Imperial College London Electric Motorcycle Test TTXGP

Engineering Students at imperial college London test their prototype electric motorbike, based on a Suzuki Hayabusa Chassis, with twin Agni motors located on the swingarm.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• TTXGP
• electric
• motorcycle

[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.

[svengalie]

nice channel

[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.

[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]

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.

[ChromeRide]

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

[nutmagnet63]

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

[m1aws]

@egrandprix Sorted! Good luck with your venture.