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Gas Man
11-08-2011, 08:23 PM
How To Build An Electric Cafe Racer For A Small Budget (http://www.cyrilhuzeblog.com/2011/11/05/how-to-build-an-electric-cafe-racer-for-a-small-budget/)
Published by Cyril Huze


http://www.cyrilhuzeblog.com/wp-content/uploads/juicedcaferacer.jpg

South Carolina husband and wife Ed and Tammy build for fun their own electric motorcycles for a very modest budget. They decided to build an electric Cafe Racer in the style of the Triumphs of the 70′s and starting from a 1978 Honda CB750 costing them only $250 they arrived to finish EV motorcycle featured here. And this very nice couple are nice enough, although in a very amateurish website, to explain to you how they did it and how you could also build yours. So, I will not repeat. Before you bug Ed and Tammy for more advice, just a warning before you are getting started. There is a lot of voltage on an electric bike. Wired incorrectly, these batteries can seriously injure or kill you. Summary explanation at: Juiced Drag (http://juiceddragracing.com/cafe1.html) Racing

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Smittie61984
11-08-2011, 08:44 PM
I think I found my campus commuter. Especially if they can throw on some pedal looking things so my school thinks it is a moped. That way I can park with the bicycles.
Gas Man
11-08-2011, 08:45 PM
That would be awesome!!!
Particle Man
11-08-2011, 08:48 PM
Hmmmm, interesting project... I can hear my wife saying "no" already :lol:
tommymac
11-08-2011, 09:38 PM
Hmmmm, interesting project... I can hear my wife saying "no" already :lol:

thats why yoiu dont ask for permission, plus the garage is my domain so its goings on are kept rather secret :lol:
Particle Man
11-08-2011, 09:39 PM
thats why yoiu dont ask for permission, plus the garage is my domain so its goings on are kept rather secret :lol:

:lol:

the new garage is attached so kinda hard to be sneaky
tommymac
11-08-2011, 09:48 PM
:lol:

the new garage is attached so kinda hard to be sneaky

Ours is attatched and it hasnt stopped me :rockwoot:
Smittie61984
11-08-2011, 11:56 PM
:lol:

the new garage is attached so kinda hard to be sneaky

Why did you attach your garage to your kitchen?
Particle Man
11-09-2011, 07:05 AM
Why did you attach your garage to your kitchen?

Shorter trip to the fridge
tommymac
11-09-2011, 07:28 AM
Shorter trip to the fridge

Now thats poor planning, eventually I will have a fridge in the garage and to get to the kegerator I iopen the door step in, turn left and grab a glass and pour a coold beer :rockwoot:
OneSickPsycho
11-09-2011, 08:35 AM
$250... bullshit. It only cost them $250 because they have tens of thousands of dollars worth of shit laying around. If you or I were to attempt something like this, I'd expect our budget to be somewhere closer to $5k.
Dave
11-09-2011, 08:54 AM
Electric and cafe racer go together like dogshit and shoes. Abomination
tommymac
11-09-2011, 08:59 AM
Electric and cafe racer go together like dogshit and shoes. Abomination

I like that analogy :lol:
anthonyk
11-09-2011, 09:21 AM
Yeah, $250 was the cost of the junker they started with (and ended up not using anyway). Even with all the sponsored parts, I'm guessing this wasn't what the rest of us would call a small budget.
Particle Man
11-09-2011, 08:55 PM
Electric and cafe racer go together like dogshit and shoes. Abomination

I like that analogy :lol:

Indeed - gonna have to remember that one :lol: