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Loop The Lake Official Route and Timeline!

August 18, 2015

  It’s official, I have a route. After a number of range tests, I’ve decided that 150 miles per day is what is going to work for this trip. The longest I’ve traveled on the Vectrix so far on a single continuous charge is 75 miles. Traveling at faster speeds, about 60 miles is what […]

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Triple-Charger Real World Testing

August 12, 2015

Yesterday, I got to take the bike out for a ride and test out how it would work in more or less “Real-World” conditions, charging with ALL THREE CHARGERS. To start with, where do I put the second two chargers!? While I could make them fit in the trunk, it would be a tight squeeze, […]

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Road-Trip Testing & Charging Adventure!

August 4, 2015

Yesterday morning, I decided the head out on the Vectrix to start determining how far I could ride on my 9KWH Nissan Leaf battery pack in real-world riding conditions. Because there are so few public EV charging stations in my area, I decided to head up to a particular state park. If needed, I could […]

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Charging, Adapters, and RV parks

August 2, 2015

This weekend, I had a chance to keep working on battery charging for the Vectrix and start working on adapters as well. To start with, I assembled the second set of three Mean Well power supplies in series to create another charger. I set all three to a matching maximum current and even 50V output. […]

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First Charging with Power Supplies

July 26, 2015

Yesterday morning, I got my first chance to charge my cycle with the Mean Well power supplies. First, I wired the output of the three in series, connecting black to red, black to red with automotive butt connectors with built-in heat shrink. The metal cases of the power supplies are isolated from the DC outputs, […]

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Charging with Power Supplies

July 24, 2015

I recently got back from traveling to Ohio to participate in the Craig Vetter Fuel Economy Challenge. (For full details, visit THIS blog entry…) One of the lessons learned on the trip is I NEED BETTER/FASTER CHARGING. I wasn’t able to complete the ride on my Vectrix electric motorcycle, partly due to the batteries not […]

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Getting Bent

June 2, 2015

So, I MAY have just started tearing apart the Vectrix again… To get bent. Make a recumbent that is… After my first taste of long-distance riding, I want MORE! So far, the furthest I’ve gone on one charge is 91 miles. But that’s so close to 100, that it’s just BEGGING to be broken! However, […]

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Electric Motorcycle Roadtrip Movie?

May 27, 2015

I’m looking for some input from you. Should I make a film about riding long-distance on an all electric motorcycle? Before you get too “Rah-rah-rah” on me, let me explain the details…. To start with, I’ve shot a LOT of YouTube videos. Don’t believe me? Go to my account and watch all of them. There’s […]

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The DIY J1772 Charging Adapter

March 31, 2015

Not long after I purchased the Vectrix, I started wondering “If it’s an international vehicle, what would it take to charge on 240V (instead of 120V) and from a public J1772 Level 2 EV charging station?”. Everything I had heard lead me to believe that the charger on the bike is much like a modern […]

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Notes from TRANSPORT EVOLVED

March 1, 2015

In case you happened to see me on today’s TRANSPORT EVOLVED, I thought I’d share some links to projects mentioned in the broadcast.   Most recent work on fixing up the Vectrix electric motorcycle – LINK Geneva Auto Show Magna Hybrid Car – http://www.autoblog.com/2015/02/26/magna-mila-plus-hybrid-concept-geneva-official/ Blog entry about my trip to Vienna – http://300mpg.org/2012/06/25/adventures-in-austria-part-1-autos-energy-austrians/ Solar Swing-Set – Direct […]

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