Re: (ET) drive motor speed

[Brian Matheny <bmatheny mediaone net>]

A local club member, Eric Klatt (BE7575 aol com), converted a Motobecane
scooter using an ET motor.  He is currently getting 50mph tops and 50mi
range at 35mph using 3 group 27 'deep-cycle' batts.  Gear it so 50mph=6k 
rpm
so there is reasonable acceleration from a stand-still.  See it at:
http://people.ne.mediaone.net/bmatheny/eric.htm

At 08:31 PM 07/04/2000 -0500, you wrote:
>Hi,
>Does any one know the max RPM of the drive motor on an E-15.  I am playing
>around with the idea of making an electric motorcycle out of some of my
>spare Elec-Trak parts.  I have never worked with electic vehicles before,
>other than my E-15.  Based on the tire size and gear ratio of the bike I
>have laying around (Honda cx500 Turbo, shaft drive), I would need 3000 rpm
>to go 70 mph.  Would the motor have enough power to push it?  I would
>estimate the loaded weight to be around 950 pounds, using 3 12V batteries.
>Could I get a 25 mile range out of it? If anyone has worked on a electric
>cycle and would like to share info, you can email me direct.
>Thanx
>Dean A. Stuckmann 
>
>

-Brian  37,000+ EV miles since 5/97!  Charged by biomass, wind, solar!
http://people.ne.mediaone.net/bmatheny/ws3f.htm