Electric Ninja

I want to appologize for not updating the site for so long. I know we have a lot of fans out there. Oh wait, I've never advertised the blog or website. Here's a video of Alex riding the bike to make up for it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DyvZ6-0ixA&feature=player_embedded

After a few hours of frustration trying to figure out what the vibrations were coming from, we got  the motorcycle running smoothly. My uncle Rocky helped me out over the phone. He told us to use a screwdriver as a stethescope by putting the handle on my ear while pressing the metal tip on the bike frame as the engine runs. The homemade stethoscope worked like a charm and we found that the vibrations were coming from one of the down tubes. At one end of the down tube, two bolts held the tube in place. One of them was missing and the other was too long. When the end of the down tube was held in place, the vibrations stopped. Alex and I were both surprised because the sound seems to emanate from the front of the bike, but the loose part was towards the rear.

Update: We're not sure if we want to use an AC motor anymore. A large DC outperforms AC and  still costs less.