Once More Into The Breach

Though the progress we make is slight, it is meaningful. We have no parts, but still we trudge on. I spent two nights cleaning the grease sludge off the bike and it has reminded me why I like the idea of electrical vehicles so much. Oil is filthy. Cleaning this portion of the bike…



Did this to my hands…



It would seem appropriate that we should have an oil spill the week we begin this project. It is time for an alternative means of energy.
Ok, off the soapbox. The bike was dumped at some point by the previous owner and the right handle bar was badly bent.



So, instead of buying a new handlebar, Luke just made a new one. Suzuki tried to be clever and make the handle bar 22mm thick. There are no standard pipes that width. So, we bought a smaller pipe and made a shim out of an old license plate. Now that’s recycling.




Luke continues to fabricate. He started welding some stuff tonight.



The outcome is this little parallelogram/trapezoid/rhombus job.



It connects the motor to the frame. He’s gonna attach another thick piece of metal to this thing which will make motor attachment much more elegant.

He also fabricated a stand for the bike out of 1’’ square tube. One more thing we don’t have to buy. Look at this beauty.




We also picked up a battery to make testing the wiring easier. Here's a couple of pictures showing that the wiring actually works.