Re: What size motor and battery do you recommend?

[Morgen 3Eman]

Please excuse my ignorance, but what in the world is a "half hand throttle" ?  And while you smart guys are thinking of it, do you know if the GM throttles are resistive devices or hall devices?

TTFN,
Dennis

[Bikemad]

Dennis, a half hand throttle is where the innermost half of the twist grip is free to turn to activate the throttle, but the outer portion is securely fixed to the handlebar in exactly the same way as a standard handlebar grip:


The concept is similar to the commonly used grip-shift gear change mechanism:


The GM throttles contain a Hall sensor, but the controllers will also work with a 10k variable resistor type throttle.

I tried this on my original Pie by using a 10K trimmer plugged directly into the throttle connector:


Alan
 

[Morgen 3Eman]

Thanks  once again Alan,

You seem to know quite a bit of very technical information.  May I ask what you do when you are not playing with electric bikes?

TTFN,
Dennis

[Bikemad]

May I ask what you do when you are not playing with electric bikes?

When I'm not at work, I do lots of things at home including; cutting the grass, jet-washing, eating, drinking, sleeping, walking the dog, DIY, fixing things that the kids (and wife) manage to break, mending computers, tinkering with cars and motorbikes, and "working" on my computer.

It's hard enough just thinking about all the jobs I have lined up waiting to be done, let alone actually doing them.

Alan