I rode Tronbike to work all week after last weekend's teardown.
- I am getting a bit too comfortable with riding around on a motorcycle. I've added knee/shin and elbow armor to my wardrobe, but in the heat have enjoyed (too much) riding with a sweatshirt. I really should press on with a car project, potentially sell Tronbike and (gulp) the 911 to assist funding and focus.
- People, particularly other motorcyclists, are taking notice on the road.
- I like the low "get-away" gearing and not in a rush to upgrade the 13 tooth front sprocket.
- I spent time hacking on the TBM last night, mostly usability features like "restart", "reset", "suspend".
- I've ridden all week without a meter. The most useful metric would be full pack voltage, a 2" analog gauge would be perfect for the dash. Second is current and 3rd is odometer (got that).
- I lost ebay bids on a bluetooth iPaq, but my bigger focus is or should be mounting of the device. I ordered a new cable to overcome the frustrating/vaporized tab on the current cable.
- A tank-camera mount is on the way. I need to get some more videos up and going to share the love. My silly YouTube video has over 11k kits and counting.
SO, I'm declaring version to be 1.2.2 in honor of the stability improvements!
7 comments:
hey, great job... i know what you mean about the people noticing... there have been a few people just in the last week and they're all excited to see it. Portland is VERY green, and when I went to the Ductatti dealership 2 blocks away, everyone came outside and checked it out.
Post some pics of the PDA stuff when you finally get it running. I'd love to see what you finally decide on, and how you like the format and placement.
"Hopefully "Electric Motorsport". For some reason this bike got Popular Science press, despite Todd Kollin doing this for years."
AAAARGGGG!!! This is for Todd Stiers,
I BUILD ALL OF TODDS BIKES!!!!! EXCEPT FOR A COUPLE EVERY SINGLE ELECTRIC MOTORCYCLE TO COME OUT OF ELECTRICMOTORSPORT IS BUILT BY ME!!! SORRY DUDE, BUT YOU BUY PARTS FROM TODD AND GET IDEAS FROM TODD, THEY ARE MY IDEAS!! The new GPR-s was prototyped at my shop!by me! so damn, dont you think I deserve a little F'n press!
Hey cool, I'm one of Todd's customers, was not aware he was subcontracting to you.
I have a copy of the Pop Sci mag if you are collecting them.
sorry, i just get a little defensive, I have been building bikes for todd for about 6 years and over 25 custom bikes (gpr, super motard,gpr-s, and three Yamaha R1's) Among other custom conversions...
J.
Hey Justin, no problem, some things are worth being defensive about - I mean, I was all defensive on behalf OF Todd assuming he built these things.
As far as idea transfer, the R1's and custom bikes at Todd's shop were totally intimidating, but inspirational. I went a much more "El Ninja" route in my project, lacking the tooling and welding skills to
pull off the battery cages like yours.
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