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[spinningmagnets]

The mount may look hideous to you, but it solves some common problems. You could plan on making a really cool looking triangle case, with all the wires and hideous tube clamps hidden inside...

[Carl Clark]

Yes ! ! ! !

[Carl Clark]

I'm thinking that a six inch diameter aluminum intake tube will ultimately serve as the battery and electronics housing on this ride. I also am going to do something about that HIDEOUS mount, and I'll get to that as soon as they let me out of jail! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bQ-KMVB8-g

[spinningmagnets]

May I call these "Clark mounts"?

[spinningmagnets]

Well done, sir! I really like the steel pipe half-section to spread out the clamping forces of the u-bolts. Then, adding thick aluminum square-channel as the base is brilliant.

You could have used a flat aluminum plate, but...the sides of the square channel provide a mounting surface for side plates. Add another set like this to the seat tube, and you can solidly mount sideplates to form a battery box, and also hide the wires.

[Rodney64]

Yes thats ok, I have removed all the cables in the past that I haven't used. Just may void warranty if the controller blows that all.

[Carl Clark]

All of that is to keep me from going further down the Northern Tool approach to building e-bikes!

[Carl Clark]

One other thing that occurred to me is just taking a large piece of plastic, like a roll up sled, and wrap that around the critical area of the bike like a small fairing or Ducati Supersport body. I may try that tonight.

[Carl Clark]

Its round, thick, plastic, and when I take the handle off the back I might use it on the bike too. This would have the right size/shape for the job with some mods of course, and would look cool too. I'm slowly getting nearer to what I want cosmetically from the item, and that will be lots of circles and squares.

[gman1971]

Here's my question: If I'm not running anything other than the throttle, motor, battery, and controller, can't I just dead end all of those wires, or perhaps remove them completely by opening up the controller and really getting into it?

Well, I didn't cut any of the other cables as I didn't, initially, know what I was going to do with it.... so I stashed all those extra cables inside a sealed bag between the two bb plates, so these mount plates did serve a purpose for me, beyond holding the motor, of course :)

On the trikes the controllers are all behind the cowlings on their own internal mount protected from the elements so the extra wires exposed don't matter much.

Would be interesting to see this "chainguard" you speak of. :)

G.

[Carl Clark]

In addition, I have found the ideal chain guard: A "Cold Steel Medieval Buckler" I know what you're saying, but when the rest of this build arrives UPS I think we'll have something interesting to look at for sure.

[Carl Clark]

Here's my question: If I'm not running anything other than the throttle, motor, battery, and controller, can't I just dead end all of those wires, or perhaps remove them completely by opening up the controller and really getting into it?

[Carl Clark]

I was in too much of a hurry to enjoy the holiday and did not solder every last thing, but I'm sure thinking that's a good idea.

[gman1971]

You can just hardwire everything, like I did, which reduces the mess quite a bit... but thats if you feel courageous about splicing cables and connectors. :D

[gman1971]

Indeed, that looks fairly clean! Nice work.

G.