We hear more and more often that electric transport is the future and the gasoline engines
are out of pace now.
To tell the truth I haven’t taken serious such statements.
But today we’ll review the electric bike, that made me change my opinion.
Why?
Stay tuned it is going to be interesting.
Hi guys as usually its me just an offscreen voice and you are watching review machines.
Today we are visiting our friends, they have a small business of turning regular bikes
and motorcycles to electric versions.
By the way nowadays it already makes sense because batteries and electric motors are
becoming better and better every day.
If you remember just 10 years ago electric transport was not able to impress anyone,
but today I was greatly impressed by this bike.
Now you’ll see how it may surprise you, and moreover we will make a battle of this
electric bike with a regular gasoline enduro bike but it is a bit later, and now the author
of the project will tell us few words about the bike.
- The main advantages, it is a very durable and noiseless gear that doesn’t need any
maintenance.
Then there are no any liquids here, now it is a real gadget.
All you need to do its to charge the battery and go for a ride.
That is why we do this modifications with bikes.
- And you can ask those guys with regular bikes how often they repair their bikes and
how costly it is.
Well as you can see we have a bike Yamaha YZ250 that was transformed in electric version.
The engine, fuel tank, exhaust – all this suff was dismantled and a battery and electric
motor were installed.
The motor is made in the USA, it has 45 kwt of power.
There is a lithium battery 120 watt and capacity is 25 AH.
This battery is able to work in the temperature from minus 20 to 40 celcsium degrees.
There is a controller that can be adjusted from a smartphone and you can choose there
what you need more power or range.
The weight of the electric version is 120 kgs, so it weighs the same as regular version.
- The motor is mounted right here, you can see it now.
This is the point of the central axle of the motor.
Then there is a belt drive which provides traction father to a chain drive and to the
wheel.
So this is the whole transmission, pure and simple.
As a result we have a transport with some significant advantages.
It is almost noiseless but powerful bike, which always surprises everyone who sees it.
We get used that enduro bikes are always very loud and when somebody meets this bike for
the first time he gets completely confused why it is so quiet but very powerful.
The other advantages are: needs no fuel, oil and other liquids, no exhaust, eco-friendly,
little maintenance required.
It is turned out to be a durable gadget, it isn’t afraid of water sand and mud.
- The product life here is only confined by the life of a battery.
The motor is very durable and heavy duty, so its almost impossible to break it.
So as we’ve mentioned it needs almost no maintenance unlike a standard gasoline bike.
Of course there are some drawbacks in comparison with a gasoline bikes.
The most important is a limited range.
Use you own judgment this version is able to go within 70 kilometers or about 40 minutes
of riding.
But such result is for a sport mode, with the maximum load for a motor and a battery.
The complete charging takes about two hours.
Then we should remember that it is possible to install a more expensive and powerful battery
and increase the range.
By the way I should mention that if you haven’t tried such electric transport before – you
will be greatly impressed.
It differs from a gasoline version so much…Why?
- There is no gear box, no any clutch, you may think only about acceleration and slowing
down.
Only you, speed and electric power.
Well it is high time to try it myself, and I should say its always my favorite part of
any our video.
The first thing that impressed me, how this bike reacts on a throttle.
Just stir it slightly, and the bike speeds up extremely quickly.
I was so delighted with the electric drive.
It’s hard to explain this quiet smooth power its better to try it yourself, be sure its
worth of it.
The matter is it starts accelerating without any little delay, unlike gasoline engines.
When you are riding this bike you are focusing only on a road, you don’t need to select
gears and control the clutch, no…just the road, the bike and the smooth power of the
electricity.
Well it’s ok, but we strained at the leash to compare it with a regular bikes.
Lets see how they are speeding up.
Our bike is on the foreground.
And as you can see it doesn’t concede the others at all.
Then one of the riders decided to try it himself, you can see him on our bike in a red cap.
By the way this race took place at the end of the day, so the battery was rather low,
but the electric one at least wasn’t worse than all the others gasoline bikes.
Well, I think our bike performed quite well in comparison with gasoline taking into account
weak battery.
As to the real range I should say that the battery provided us about four hours of intensive
riding, so that’s no bad, and remember that the battery easily can be changed for even
better one.
As to the prices…well if you decide to convert your bike in to electric version it will cost
about 3-4 thousands dollars.
Worth of it?
Use your own judgment, as to me I really was impressed by the bike.
Guys and what you think?
Can we say that electric transport is our future, or gasoline is still in power?
Leave comments, it is so interesting to read your opinions.
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