A Resource for Building Your Own Electric Motorcycle
Projects
WV Tech Electric Motorcycle Conversion Project
Jan 26th
Check out this well documented electric motorcycle conversion by West Virginia Tech’s Mechanical Engineering students. Click here to download the PDF plans. Electric Motorcycle Plans. Leave a comment below and tell me what you think of this build.
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 motorcycle that 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 built 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.