I got it from the States, don't remember which supplier. Motor was not heavy duty enough for my level of use.

Very cool, glad you got it sorted before the bugs ate you.

Only thing I would do differently is find out the ferry schedule and plan the trip so I ride there and take the ferry back. I think the ferry ride would be quite scenic.

Hey Thanks, always a good time.

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Cool, thanks for the comment. Are you going to vlog the project?

@@dave6ix I only save some stories on my Instagram account. John_chick.lee take a look

Ya, some good thoughts there but I doubt they would trade motors. I would like to start over and make a new bike frame and all, possibly a shaft drive with proper gearing.

I was at one point contemplating making a frame from scratch, but then I'm not sure how the insurance would work, so I'm going with a conversion. My problem now is that most shaft drive bikes that aren't half a ton are small displacement cruiser style bikes like Honda Shadows, Suzuki Boulevards, Yamaha V Stars, as counterintuitive as that sounds. Rare is the sport/standard bike with a shaft drive. The only other shaft happy category I've found is big touring bikes, BMWs, FJR1300, Concours, Goldwings, etc. Then we're back to bikes that way a metric ton and don't have much more space in frame to make up for it. I figure if I take the V star, or Shadow, or Boulevard, whichever comes up on Kijiji for cheap and doesn't look like a complete dumpster fire, then make it an homage build to 1940 American bikes like the Indian Sport Scout, then I can get a stadard-esque riding position with shaft drive under 400 pounds with a fairly large battery. I reckon that should be pretty fun. If it's not too personal a question, how hard was it to get insurance on your conversion? Over here in Ontario, it's looking more and more like it might be easier to get the Leafs to win Lord Stanley's Cup.

@@drewswitzer7574 no problem getting insurance. It's ensured as a conversion from gas to electric. So just a safety inspection and then insurance. Scratch built, I don't know.

Sorry....lol

Nice recovery, glad you were able to fix yours.

Including the 1st motor and controller, about $10,000.00 Canadian dollars.

Yes, each cell has a temp sensor.

Why that size, well I felt anything smaller would be underpowered and the next size up may be too heavy, too physically big to fit alongside the battery pack, and finally would have less range or require a larger battery pack. Everything is a compromise, you want to go fast or you want to go far? That motor is 65 lbs and my battery pack is 175lbs, I also carry a large charger in there. You run out of room to put stuff real fast. Good question, thanks.

The motor is handling it just fine so far. I have about 30,000 kms on it now.

@@dave6ix Well, when money is not an issue, you chose to be safe rather than sorry=) 1236-6301 is 80V and 300A at 2 minutes, and costs something like 400 to 600 dollars, I've bought mine for 400$ new from stock

True, but I was looking for some decent performance, so a little higher current is what I needed, but good thoughts, thanks.

kzfaq.info/sun/PLVHgB5Nl8ehN7r112-dyvJI3plVM7Dkut. All the details should be here.

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No problem, had to get a basic out of province type inspection where they filled out all the paperwork changing it from a gas bike to electric. ICBC was a pain in that I had to tell them how many cc the engine was, lol. So we settled on equivalent cc for the electric motor. So it's registered as a 250cc I think.

@@dave6ix Thanks man!

Sorry I don't remember what screen that was and Calgary.

ya my choice of donor bike was a mistake....very heavy.

not so far as long as its not full of salt or dirt.

Thanks, I had to go full on Nerd to design and build this one....lol