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Hi guys and girls,
This is the start of my worklog on the Electric RG. I have made substantial progress since starting, so expect a bunch of pictures to slowly populate the page.

This is the chassis as I bought it from Two Wheel Wreckers in Osborne Park:
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Clearly the frame and wheels looked pretty dull, and half the parts were missing :)
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I bought some second hand brake calipers and discs from a wrecker in Sydney, along with the top fairing. I don't think I'll use the top fairing, rather go for something original:
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I cleaned up the calipers and placed an order through WEmoto.com for new caliper seals etc:
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Complete overhaul of the forks was necessary :(
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New master cylinder too...
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Agni 95 B motors are here!
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Chassis is all back together now:
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This is where they will sit:
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With stacks of room for batteries :)
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So that's a good 6 months work there. I'm getting the motor mounts laser cut now, and I found out my 428 pitch sprockes will be in next week. Goodwill Engineering will weld the mounts up for me and I also hope to have the motor crash guards done by then too.

Coming together!

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PS I have registered my team (Voltron) in the TTX-GP :D All I need now is the money... :(
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Voltron is such an awesome name. How much money do you need for TTX-GP?
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I checked and the entry into the UK eGP is 350 GBP. The fastes 6 riders from this will be eligible to ride in the IOM in July (I think).

But getting my machine and myself over there is the biggest cost :( Worth checking out anyway.
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looking good, when its running bring it along to a meeting :D

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Chris,
Firstly... how did you get clearance to put the project in the lounge room ???? Image
Second... nice choice of bike. Image
Third... what batteries do you plan on ? Maybe sponsorship by Lithbattboss ? Though you are in A123 territory. Those twin agnis will suck some juice. edit: of course you could sell your house and go LiPo.Image
Woody, are you going to run some numbers ? Image

Perhaps make a presentation at a Perth branch meeting and call for pledges. I'd be in !
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Hehe, the GF is happy to support my hobbies (motorcycles, racing, e-motos) and I supoprt hers (sewing, jewelery making and cooking). It's a win-win ;)

I have plans for LiPo - about 80 ah worth of them, at a nominal 105.6 V. I have budgeted about $6k for cells. The motor only spins out to 6000 rpm, so I don't want to push it past 90 V. I might need a redline indicator :D

I'm keen to join the AEVA too; I'll take any support to get this baby up and running, and show the world what backyard Aussie ingenuity can come up with.
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Good to see the worklog up on AEVA mate :-)

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i forget, are those agni motors BLDC, or just straight DC?
if BLDC, most BLDC controllers can be programmed to limit motor rpm..

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Nope, these puppies are brushed. The brushes are good for 110 Volts, but the motor will probably fly to pieces at >6000 rpm. Probably a good thing :)

My motor mounts were cut out by Action Laser Cutting Image Very happy with the results. Goodwill Engineering have the job of putting it all together, if my sprockets ever arrive...
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Picked up a tank yesterday. I will make a mould of it and try to re-cast it in fibreglass or carbon fibre. This way I can make it a little taller and a little wider to fit the batteries underneath, and it reduces the weight by about 2.5 kg.

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Any ideas how much power you wil get from the two motors?

EDIT: Oopps forgot to ask how much power (manf spec) the bike had originally too?
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Peak power from both motors is probably around 60 hp. Not sure how that will translate into rear wheel power till I a) build it and b) put it on the dyno.

Original power was 45 hp from a 250 cc parallel twin two-stroke.
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Okay, for those of you in Perth who are looking for sprockets and chains, go no further than http://www.motionindustries.com.au/Default.aspx

These guys stock 19 mm hubs perfect for the Agni motor shaft. Sprockets Oz can go blow!
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I realised I will need to counter-weight the motor on the left hand side with something heavy, motor-like and ... well it finally dawned on me that the other motor might as well hang out the right-hand side!
This leaves some valuable room to put $6k worth of LiFePO4 cells too. A bit of cardboard aided design, with the Mrs' knitting needles for the extended drive shaft and frame attachments :)

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yep, definitely hang them out the sides :)
It seems to be a well proven setup, and both motors will get good air flow for cooling.
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Sprockets Oz in Melbourne got my sprockets built after 3 months. It includes the Christmas period, but still a bit slow. $145 all told.

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A variety of sprocket sizes means different riding characteristics for different circuits
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Bar ends to make it legal :)
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Starting to take shape...

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Some carbon fibre bling :)
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looking good Chirs :D
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Looks like it's coming along really well...
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Looks good with the fairing on! haha
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Looks great.

Do you have any theoretical performance figures?

0-60?
0-100?
400M?

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Don't know at this stage; still waiting on my batteries. But I would hope to have a top speed of at least 150 km/h (might take a month to get there) but the 0-100 should be pretty good.
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Well what a productive easter saturday :)
I have a bunch of pictures - if they don't fit your screen you can right-click save as open blah blah.

I finally got around to building a decent workbench in my new (slightly storm-damaged) shed :)
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Even got room for a vice.
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Now, the bike :twisted:
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One with the lovely Katherine, making the picture 100% prettier.
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Other side
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I have a problem with clearance up here - the handlebars need to go lower to clear the fairings, which is easy, but this reduces the travel of the suspension. Given I'm adding 20 kg to the kerb weight, I really ought to get stiffer springs, where the travel is reduced but stiffer.
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I bought this to tidy up the fairings since the grinder does a rough job. Also, the carbon mudguard can be modified to suit.
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This is a bit of a worry :lol:
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I still need to make brackets to suit the fairings. Could be a bit of dicking around, but I'm sure I can come up with something. The rear ducktail is still a bit of a mystery to me. I feel that if I put it on, the bike will look like it's pants are too big. It looks like a bucket racer anyway... might not be so bad.

Fun times... :)
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Hi All,

Well today I finished up the fairings to the point where they are self-supporting. Everything is in place so I can make a list of things to put finishing touches. This is the bike as she stands now:

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This is how I'm holding the fairings on at the moment. I'll get some more correctly sized bolts later on.
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I'm most happy about the way I got the carbon mudguard to go on. I want to eventually remove the anti-dive units since they don't do anything. This would alow for the thing to be fixed with a bolt at the base.

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Lots of room for batteries in there. It'll be tight but I think we're OK.
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This is the front fairing bracket. Pretty agricultural, but it works. I need to put another bolt and strap of steel out to the fairings to steady side-to-side movement. There are also some spacers which point out from the fairings where folks would normally attach an Oggyknob. I can extend these and put a bolt in there too. Then it's not going anywhere :)
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I also need to find room for the cycle-analyst computer and speedo / tacho / battery management signals etc.

Yep - you can slide the bar down and tighten the crap out of the pinchbolt Image It could be a bit neater, but it worked.
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Looking good Image Bring on the batteries!!!!!
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