Electric Ninja

So going with the Warp 8 means we are going to have some difficulty mounting this beast in the frame. Direct mounting it to the front sprocket means the outboard side of the motor would stick out the right side of the bike about 5 inches or so. So we are planning on a mount that would hold the motor more in the center ofthe bike, with an intermediate shaft between the motor driveshaft and the rear wheel. This allows us to use 2 sets of gears, which results in more fine tuning of the final gear ratio as well as allowing us to usea smaller rear sprocket (as opposed to the huge rear sprockets found on many direct drive e bikes). Pics can be seen in the photo gallery.

Last night we finally dropped the motor at 3am. We sold it to a guy down in Tacoma who wants to put it in a small dune-buggy. The pictures are up in the photo gallery.

I've been working with Dave Kois as a summer intern this last month. They're all really great guys down there and they have been helping out getting the conversion going. Dave Kois runs the show in Lacey and he's been extremely helpful getting parts at cost for me. Thanks Dave! I'm planning on picking up a Warp 8 from work tomorrow and getting an idea of how it will fit.

Oh and just last weekend Alex and me went to the Wayland invitational and saw a few Teslas, the Killacycle and the White Zombie. I'll post some pictures soon.

-Rich

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