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Very nice. Im curious. As for the lights, are you guys planning on honoring older tech, using older bulbs, or making this thing modern and using led/hid/etc.
@@matus1976 fam I'd fucking take that offer under a few conditions, make sure the wheels are larger like in the anime and conforms to US regulations so it's road legal. Meet those conditions I'll bust my ass day and night to make enough money to buy one of these bikes XD
I don't think they have a name. I'd be really surprised if some custom builder out there hasn't built something like them, but I've never seen them on a real motorcycle.
Actually with today’s tech this might work better using front and rear electric hub motors and Lithium Ion batteries. Either that or a 232 GY6 stretch motor.
indeed I do - doesn't mean they are perfect for my build though. Electric motors are great with their high torque at low RPM, very wide RPM range, etc. But electric batteries suck (lithium ion batteries hold 100 Wh/kg - gasoline is about 13,000 wh/kg) Hub based motors also significantly increase the unsprung weight - which you generally want to keep as low as possible.
