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[RC-Monster Mike]

I have an Electricmoto Blade(search 04 Blade on you tube and you can see a couple vids of the model bike I have) that I have been performing a lipo swap for(this is a 1:1 electric dirt bike that initially came with 48 volts of lead acid power).

I have built 4 individual 18.5 volt, 30AH battery modules that I hope to get installed on the bike in the next week or so - still working on an installation solution. The batteries will be wired in series for a 74 volt, 30AH setup. I am pretty excited to get it finished, too. It last ran this spring on 72volt lead batts(16AH, so about 8-9AH usable power at the required discharge rate), which was quite fun, but rather top heavy. The Lead batts dropped voltage down to 60 volts almost immediately during takeoff and slowly faded during a run. The new battery system is almost 50 pounds lighter and should yield about 4 times the usable capacity(not to mention about 12x the continuous discharge capacity). The lipos shouldn't drop voltage under load, either(each 5000mah, 25/50c pack will only see 50 amps).

The stock bike weighed about 165 pounds, but swelled to a little over 200 pounds with the extra 2 lead batteries(still light by dirt bike standards, but the weight was a bit high). The Lipo arrangement will get the weight back down to around 150 pounds with a much lower Cg. The speed controller and motor can output around 30HP in theory, though I pulled over 40HP peak with the Lead batterries(for a split second). This thing should handily spank my 300cc dirt bike when it is done. It makes almost no noise and is nice for stealthily blazing trails around my neighborhood. I am getting pretty excited to ride this thing again!