After having had soo much fun with my ebike, I've been thinking of a way to prolong the virtually free transportation that it offers and keep my car parked as long as I can. So my thoughts turned to a reverse trike design which would allow me to have a windshield and roofline to protect the rider from cold winds and rain/light snow.
So my idea is to turn a bike into a reverse trike...simple enough...sort of
Then having bodywork that covers the whole front end that leads up into a raked windshield and roof that overhangs. The roof will not proceed to the back of the bike, leaving the entry from the side the same as a normal bicycle and the sides will be open save from a small wraparaound section...again to protect from the wind, etc. The back end of the bike is all business...just a normal bicycle. It will have full lighting, turn signals, nice paintjob on the body/roof etc.
The front wheels will be 20" Golden hub motors, one on each front wheel. They will have separate controllers and separate battery packs, all mounted under the bodywork (accessable by a latch of some sort), but I want both controllers to lead to only one throttle.
Any ideas on this? Is there a way for me to make a "heavy duty"
version of the throttle?
I'd imagine that a stock thottle wouldn't be able to handle two separate controllers running two separate motors. Am I wrong? Can I simply wire both controllers into one throttle?
Ant help would be appreciated. If the end result is anything like my vision, this could end up as year round insurance/gas free transportation. I can even envision an electric heater on board which I remember from when my friend's windows got smashed that a heater hitting you then flying out open windows is still better than no heat at all