flapping in the spokes thing.
A piece of .5 mm mylar would hold up better than a playing card.
Tom
A piece of .5 mm mylar would hold up better than a playing card.
Tom
Lol coolActually Tom that's not far fetched and we mostly all did this as children. Up dated for my electric vintage motor cases; the rotating e-motor housing (with a bolt on stub) could quite simply replace the rear spokes as a rotating source to engage an internal "flapper" which could be made from a variety of materials and of size, yet to be determined?
Bench test for audio yet to come!
Still just kids at heart.
Rick C.
Tom I've used the Harley tube clamps as motor mounts on several of the bikes I shared with the forum, two of these are small motor cycles with well over 10 hp and 5 speed unitized transmissions and with motor weight of about 65 pounds. After almost 5 years of riding my Simplex, on a frequent basis, the mounts have never required tightening. This is true for my Harley "Peashooter" as well as my more recent electric V twin "Old Crow". They stay put that's why I keep using them on my builds. No slip or twist they simply work! The design, for decades, has been proven on HD bikes for attaching all manner of stuff to tube frames, forks and bars including pegs and Harley has many dedicated 350 pound behemoths riding their machine. They use a 3 piece and 5 bolt design which really works without crushing the tube, but in order for them to work properly clamp size has to exactly match the tube size. No inserts used.It will be interesting to see how three or four threads take the torque loads of those clamp straps.
Finally wet here too. Corn and beans just might make it, barely.
Tom
Hi Pete I hope you're right about my component selection. These are well reviewed kit for e scooter and e skateboards & I'm hopeful but very little empirical or anecdotal material availible about their use on e bikes.Rick,
That mini-sized controller and the wireless throttle are perfect for your build. Downsizing the controller and minimizing wiring on any e-bike is a huge plus. Concealing electrical hardware and wiring is the biggest pain on these builds.
I'm envious, 'cause right now I'm struggling to keep the wiring on my latest gas-motored build from spoiling the look of things. That new off-the-shelf loom I purchased, sourced from the same bike my donor 125cc motor, was supposed to keep things as simple as possible - but I've done so many mods to it I may as well have wired it from scratch.