Electric Motorcycle
August 14th, 2008 | Published in General
I have been thinking about electric drive lately. I live about 9 miles from where i work and thought it would be fun to drive something to and from work that wasn’t an internal combustion engine. I first thought i could ride my bike, but the traffic makes it dangerous. I have to cross many 6 and 8 lane roads and some of the speeds .. while posted at 35 or 40.. are maintained by drivers in excess of 60mph.
There are some side roads and rural streets i could take, but all in all it would be safer in the flow of traffic. Also, bicycles are not the norm, and drives rarely see them, which means a higher chance of getting hit, not to mention the lack of sidewalks in the suburbs.
My first thought, was to modify a razor scooter to haul my 230lb fat ass. put like 10 or 12 battery packs on it and hope to make it 20 miles. The Razor E300S It is a 24 watt system (2 - 12 watt batteries)with a 250 watt motor. It says 40 minutes of continuous use and a top speed of 15mph. Slight modifications with the addition of a batteries could make it there and back, but i think the extra weight (230lbs + 52 lbs scooter +100 lbs batteries = 382lbs. Somehow i don’t think the drive motor can pull that regularly.
