For those who love custom motorcycles, café racer, dirt track bikes, classic and vintage motorcycles, design, engineering and everything related to two wheels. Here we have three interesting and different magazines: Iron and Air, Esses and Sideburn. All have a neat layout and beautiful pictures. All three are very original. If I had to choose one I would go with …
One more thing that I cross out from the list “things to do”! The battery box is already welded, painted and with all accessories installed on the door. Let’s see what these accessories are about: -The box has two LEDs on the door, one green and one red which indicate the status of the controller (on, off, over-voltage, high temperature, …
I have just realized that I haven’t spoken about the DCH1’s motor yet. As you can see in the picture it is an electric hub motor from the company Enertrac. The price (€ 1,200 including shipping and taxes) is not cheap but in return you have an easy to install and elegant solution that doesn’t take up space in the …
I’ve finally welded the aluminum swingarm and the batteries box! It has been a long journey… As I was expecting, they were much more difficult to weld than the steel parts. The biggest headache was to weld the joints between the aluminum extrusions and the machined parts. Because the thicknesses were so different, machined parts (like the shock absorber lug) …
Checking and organizing old files I found this sketch* I had done some time ago for the Vitabana´s project. This is a project that was canceled more than a year ago and it was a shame because it was quite advanced. But there is no time money for everything… Let’s see if I can take it up again in the …
In this video we can see the Tohqi Elipse covering its first meters. The scooter is quite agile, the frame really stiff and the driving position very comfortable. The anti-dive system also works well. The front suspension system sags a little when you are braking but not as much as with a telescopic fork. It has caused me a great …
Como les dije en el anterior post, ya tengo en mi poder todas las piezas para comenzar a soldar la caja de las baterías. Esta irá colgada del chasis mediante tornillos y albergará, además del pack de baterías, todos los componentes electrónicos de la moto, como son controladora, BMS, conversores dc/dc, contactor, relés, etc. La caja tendrá una puerta lateral …
¡Conjunto chasis/subchasis atornillado y terminado! Como las estructuras soldadas eran bastante pequeñas y tampoco necesitaba un gran acabado, me he animado a pintarlas yo mismo. Las he lijado para que no quedara ningún resto de óxido, les he aplicado una imprimación para metales y finalmente les he dado un par de capas de pintura en color negro mate. La combinación …
Las dos estructuras tubulares del chasis por fin están soldadas. Ha costado y mucho, pero ya están listas para ser pintadas y ensambladas. En un principio mi idea era buscar un taller para que me soldaran tanto el chasis como la caja de las baterías y el basculante. Pero la falta de interés de algunos talleres y la poca profesionalidad …
