| Owner | Robyn Lundstrom | ||||||
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| Location | Langley, British Columbia Canada map | ||||||
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| Vehicle | 1986 Yamaha FZ600 Bought from Craigslist in Richmond, BC. I took a riding course and got my motorcycle license for the express purpose of this project. I drove the bike as a gasser for about 1000km before I began. | ||||||
| Motor | Leeson Custom 3-Phase AC Wound by High Performance Golf Cars in California. Purchased as a package with the controller. | ||||||
| Drivetrain | Direct chain drive, 12 - 71 ratio. 530ZVM2 chain. I found a place online that sells it by the link. Front sprocket is a hardened-steel industrial ANSI #50 by Martin Sprockets. Rear is custom aluminum by Sprocket Specialists. | ||||||
| Controller | Curtis 1236-63xx 48-80V 300A light on-road AC induction controller. Now water cooled! | ||||||
| Batteries | 22 Thunder Sky LFP-90, 3.20 Volt, Lithium-Ion Made in China, and imported to Canada by me. Holy cow were the duty and taxes expensive! | ||||||
| System Voltage | 72 Volts | ||||||
| Charger | Delta-Q Technologies Quiq 72XX Delta-Q is just up the road from where I work. They knocked up a customer profile for me (thanks Roger!) | ||||||
| Heater | Electrically heated vest and handgrips. Not technically part of the vehicle :) | ||||||
| DC/DC Converter | Sure Power Industries, Inc 71030i 30A Max output, isolated. Weather resistant. | ||||||
| Instrumentation | PakTrakr, Koso digital speedometer cluster, and Curtis 840 gauge. | ||||||
| Top Speed | 85 MPH (136 KPH) The gearing maxes out at 85mph. I am considering going to a 11-tooth sprocket in the front at the next chain maintenance, probably next summer. This will improve the low-end acceleration, while still keeping the top end around freeway speeds. | ||||||
| Acceleration | Roughly equivalent of the gasoline engine. | ||||||
| Range | 37 Miles (59 Kilometers) 37 miles to 70% DoD. Possibly 40 if I take it reeeeally easy with a following wind. This is based on about 500km worth of testing. Not as much as I wanted, but still adequate for my commute, with a comfortable safety margin. | ||||||
| Watt Hours/Mile | 125 Wh/Mile 140 is a real measurement, the result of about 500km of riding. **Update: When it's warm out (over 10C or so), it gets 125Wh/mile. Don't ask me why, but it's very repeatable. | ||||||
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| Seating Capacity | Technically 2, but will probably only ever be just me. | ||||||
| Curb Weight | 529 Pounds (240 Kilograms) The stock weight was 436lb wet. So, just under 100lb added by the conversion. | ||||||
| Tires | Bridgestone Battlax BT45 | ||||||
| Conversion Time | ~8 months due to shipping damaged parts. | ||||||
| Conversion Cost | CAD$18,500. Yikes. That Ducati was starting to look like a good deal... | ||||||
| Additional Features | I used Victor Tikhonov's voltage clampers to control the charge in the LiIon cells. Thanks Victor! WebPage The controller is water cooled using a home-made water block, a Hungarian-made Swiftech 12VDC pump and a 240mm radiator from Sidewinder Computers. I guess I can over clock the controller now :P | ||||||
| Conversion album with a running commentary (in chronological order): WebPage WebPage WebPage WebPage WebPage WebPage WebPage WebPage WebPage WebPage WebPage WebPage WebPage WebPage WebPage | |||||||
1986 Yamaha FZ600
“FZE 2: Electric Boogaloo”
Last Updated 10-30-2008
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