| Owner | Some Guy | ||||||
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| Owner's Other EV | 1994 GIANT | ||||||
| Location | Calgary, Alberta Canada map | ||||||
| Vehicle | 1994 Suzuki GSXR | ||||||
| Motor | Mars ME0709 (Etek-RT) Permanent Magnet DC Good motor. Heats up a bit at full throttle though. I connected the ram air intakes on the front of the bike to inject air into the motor. Also programmed controller to max 200A. Good now. | ||||||
| Drivetrain | 49T rear and 10T front (noisy, although creating noise is not a bad thing for a bike). This is gives me good acceleration and hill climbing. Top speed lis limmited. I wanted a CVT from Comet but they are in recievership and cant get it together - too bad. | ||||||
| Controller | Alltrax 7245 Nice controller. If I would do it again I would buy a full H bridge type so that I would have dynamic breaking. | ||||||
| Batteries | 6 Haze 55AH, 72.00 Volt, Lead-Acid, AGM CALB(Sky Energy) 28 x SE60AH lith cells ordered March 29 2011, ETA 8 weeks/May 24, 2011). Keegan at CALIB Power has been responsive and good to work with. Cant wait for lithiums! AGM for now but hopefully I can affort Lithium in a couple of years. I got a good price on these batteries from a friend in Calgary. | ||||||
| System Voltage | 72 Volts | ||||||
| Charger | Kingpan KP7206E I was going to order and pay for the Zivan NG1 but I was offered a much cheeper one. Thanks to Todd K at electric motor sport. no complaints | ||||||
| DC/DC Converter | Sevcon 72 V version Works excellent. Im using the 300W 72V input 13.5VDC output. It gets luke warm after an hour of riding with both headlights pluged in (2x H4). | ||||||
| Instrumentation | I plan on using the tach as a current meter. I don’t plan on changing the increments or units; rather I plan on using it as a rough measuring device. Full scale deflection will be 350-500A pending my final design (e.g., 16,000RPM will be 500A, and 1,000RPM will be the bike running or ready to go indication). I have started a circuit design that converts the shunt mV to frequency to drive the tach. The original tach needs 19.4Hz, Square wave 6Vpp min. for 1000RPM and 250Hz for 16,000Hz FSD(see pics). This circuit will be transferable to all existing tach designs (cars/bikes etc.) as tachs are really all just frequency meters. I will post the circuit details once completed. | ||||||
| Top Speed | 52 MPH (83 KPH) I comprimized at 85km/h so I had good acceleration and hill climbing. I really want a two speed trany or CVT - would make all the difference! | ||||||
| Acceleration | I can easily pass cars. Not as fast as a bike with ICE. | ||||||
| Range | 18 Miles (28 Kilometers) Depends how you ride it. Acclerate like a car and it lasts 25-30km, ride it like a bike and it lasts 10km. Estimate 100km with the lithiums! | ||||||
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| Curb Weight | 484 Pounds (219 Kilograms) Facotry weight was 210kg dry. Now its 220kg. Unfortunaely becuse I wanted to keep the stock look the batteries are up high making the bike top heavy. This likely contributed to my accedent. That also due to me being new rider, and bald tires. | ||||||
| Tires | Bought new April 2nd after first night in motorcycle school. I strongly recommend you don’t compromise performance for lower rolling resistance - sticky tires are more important than a couple of extra mile range. Michelin Pilot Power $350 total | ||||||
| Conversion Cost | $6000 all in (includes about $400 in tools) |
1994 Suzuki GSXR
“Suzi-Q”
Last Updated 04-04-2011
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