We've taken the gas engine out of an old Kawasaki quad cycle and powered it with an electric engine instead. Motor Used: Kunray 72 Volt Motor from Amazon www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07...
The name of the motor and a link to the Amazon website are in the description for this video. I just used the link and the kit is still available for $299.
I had considered a golf cart motor. From what I could find, a motor cost as much on its own as the motor-controller-accelerator combo kit I used. As for the transmission, it was molded into the same housing as the engine and couldn't be used without the original gas motor, both of which had issues. The motor I have does have all the pep needed without the complexity of needing a transmission. But I did underestimate how exacting the chain connection to the drive shaft would be. I have a plan to improve it soon and will have a follow-up video when it's ready.
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@@bonesetranch 5hp not much of power. 50amps at peak will give about 20 min on that battery, althoughi think it was meant to run on 5p at 60v. I run 48v 20ah on 1500w motor and get about 35 min at peak. I am considering 16kw motor running 120vdc thats 130amp peak but battery size becomes a problem as i will need something like 200lb battery to run it. And even then i get about 40 min at peak running 10p 120ah. Need small nuclear power plant 😆 for anything more.
Any tips? We are going to attach the motor to the swing arm close to the back Axel and use thw chain and sprocket provided with the kit. Seems such a tiny motor, hope this works out but would love to hear your latest ideas. Cheers!
@@CynthiaSalchi I've seen many done like that it should be pretty easy and just work because since your attaching the motor to the swing arm the chain is not going to get loose as the suspension compressions the hardest part would be the battery
