i have an electric bicycle using 48 volts motor from china as soon that i plug the battery on the controller theres a spark produce on the wire or plug,which will burn the plug on after a while .probable cause of condenser in the controller.are the kelly controller smooter on contact.thank you,gordon
dang this is amazing! I would love to attempt something like this on my 250, but I need it to go at least 80mph.. I would definitely do this if all I used it for was driving around town.
Nicest cleanist looking conversion I've seen so far. I have a 500 ninja that gets 62 -68 mpg depending on how I ride. I've always been pretty happy with that.
WOW .With the greed of oil companies and gas coming close to $4 a gallon this summer of 2011. We need more vehicles like these. Great Video. Are you from NJ?
@joseabreu00 I wish we were paying the equivalent of $4 a gallon over here in europe.As it is, we are paying a touch over $8 per u.s gallon at the moment when you convert euros to dollars.
@sscholle333 No need to. An electric motor has much higher torque then a gas engine. With one gear I can has fast acceleraion and 70 mph top end. Gearboxs are torque multipliers....required for a gas engine. True a gear box could extend my topend..at the expense of very high current and poor range.
@PktMma Yes, because of the resistance of air, the relationship of speed and power required is not linear. 50 mph uses 50 amps...100 mph used 175 amps.
This is a cool thing . I see that everybody is talking about charge or battery life . Why haven't you modified a small alternator off of a car to charge ? That would be my next step to make constant power off of the chain . How is the acceleration and top speed ?
@drz4000 it is , in one way of looking at it , when you are able to install a small wind turbine electricity generation system to constantly charge the batteries when you choose that charging system to be active on the fly..manually adjustable :D can you say" free at last?" i knew you could. this will take time and many people getting it FIRST wrong..to finally get it right. THEN we can flip off all the FAKE republicrats and democans in office the past 40 years. cheers! long live free energy
As fun as it is to listen to the motor whine and watch the camera shake, it sure would be interesting to see the guts of this conversion with maybe a little commentary.
guys this is cool that you are doing stuff like this i wqould love to try out something like this to, but still i can not imagine my bike without smell of gasoline without gears and ofcourse without sound,,,,
@sxetheexile Agreed, there's nothing better than that petrol-ey kind of smell when you first open the garage. And whenever I hear the engine on this video start to sound strained, I expect to hear him change gear, lol. But still, the guy has done a good job and made an epic motorcycle...
Is it possible to capture the regen energy into capacitors for immediate use in your next acceleration cycle? I'm not an engineer, obviously, but it seems you can generate energy a lot faster than you can pack it back into the storage medium.
@drz4000 Doesn't the energy regeneration mess up the battery's potential amount of recharge cycles? I'm considering building an EV out of an old ZXR, but not too sure if this regeneration is all that healthy.
Those Lifepo4 batteries are too expensive to risk having to replace them every 2 years, so I'm really not sure if I should go for a controller that allows regen or not.
Kelly regen applys a charge but its not very useful under hard short breaking; its only effective applied lightly over long distances like rolling hills. The motor can generate a lot of power when breaking from 50 to 0 but lead acid batteries simply can’t charge that fast and most of the energy generated is wasted. Seems like it would be more efficient to store the charge a capacitor bank as you mentioned and then dump the charge upon launching, but probably expensive so....
Wow, please update when you get those in. 20 miles would do me for around town, 60 would be even better. Unfortunately I could only ever use it for around town. To get to the city it's a 200km round trip....:(
Nice job! Why will the Motorcycle manufacturers do these? The technology is here, with better batteries and chargers these will become even more attractive.
i have an electric bicycle using 48 volts motor from china as soon that i plug the battery on the controller theres a spark produce on the wire or plug,which will burn the plug on after a while .probable cause of condenser in the controller.are the kelly controller smooter on contact.thank you,gordon
nolan66617 1 month ago
dang this is amazing! I would love to attempt something like this on my 250, but I need it to go at least 80mph.. I would definitely do this if all I used it for was driving around town.
tadster00 1 month ago
Whats the range with the new 60 ah batteriea from china and how much did u pay
CarlosReni4510 4 months ago
I keep waiting for a gearchange!!! I guess a gearbox would create too much drag to be worthwhile, Nice looking conversion well done
notwocdivad 6 months ago
the way its geared now, 65
drz4000 7 months ago
what is the top speed
RHINOxRIDER 7 months ago
I didn't do it for mpg....even though it gets the equivelent of 400 mpg. I did it for fun. I have a YZ6 and Z400....luv gasers too.
drz4000 10 months ago
Nicest cleanist looking conversion I've seen so far. I have a 500 ninja that gets 62 -68 mpg depending on how I ride. I've always been pretty happy with that.
arnold02000 10 months ago
Nice bike.
1:50 - That wasn't a nice driver in that car. Some just can't find the brake pedal timely. Just when he / she's before you already. =/
DragonFlyback256 10 months ago
WOW .With the greed of oil companies and gas coming close to $4 a gallon this summer of 2011. We need more vehicles like these. Great Video. Are you from NJ?
joseabreu00 11 months ago
@joseabreu00 I wish we were paying the equivalent of $4 a gallon over here in europe.As it is, we are paying a touch over $8 per u.s gallon at the moment when you convert euros to dollars.
CaptainTurkeyGiblets 11 months ago
i'm going to convert my 250 too...it's just to much of a gas hog
yourlookingatbob 11 months ago
@yourlookingatbob lol
StupidTeenageVideos 9 months ago
An electric motor has very high torque. Belts are less effcient then chain drive due to tension and friction.
drz4000 11 months ago 2
@drz4000 did you consider keeping the gearbox and driving the original crank with the motor?
sscholle333 9 months ago
@sscholle333 No need to. An electric motor has much higher torque then a gas engine. With one gear I can has fast acceleraion and 70 mph top end. Gearboxs are torque multipliers....required for a gas engine. True a gear box could extend my topend..at the expense of very high current and poor range.
drz4000 9 months ago
@drz4000 You nmean that adding a second, higher gear would consume more electricity?
PktMma 7 months ago
@PktMma Yes, because of the resistance of air, the relationship of speed and power required is not linear. 50 mph uses 50 amps...100 mph used 175 amps.
drz4000 7 months ago
How about using a teethed belt instead of the chain since it doesn't transfer that much power(torque)?
AKAtheA 11 months ago
Clean, Green, Mean Machine.
Great Electric Ninja. EV is the way to go. I wish I could do this to my EX250R-2008. Nice Video. Thank you.
americanhindi 1 year ago
This is a cool thing . I see that everybody is talking about charge or battery life . Why haven't you modified a small alternator off of a car to charge ? That would be my next step to make constant power off of the chain . How is the acceleration and top speed ?
bigcotie 1 year ago
@bigcotie The problem with that is you use more energy then you make....so you would lose range. Perpetual motion is just not possible.
drz4000 1 year ago 2
@drz4000 it is , in one way of looking at it , when you are able to install a small wind turbine electricity generation system to constantly charge the batteries when you choose that charging system to be active on the fly..manually adjustable :D can you say" free at last?" i knew you could. this will take time and many people getting it FIRST wrong..to finally get it right. THEN we can flip off all the FAKE republicrats and democans in office the past 40 years. cheers! long live free energy
chronofusion 1 year ago
VERY MOTORCYCLE MAN.
williamyashiro 1 year ago
As fun as it is to listen to the motor whine and watch the camera shake, it sure would be interesting to see the guts of this conversion with maybe a little commentary.
aqueousone 1 year ago
That is one sweet ride!!
If I was still working full time, that would be perfect for getting to work in the summer time.
It's only 10 miles roundtrip, so recharging would be a bit faster..
Congrads on a great job..
Xringer 1 year ago
guys this is cool that you are doing stuff like this i wqould love to try out something like this to, but still i can not imagine my bike without smell of gasoline without gears and ofcourse without sound,,,,
sxetheexile 1 year ago
@sxetheexile Agreed, there's nothing better than that petrol-ey kind of smell when you first open the garage. And whenever I hear the engine on this video start to sound strained, I expect to hear him change gear, lol. But still, the guy has done a good job and made an epic motorcycle...
rimfa123 1 year ago
Is it possible to capture the regen energy into capacitors for immediate use in your next acceleration cycle? I'm not an engineer, obviously, but it seems you can generate energy a lot faster than you can pack it back into the storage medium.
tomasdipagio 1 year ago
@tomasdipagio Sure, thats what it does now....on braking 50 amps goes into the pack from a 50 Mph stop.
drz4000 1 year ago
@drz4000 Doesn't the energy regeneration mess up the battery's potential amount of recharge cycles? I'm considering building an EV out of an old ZXR, but not too sure if this regeneration is all that healthy.
Those Lifepo4 batteries are too expensive to risk having to replace them every 2 years, so I'm really not sure if I should go for a controller that allows regen or not.
XSaenen 10 months ago
@XSaenen No, you can program the controller to limit max regen current. Mine is at 50amps.
drz4000 10 months ago
Kelly regen applys a charge but its not very useful under hard short breaking; its only effective applied lightly over long distances like rolling hills. The motor can generate a lot of power when breaking from 50 to 0 but lead acid batteries simply can’t charge that fast and most of the energy generated is wasted. Seems like it would be more efficient to store the charge a capacitor bank as you mentioned and then dump the charge upon launching, but probably expensive so....
ThatTransientTipi 1 year ago
WELL DONE M8
paltalkdevil 1 year ago
cool how far can you go between charge's ?
cjdMobile66 1 year ago
Good job dude. I have a NSR250 frame and wheels sitting around that I want to do this too....Though living ruraly I really need more range...
14212288 1 year ago
@14212288
I have 24, 60AH Lifepo4 cells on order....delivery from China early May. This will more then triple my range and reduce weight.
drz4000 1 year ago
@drz4000
Wow, please update when you get those in. 20 miles would do me for around town, 60 would be even better. Unfortunately I could only ever use it for around town. To get to the city it's a 200km round trip....:(
14212288 1 year ago
pretty neat!
mongrelchild 1 year ago
How long does a full recharge take?
depriestonline 2 years ago
love it man ;)
gordanzzzz 2 years ago
shouldn't you be getting more miles out of it if you're using regen braking? nice build :D
steemy2 2 years ago
Regen is only good for about 6-8%. Its nice to recapture this energy and save on the mech brakes
drz4000 2 years ago
Top Speed? where you get the motor and electronics?
damnedboner 2 years ago
Nice ride.
darthracing 2 years ago
really nice man !
1:52 he was like 1 meters in front of you :O (the VUS) what the hell .
yanlapanic 2 years ago
I now use the tach as an anolog voltage meter. Using V/F converter.
drz4000 2 years ago
dude you forgot to hook up the tach? lol jk.. sweet conversion man!
joe69rocket 2 years ago
GREAT JOB!!
People, google is an amazing tool. google "DIY electric motorcycle" and all kinds of sites with plans and info pop up.
DHMIII 2 years ago
Nice job! Why will the Motorcycle manufacturers do these? The technology is here, with better batteries and chargers these will become even more attractive.
85bmw528eguy 2 years ago
What is your estimated weight? And any cost or assembly information that you can provide. Thanks
oppugnall 2 years ago
Great conversion!
labidus74 2 years ago
Thanks for the inspiration.
What type and how many batteries?
japanet160 2 years ago
Great Job !! How much did the conversion cost?
bowrooco 2 years ago
The eROCKIT has a top speed of 50mph and a range of 60-80 miles...but it costs $44,000...
strongmeasures 2 years ago
what are pros and cons of gearing it more for highway?
Douglascs83 3 years ago
does the regen make a noticible difference?
Zombifan122 3 years ago
I'd rather have both....like I do.
drz4000 3 years ago
whats the engine braking like?
Elow007islowenhaas 3 years ago
Great, from a 40mph stop, 60 amps is pumped into batts. No need to use mechanical brakes once over 3-4 mph.
drz4000 3 years ago
sounds just like mine :)
I'm running a Mars brushless motor and a Sevcon controller, which sucks a bit. I need to try a Kelly brushless controller on it.
DumHed 3 years ago
Nice job mate! >:)
evmotorcycle 3 years ago
Can an EV bike get a range of 50 miles on the highway?
AfterMidnightRider 3 years ago
What kind of range does the bike have and how long is the rechage time?
lbarrell121 3 years ago
20 miles with present agm batteries. 35 ah.
drz4000 3 years ago
Great Job!!!
What was the total conversion cost and where did you get the components?
yakyakyak69 3 years ago
no, velco'ed the cam to the empty gas tank. thats why the regen sounds loud....tank is like a speaker enclosure.
drz4000 3 years ago
pretty kool there phil...was that an helmet cam or did ya hand hold while cruising about???
tsthayer 3 years ago