Riding Clean

Man i have been waiting for this news a LOOOOOOOONG time now. I almost started to think it was not possible to make a electric motorbike. on what i see on this bike it still looks a bit chunky but i hope that will change in the future! if this technology is getting a bit more advanced i would like to convert my Yamaha XJ900S Diversion in to a Yamaha Electric Diversion!

Over 35 years ago I read about flywheel storage systems and was hooked on that idea for power vehicles; even the future spaceplane. To maintain the vacuum of the flywheel canisters, I would use a flywheel atop two motor/generators and one below them that would all be sealed. Either forced air or a liquid coolant would cool the motors without releasing the vacuum. If either rock quartz or one of my ultra-stressed materials is used for the flywheels and magnetic bands are used around the circumference of the flywheels and facing the bands inside the canisters, there might be a linear induction effect which may increase the storage potential.

I might use a hub-mounted motor in the center of the back wheel for instant power and maybe one for the front wheel for extra traction. If they are 100-horse pulsed injection motors, they may only require 70,000 watts each. If my flywheels can store 100 watt-hours of energy per cubic inch and I had a large stacked unit for the drive and a smaller stacked unit for the systems and the large unit contained 1500 cubic inches of flywheel material, the range for the bike might be 200 miles. For long-distant touring, I would use a "power trailer" that would have at least 5000 cubic inches of flywheel material and trunk space for luggage and other things. If the bike could cruise the highway at 70 mph and required only 60 horses from the motors, the range could be over 1000 miles. Since the bike would be an electric, it would be quiet enough for the rider to easily listen to a radio or CD player without having them blast away. With a canopy that could be attached to the bke, the vehicle could be ridden in all weather. Also, with the speed-activated roller kickstand, the rider won't have to put his feet on the ground until he wants to get off. The kickstand will extend automatically when the bike is traveling 5 mph or less and retract when the bike is traveling over 5 mph. .

Personally I am far more interested in the compressed air bike. That is exactly what I hope to build next summer.

Currently, I am in first year Mechancial Engineering at the University of Toronto.

I love the idea of an electric bike. I am going to build one out of an old mountain bike that has been collecting dust for about a year. I am going to use a 36 volt 1 kilowatt motor and a Kelly 100 amp controller from cloudelectric.com and a throttle and 3 12 volt 7 amp/hour batteries from evparts.com. I will use a 60 tooth sprocket at the engine and a 10 tooth sprocket at both wheels (both will be driven by the same motor). The motor has a rev limit of about 2500. With this gear ratio and rev limit i should be able to go about 70 (I know this because i have another mountain bike which i put a 50cc 26000 rpm gas engine on with the same gear ratio and it will go almost 80 mph(unsur of exact speed, no speedometer). This will cost me about 600 dollars but will be well worth the cost.
J

sorry about the error. I will be using 6 12 volt 12 amp/hour batteries which are the same dimensions and only 1 pound more.
J

Very nice specs on this electric conversion design. Terrific work. If you'd like to check out a production electric motorcycle without having to do the conversion work yourself, we've worked hard to bring our offering to market.

Gene Banman
CEO Zero Motorcycles Inc.

. “They don’t have the high energy density of lithium-ion [batteries],” Gray explains. “But they also don’t explode randomly.....!!!!!!!!!!!???????????!!!!!!!!!!!! .....Boy, am I glad I read this article, I got those dahmn thangs all over the dahmn place! ...OHHHHHHHH MY GOD!!! They can just ..what ..explode like a ...what...

I ride a 2001 YZFR-1,...... Hmmm....

It's excelent to see more and more people converting vehicles to electric. I personaly just finished converting my 1988 for ranger into a 144 volt electric. I didn't have to money for Lithium ion batteries so I had to settle for 24 6-volt lead acid batteries, seeing as each one weighs around 66 pouns the truck is a tank. The range is around 100-115 miles on a full charge. It is the most bizzare thing sitting at a red light and having the car be dead silent. Ilove allof the looks i get from people crossing the street:)

ELECTRIC MOTORSPORT INC. of Oakland California comissioned Justin Gray to build the R-144 and as always he did an excelent job on the conversion. We whould also like to thank Jeff Hagan AFM rider #42 for supplying us one of his old R-1 race bikes for the build. Electric Motorsport sells EV parts and is also the manufacture of the first freeway capable production electric motorcycle.

It is our goal to provide Zero Emissions Transportation solutions to the general public with out compromising fun.

Sincerely,

Todd Kollin
electricmotorsport.com

I want to thank PopSci for keeping an eye open to our visionary people . I want to thank Juston Gray. you are what American inginuity is all about. You are what will bring back jobs and industry back to our country. Keep up the good work. How do i order one?