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I have been working on an electric bike for a while now, wondering if it would possibly be eligible for bucket racing? Im thinking the F5 class as power/top speed would probably be around the same. Just an idea atm, as would require a change in some of the design which is currently under construction, but I figure an electric bucket would be far more fun than an electric commuter. What do you reckon?
Gixxer'n'bits...
Sounds shocking...
I'm not sure how eligible you'd be I guess, seeing as the rules haven't really got much about electrical whatzits, but I don't think that would stop you from circulating providing your bike's up to spec.
Who You Calling a Pig
Hmmm, interesting. I would say clarify it with MNZ but lets be honest they are hardly even aware that the F4 and F5 classes exist
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Originally Posted by Yow Ling
Po ta toes
I hope I'm not the only one who read your title as "Electric Blanket"..... (cause otherwise I'm going blind) and I thought... "hmmm interesting thing to post in the bucket forum, maybe he's thinking of a cheap way to make tyre warmers"
gypsy
just build it and race it.... then worry about the class.... start at the bottom, then work your way up.... it could even take out the 600 class!!!
what a ride so far!!!!
No8 Wire Extraordinaire
Simple rules obviously never saw that coming. But I think it would be fair to let you race & if you start doing too well we'll just increase the length of the races
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Forum whore
Formula would be easy. You'd need to start with the same amount of potential kilojoules available to the petrolheads, which would require a chart matching charge available to track length and number of laps. Sounds hard, relatively easy. Average MotoGP bike has 650 Kilojoules of energy in its tank at the start of a race. Couple this with a maximum weight for electric bikes and you can limit range. I'll get to thinking about that one too.
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yeh i figured bucket racing was probably pretty laid back, i wouldn't give a shit about points at all, just keen to get it on the track. What sorta top speeds do the f5's get up to? and how long is the race?
Long Haired Yobbo
It varies alot!
Dave will have the best answer but I would say on average an F5 bike would do just over a hundie on a long flat road.
Race length varies heaps, tracks like Kaitoke have gradient to worry about too.
Heinz Varieties
Forum whore
Bright Spark......
Forum whore
will it need a jump start to get going ??
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Hardcore Biker
Environmentaly friendly. Oh yea, till we get back to the pits and all the 2smoke generators going balls to the wall charging the batteries and making a huge din.
Great project.
Forum whore
Did you mean "Jump the Start".....or "Jumped UpStart"......
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So that'd translate to bout 70k on track perhaps? 15 min races ish? (just a guess as MX is usually bout that long)
I'd probly get a four stroke genny, so would still be more efficient and environmentally freindly than all the other bikes on the track
No8 Wire Extraordinaire
My std 5.5hp Roadbike RG did an indicated 118 (gen105kph) on the road. I'd assume my bike could go faster.
But yeah 70-80k on a tight kart track is about right.
But lets not try & get into an environmental disscussion. You'd be on a hiding to nothing trying to argue the case unless you use a superconductor potato battery & develop a generator with somewhere near 100% efficency.
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