Your Ultimate Motorcycle Trip?
While I’m waiting for the snow to melt, I’m working on a new motorcycle travel project and I’m looking for your ideas and suggestions.
I’d like to ask for your ideas, comments and suggestions as I put this together. This video explains what I’m doing.
The image above is just a screenshot. To [...]
The New Motor Arrives
Parts for the EBR are beginning to arrive. Today I received the motor and controller. This is an AC-powered motor, originally designed for golf carts, optimized for electric vehicles. It features a peak of around 46 horsepower and almost 100 ft/lbs of torque, available at a standing start. This bad boy is rated for 7500 [...]
New Project! Ultimate Motorcycle Journeys
If you had to come up with a list of the ten best motorcycle trips on the North American continent you could imagine, what would they be? Would you include a ride along the Pacific Coast Highway? What about Alaska? Trans-Canada? The Four Corners? (Just reciting the names makes me want to get [...]
Journeys III – Done
I’m happy to say that the 3rd edition of Motorcycle Journeys Through the Appalachians is done. Cooked. Submitted. I was happy to do it, but am equally happy to move on to other things.
This edition will contain five new loop rides and two new basecamps. Four rides and a base camp are in Ohio. [...]
Lookin’ Good
If you just glanced at this, you’d just see another mid-90’s sport bike. That’s what I hope to accomplish when I get this back together. I need to figure out what to do with those holes in the fairing where the crankcase stuck out. And that hole in the seat where the fuel petcock [...]
Fitment
After building 30 battery boxes, cutting the tank, and refitting a few pieces of plastic, we can now get a much better idea what’ll fit and what won’t.
In order to reach a minimum of a 72 volt system, I had to fit 22 batteries on board. Fitting 26 gets me 84 volts, 30 gets [...]
Cutting the Tank
Following “the gutting,” the first real modification task involved cutting the underside of the gas tank. The tank will be refitted to the bike and will make a nice spot to nest either the controller or battery charger. If I happen to find a place for both of those items elsewhere, it creates room [...]
Phase 2: Prototyping
I stood for a while, staring at the empty frame. Now a bike, only because I say so, this gutted chassis waited patiently while I mulled over my next move.
I could pull it all apart, clean and replace components, then start the build back from scratch. But that didn’t seem right. I didn’t feel [...]
Big Battery Cage
One of the main reasons I chose the CBR — big motor = big hole. Big hole = lots of battery space. Can’t wait to start mocking up some alignments so I can see just what I can tuck in here. Bottom line: As many as possible.
Schemin’
The old man has visions of turning hot laps at the Isle of Man. That’s just what they are ol’ boy. Visions.
Appalachian Highways
Appalachian Highways is a companion site for the books and features written by Dale Coyner. Your comments and stories about your motorcycle travels are welcome and appreciated!
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