| Owner | Tim Gamber | ||||||
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| Location | Calgary, Alberta Canada map | ||||||
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| Vehicle | 1988 Yamaha FZR 400 Sexy ass bike! | ||||||
| Motor | Advanced DC A00-4009 Series Wound DC Rated for 36 volts running at 72 volts 350 amps peak | ||||||
| Drivetrain | Electric direct drive | ||||||
| Controller | Alltrax 7245 72 volt 450 amp peak controller. The Batteries are the limiting factor right now the controller and motor can take alot more then they can dish out. | ||||||
| Batteries | 6 Interstate 35 amp/h power patrol, 12.00 Volt, Lead-Acid, AGM Seem to be holding up quite well. I can pull about 300 amps before the voltage falls to 60 volts. I consider below 64 volts the danger zone. These batteries are doing fine although they are not high power. I plan on upgrading to hawkers when these ones wear out... | ||||||
| System Voltage | 72 Volts | ||||||
| Charger | Soneil 1206 12 volt 3 amp smart chargers (6 of them 1 for each battery) + a 1 amp charger for accessory battery.1 of them recently overheated and started charging funny so i replaced it and installed a fan to keep them cool. I also discovered that by opening them up you can adjust the voltage output with a little turn screw inside. So i adjusted them to the voltage level i wanted and then epoxied the turn screw so it wouldn't move... | ||||||
| DC/DC Converter | none using 12 volt auxiliary battery. Charged by separate 1amp charger. | ||||||
| Instrumentation | Paktrakr monitors each individual battery voltage as well as temperature, amps, and a load of other cool graphs | ||||||
| Top Speed | 66 MPH (106 KPH) tops out at about 105km/h looks like i geared it perfect. 15 tooth in the front 55 tooth in the back. | ||||||
| Acceleration | Did one test run feels great! Estimated 0-60 about 5 seconds... this is while sagging batteries to lower then you should for long life. Accelerating to 60mph without bringing the voltage into the danger zone is more like 9-10 secs. | ||||||
| Range | 14 Miles (22 Kilometers) I have driven 13 Kms at high speed (90km/h for 6 kms and 80km/h for the 6 kms back + 1km in town) and the batteries were starting to feel it in the last couple of KMs. The voltage started to sag quite a bit so i was careful in the last couple kms... Around town i can easily get 20Km to a charge. | ||||||
| Watt Hours/Mile | 125 Wh/Mile Unconfirmed. Based on other similar conversions. Thats also what my estimated range is based on. Values below in the miles box are KMs... | ||||||
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| Seating Capacity | 1, but if your really friendly 2, or maybe even 3 if your too friendly... | ||||||
| Curb Weight | 400 Pounds (181 Kilograms) Unconfirmed | ||||||
| Tires | Standard. I replaced the old rear tire but not before destroying it with a few burnouts... See you tube | ||||||
| Conversion Time | to many hours to count don't really know!! | ||||||
| Conversion Cost | $4000 CDN about | ||||||
| Additional Features | Spilled black oil and neon green coolant during the ICE removal. Cool color! Large red keyed safety switch used to activate pre-charge circuit and when pre-charged, you turn the main key to activate the contactor. Made very few frame modifications to accommodate the motor and batteries. | ||||||
| Had fun building this bike with my friend and would like to thank my friends and my family for helping me out on this project!! | |||||||
1988 Yamaha FZR 400
“Gambermoto 1”
Last Updated 08-20-2008
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