Electric dirt bikes?

**flyingcr250** · 14th February 2009, 09:26

yea i took it back, quoted the exact same thing you just said. got it fixed, then sold it....... i dont like the idea of buying a bike i cant fix myself, and having to pay stupid amounts of money just to have the guy say "oh a 10 cent resistor was the problem, heres your $1000 invoice"

**secondfield** · 15th February 2009, 20:05

like my $6000 plasma which only lasted 3 years and blew up months after the warranty expired..............

A bit off topic but these things are actually engineered to do that in this day and age...

**notch** · 15th February 2009, 20:53

And I used to do motor control at F&P Healthcare, which i believe stole a few ideas from applicances...

Time to start a KB electric bike project! I can help on the electronics / firmware stuff too.

Originally Posted by krad_nz

Wow, I write motor control software for F&P Appliances. Its a small world huh. Brushless DC Induction motors to be precise, in an embedded environment.

**barty5** · 15th February 2009, 22:02

Originally Posted by frewi

After a couple of hours riding an electric bike going brooooooooom to make up for the noise. Give you a sore throat I recken. Or imagine a supercross race with no engine noise? Sorry but thats just weird.

you could fit a head deck, amp and a 10inch sub and a couple a 6by9s and record a sound track to play would cut down on ride time due to battery drainage though. Sound track would be endless a v8 supercar sounding dirt bike or a Formula 1 sound track etc etc

**s_devo** · 9th June 2009, 23:28

Originally Posted by frewi

After a couple of hours riding an electric bike going brooooooooom to make up for the noise. Give you a sore throat I recken. Or imagine a supercross race with no engine noise? Sorry but thats just weird.

Yeah, yeah! - when I was younger we used to put a piece of plastic that would flick on the spokes of my bmx - maybe that would compensate!!!

Would certanly solve the voice problem. Now for the range issue...

Notch - did you get anywhere with that KB electric bike project?

All good. Stevio.

**Sammikins** · 10th June 2009, 09:25

Originally Posted by s_devo

Yeah, yeah! - when I was younger we used to put a piece of plastic that would flick on the spokes of my bmx - maybe that would compensate!!!

Would certanly solve the voice problem. Now for the range issue...

Notch - did you get anywhere with that KB electric bike project?

All good. Stevio.

I had spokey dokeys....

**takitimu** · 10th June 2009, 13:25

Zero just announced a Zero MX, looks pretty lame power wise ( they claim 23HP, but video looks slow ).
It'll be like the Beemer Enduro bike I suspect, it'll take one of the top guys to really get the dev moving along, be a cool project for GOAT

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