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Electric Honda cub…My Newest Project
Nov 17th
Last night I started on my newest electic conversion, this time it’s a 1981 honda Passport “cub”. I found this sweet little scooter on craigslist for $150, not running and missing a some parts to the carb. My inital intentions where to replace the cab and get her running again, But I failed. Turns out I don’t know the first thing about small engine repair, and spent countless hours breaking things more so than fixing them. So I scraped that idea, and stripped her down lastnight. Always fun. Now my plan is add a 36 volt electric motor, which I salvaged from one of those cart pushers you see in the walmart parking lots. My plan is to have it up and running in a week, just in time to bet the folks over at honda working on the real electric cub. I will be posting some updates as I go - so feel free to follow on the blog or Twitter @electricmoto
How to Build an Electric Motorcycle
Aug 10th
The Goal of this project was to convert a classic motorcycle into a clean, quiet, electric motorcyclethat would run on battery power and reduce the amount of automobile pollution caused by my short to mid-range driving trips. I started this project after watching ”Who Killed The Electric Car”, realizing that I was 1 of the 80% of Americans that drives less than 20 miles a day. Frist I considered a car conversion, but it fell outside my budget. So after some inspiration from electric motorcycles conversions on EV ALBUM, I thought a motorcycle sounded fun and economical.
So fast forward 4 months, and I now have the ”’Electric Dream”’! Clean, Quiet, and best of all not a drop of Gas! Continue reading and I will take you step-by-step through the conversion process.
