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mistercrash · 01:50 PM

getting close to 2800 km on the scooter. Man it is cold!

But I have some very good winter wear to keep me warm so all is fine. But the end of the season is coming fast, I had my first taste of riding a scooter in snow yesterday night. Snow was falling heavily last night but since the ground is still not frozen, it would semi melt into a slushy mess on the pavement. I could get some studded winter tires for the scooter but I don't want to venture into this kind of craziness. Although there are some brave souls in Toronto who will be doing it

The forecast is sun for the rest of the week so I should be good to use my scooter this week and maybe I will have to store it for the rest of winter in hopes that I can get it out again at the end of March for a new fun season.
Next spring will be exciting as I plan on upgrading to a Lithium Iron Phosphate battery. I already started prepping the scooter for it, I modified the shunts inside the controller which gave the scooter tons of torque, I also changed the phase wires to 10 gauge instead of the 14 gauge that was there. I did the full mod, starting from inside the motor. What a dirty PITA job that was!
Next will be the battery wires, I'll go with 8 gauge on this one. Now I still have to decide about the voltage on that battery, stay with 48V and be legal or go with 60V and have some fun and pretend to be legal.

Now let's be clear on what's legal here and what I have for performance right now. Being legal means a top speed of 32 km/h on flat ground. Right now with tired 48V 34ah SLAs in the bitter cold, I go 45 km/h on flat ground. So I'm not legal even with the stock crappy battery. Going to 48V 30ah LiFePO would get me closer to 50 km/h top speed, maybe 48 or 49. I would get more than double the range I have now which I would very much like. Going to 60V 30ah would probably get me to 55+ km/h. Not crazy fast, enough to keep up with traffic if need be but enough to get in trouble with some anal cop also. I still have time to think about it, but right now, 60V sounds really good to me

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mistercrash Guelph, Canada, eh! Offline Posts: 1,083 Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Guelph, Ontario, Canada	12.06.2011, 01:42 PM getting close to 2800 km on the scooter. Man it is cold! But I have some very good winter wear to keep me warm so all is fine. But the end of the season is coming fast, I had my first taste of riding a scooter in snow yesterday night. Snow was falling heavily last night but since the ground is still not frozen, it would semi melt into a slushy mess on the pavement. I could get some studded winter tires for the scooter but I don't want to venture into this kind of craziness. Although there are some brave souls in Toronto who will be doing it The forecast is sun for the rest of the week so I should be good to use my scooter this week and maybe I will have to store it for the rest of winter in hopes that I can get it out again at the end of March for a new fun season. Next spring will be exciting as I plan on upgrading to a Lithium Iron Phosphate battery. I already started prepping the scooter for it, I modified the shunts inside the controller which gave the scooter tons of torque, I also changed the phase wires to 10 gauge instead of the 14 gauge that was there. I did the full mod, starting from inside the motor. What a dirty PITA job that was! Next will be the battery wires, I'll go with 8 gauge on this one. Now I still have to decide about the voltage on that battery, stay with 48V and be legal or go with 60V and have some fun and pretend to be legal. Now let's be clear on what's legal here and what I have for performance right now. Being legal means a top speed of 32 km/h on flat ground. Right now with tired 48V 34ah SLAs in the bitter cold, I go 45 km/h on flat ground. So I'm not legal even with the stock crappy battery. Going to 48V 30ah LiFePO would get me closer to 50 km/h top speed, maybe 48 or 49. I would get more than double the range I have now which I would very much like. Going to 60V 30ah would probably get me to 55+ km/h. Not crazy fast, enough to keep up with traffic if need be but enough to get in trouble with some anal cop also. I still have time to think about it, but right now, 60V sounds really good to me No brain, no headaches. Last edited by mistercrash; 12.06.2011 at 01:50 PM.