Electric Motorcycle Conversion Honda XL175 #4: Test riding!!

[@michaelbrinks8089]

It'd be kinda cool to put the batteries inside the frame area for lower center of gravity/better handling. Then make a nice looking fake gas tank that's actually a locked storage compartment with hinged lid on top.

[@michelleevans9869]

Maybe he can add a duel battery in its space

[@FightFilms]

Why would you want a lower COG? There is no hard rule "lower COG is better". Everything has its pros and cons, including a higher COG. You don't know how the bike rides or what J prefers. Besides, moving the battery and putting a storage compartment in it's place, or vice versa, would probably make no noticeable difference.

[@michaelbrinks8089]

@@FightFilms With the weight down lower the bike will be less top heavy & take corners better. The more weight up high, the worse cornering will be. But thinking about it his current battery isn't really heavy enough to be any problem.

[@FightFilms]

​​@@michaelbrinks8089Right. But this is a city bike and not a canyon carver or track racer. A higher COG will allow the rider to lean less in the corners, giving better visibility, and will be easier to flick around, i.e. swerve cars in traffic. You'd probably want batteries in both places, to increase power and range.

[@temporaryaccount-ws9ng]

experienced riders know why low COG is essential to good riding experience. Newton's first law. Nobody cares about low COG on a straight road. On aggressive turns low COG is ESSENTIAL. It translates to bike having low straightforward momentum and turns much easier because the forces of the forward momentum are felt on the tires and not on the rider making the bike feel lightweight to the rider even though its the same weight. @@FightFilms

[@michelleevans9869]

Wow awesome. Can’t wait till it’s complete. You are a very talented person. Always enjoy the videos

[@NWforager]

that motor and chain is Beefy !

[@DitchWizardry]

Literally just had the thought 'and I could just have one or two batteries to swap between all of these bikes' this morning when I was specc'ing out NMC prismatic cells. Look at 3.7v and 50/100/180 amp hour cells. No nervewracking spot welding or gambling on a stranger's spot welding skills, just 19 bus bars and 150-300 amps. Fast charging it looks like, too. I'm thinking 6x server power supplies in series for mobile charging, if I can find a 50 or 100 amp charge regulator... Very cool seeing you doing the stuff I've been daydreaming about after the same thing happened with mid-drive pedal bikes and your vids a couple years ago, btw. Cheers!

[@pierrex3226]

That's awesome. The bars look unnecessarily wide, but that can become such a nice and useful toy!

[@JohnnyNerdOut]

Ya I might put more narrow ones on some day

[@JoelFunk]

Dude, the bike is looking sick!

[@rickc2222]

I definitely want to do this - but will try to preserve the look of the original trail bike - keep the tank, maybe mount the battery into a hollowed out "dummy" engine (which could act as a heat sink to keep battery pack cool maybe), and a 12kw rear hub motor. The XL seems to be a perfect donor as the frame does not use the motor as a stressed member, and very light weight compared to using a middleweight street bike.

[@thankmelater1254]

Cool stuff. Dual fuel or hybrid with recharge would be insane.

[@pierrex3226]

Does that exist? Afaik there aren't many electric bikes because of the weight of batteries (electric cars are super heavy). So hybrid bikes would be even heavier.

[@thankmelater1254]

@@pierrex3226 I'd like a 50 horsepower 4 stroke gas engine on an ebike. No licence plate needed, 200 miles range.

[@debbieschwartz3132]

Cool bike!!! I just bought and ice sprint x tour trike. Have you converted trikes and what motor and battery do you suggest?

[@Tony-v9c7s]

Looks fun

[@NWforager]

theres a seattle craigslist 70 mph 72 volt electric motorcycle ,Rumble motors cafe Racer - $4,600 . is it a good deal ? i'm drooling but not sure

[@JohnnyNerdOut]

I’d need to know more details

[@robbywaligoske2656]

Where did you get the motor and controller from?

[@mr.somebody1493]

What kind of range could you expect out of that bike ?

[@JohnnyNerdOut]

With the current temporary battery, 10-15 miles @35-40mph.

[@alexandrep4913]

​@JohnnyNerdOut that means that you could get almost double that if you ride around 25-30 miles. That exponential electric output thing and all.

[@JohnnyNerdOut]

@@alexandrep4913 plus if I use max regen, that could help.

[@qwantumijo]

You need increase reduction to 1:5 at least. I have same motor with belt drive.

[@lindaacoleman5657]

Can you covert a 2018 Electra Townie Go 8I 26” ladies bike to have a throttle..

[@JohnnyNerdOut]

Short answer is yes

[@lindaacoleman5657]

@@JohnnyNerdOut thank you for responding..I will set up a time to visit with you from your account cause I was told I could not have a throttle with how these bikes are made..

[@Gabriela-ge7bx]

I saw someone getting 80mph top speed with same motor