So I got the new bike in the garage now (made Trish park outside). I was a bit worried about the brakes on it, so I decided to start to do some minor dissasembly and see what the issue was.

I took off all the fairings and lights, gas tank and seat. Its pretty much naked in my garage right now. Kinda sexy too, if I don’t say so myself. I didn’t start taking anything else off, That will wait until this weekend. I did look at the brakes. They just need to move back and forth a bit. The tires need a little air, but other than that, the thing is great. Minimal rust/corrosion, considering it was in southern Florida.

I need to get the keys, and turn over the engine a few times, check compression, so I can sell it to a guy on a forum that needs it. He said $300 for the engine, minus starter/carbs/alternator/headers. Then I need to work on getting the title.

Here’s my plan of attack for the project:

1. While waiting for the keys, help Ives and David in the shop
2. Get the keys, start the engine
3. remove engine/exhaust/anything that I won’t need.
4. sell the engine/ship it/get cash!
5. contact the original owner and get him to give the DMV his info so he can get a Duplicate title OR try to find out if Oregon can give me a title with a notarized bill of sale. NY DMV said the title was lost and that he’d need to apply for a new one, so why apply twice?
6. While waiting for title, help Ives and David in the shop
7. Get title, and start looking for AC motors for the bike, as well as batteries. Plan the system, draw schematics, calculate torque/HP needed as well as weight of bike frame. CAD some engine mounting pieces, get them CNC’d at David’s shop. Have Jim fabricate a subframe, then blueprint it so we can use it on both bikes. Get title to old bike.
8. Design LCD controller for Ives and David. Design Battery Management System, Battery charger. Order motor. Design emergency shutoff system.
9. Start assembly on the old bike. Get some testing done. Start planning the system for the new bike. Cut gas tank to house the electronics (hinge cover to allow access, but to keep things dry). LCD in place of gas cap cover? Keep original Odometer/spedometer? Use fiberglass fairings and modify them to fill the vents?
10. Assemble the new bike system, test, document project, perform detailed power/current/torque testing of the bike and give results to Ives and David.
11. Hopefully get another bike conversion planned for someone else.
12. Begin again.

So thats roughly what needs to be done. I don’t plan on having it done until next year, springtime. Its going to take a while to finish the AC drive enough to test/mount in my bike. BMS and charger needs to be finished as well. Its not a timeline, just a list of “stuff to do”.

But so far, the new bike looks great, great frame, great shape.