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« on: August 17, 2009, 05:51:51 AM »
As bad as this may sound the idea of a budget is debateable. This project will be born as a project, I know there will be a learning curve, as it grows I am sure I will end up with lipos, but I will probably start with leak acid. I am not allocating a real total budget. I will buy the donar bike first, then the E-tek RT and controller and throttle, and initial batteries. By doing it in stages it will not hurt my pocket. End result is Lipos are in the final budget, just not an initial buy. As for the frame size, I was thinking the smaller frame initially as it serves well as a trail bike, but as of now I am considering a 125. What it comes down to is priority of the project is. If I was to build a streetbike it would be tough to get the performance I would want without major dollars. Ideally I would like a electric trials bike, but as a first project I will probably not go there as a donor bike will be a large outlay of money, so I fall back on a dirtbike proper. Is a dirtbike perfect? Not really as a proper trailbike, as most of my current trailrides are 90 miles and up and last for 4 plus hours with no place to leave extra batteries. But a dirtbike will still be a fun learning project and fun to use around camp, this is why I was initially thinking 80 size. After the whole project is done and learning curve complete, I would consider a trials bike as project 2. I hope this makes sense. Now for my new question, BMS for Lipos, do I have to make one or are they available?
