Imperial College London Electric Motorcycle Test TTXGP

[svengalie]

nice channel

[spankeyfish]

unless you're running it with no rear suspension...

[spankeyfish]

errrr... you know there's a reason why the front sprocket is always located as close as possible to the swingarm pivot (or even coaxially with it, in the case of the BMW G450X) and usually at a height where the front sprocket, pivot and rear sprocket roughly line up when the suspension is loaded with the weight of the bike.

[antmalig]

@spankeyfish - so looks like youve missed the obvious pal... you can see the motor is mounted on brackets attached directly to the swingarm. Get it?

[spankeyfish]

@antmalig bloody 240p :/ I take back the chain tension comment then. From the last words on the vid my guess is that their next move was to add some bracing to the motor mount. Unsprung mass and the vibration that the motor will be subjected are the enemies of this layout but I expect their not such a big problem with electric motors.

[m1aws]

Only one Agni? Czysz had three under his.

I despair seeing all that real estate under the bike wasted on fresh air. It needs to be solid with Li cells.

[egrandprix]

@m1aws As the video title says, this is an initial 'Test', on an uncompleted bike. The bike now has 2 Agni Motors, and full compliment of Lithium Batteries.

[m1aws]

@egrandprix Sorted! Good luck with your venture.

[ChromeRide]

half of the experience with a motorbike is the sound..

[nutmagnet63]

@ChromeRide In your younger years... Did you clip playing cards to the frame of your pushbike so they clattered on the spokes.... :-)

[ChromeRide]

@nutmagnet63 of course.. and i went ... " SUUuuuuuuZUUUUUuuuuKIIIIIIIIII­IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII"

[0bravo7]

That looks like one interesting project. . . .but was wondering which engineering students worked on it?

I mean was this like a group project for EEE and ME students or just EEE?

thnx

[ResultantForce]

@0bravo7

Mostly ME, This is in the mech. department test lab.

[0bravo7]

@ResultantForce

thnx! then i guess i made the right choice. . .doing ME :-)

[mrxt500]

Fascinating stuff..but its silence is a bit spooky. Is this project to design solely a race bike, or something that could be used on the road? As a complete petrolhead I must admit I wouldn't mind owning an electric motorcycle; if only they made *some* kind of noise.

[m1aws]

@mrxt500 These Agni motors do make a noise at speed under load. Like those Darth Vader fighter thingies.

Pity that chain noise.

[eastcoaster54]

Excellent utilization of engine placement. cannot wait to see more. questions: 1. what horse power will u expect this to be equivalent too? 2. What do you think a quick charge time will be? 3. what is the max range? (range is more imp. than top speed for me)

[evmotorcycle]

I love the colour of the Agni Motor. Excellent! >:)