Electric Motorcycle Paint Job and Battery Rack

Continuing work on my electric motorcycle - repainting and working on the battery rack. See more at:
http://300mpg.org/

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• motorcycle
• ev
• rack
• battery
• paint
• KZ440
• Kawasaki

[CyberDruif]

It it okay to place batteries on their sides? electrolyte distribution through the cells, plates being dry?

[BenjaminNelson]

@CyberDruif

These are spiral-wound AGM batteries. They are fine to mount sideways. (You wouldn't want to do that with flooded batteries!)

It's probably not a bad idea to "rotate" the batteries once a year. I could move all the batteries one position when pulling the cycle back out in the spring every year.

[BenjaminNelson]

For anyone asking about where I was working on this - it was at the Milwaukee Makerspace - part of the hacker/maker movement. I collaborative, shared workspace, tool co-op and invention kind of a place.

Check out MilwaukeeMakerspaceDOTorg

[pheenix42]

Rustoleum...I love the fact that you didn't use some expensive high-tech paint! =D

[BenjaminNelson]

@pheenix42

I wouldn't know how to use the fancy stuff even if I had some.

I have done a little powder-coating. (A friend of mine has the gear to do it.) I might powder coat just the battery rack components. I think I can squeeze the motorcycle gas tank in an oven. If I can, I might try powder-coating that too.

I DO love Rustoleum...... It's what holds the Electro-Metro together....

[evmotorcycle]

Good Stuff >:)

[somorastik]

niiiice work!

[mrbr549]

Love your video on this bike. Anyone with the time, money, and space can use your video to make one of their own. This is VERY valuable information. Thanks so much for sharing this.

[pheenix42]

@BenjaminNelson *high five*

[madjimms]

If only someone donate a large amount of high capacity LiPo/Li batteries!