A XM 5000 look like is filed as the 24th starter for June 12th Isle of Man motorcycle race
The engine has 6 kW peak, the controller is a German construction
Where else is this wheel hub engine used?
Surprise at the charger, it looked like the charger of the IO-Scooter lithium
Last year, IO-Scooter claimed, that this charger is developt special for IO-Scooter, now I see the same charger in an Innoscooter.
Is this charger known?
Where else is this charger used?
Certainly resembles an XM-5000li, so possibly made at the same factory?
Who entered it, and who is riding it?
Is the "race" only 61 km long?
I would like to chat with the owner about a possible modification to significantly (I think) improve their chances.
Cheers, Gary
XM-5000Li, wired for cell voltage measuring and logging.
What bike is the "14-cell" charger associated with?
Cheers, Gary
XM-5000Li, wired for cell voltage measuring and logging.
It's only 1 times the Isle of Man
http://www.innoscooter.com filed the scooter for the race
info [at] innoscooter.de
A problem is the 16" minimum rim requirement. They have to modify
I wrote up the TTXGP race which should give an idea what he's talking about. (TTXGP is the race on the Isle of Man)
There are two teams from Germany, two bikes from eRockit and one from XXL. I have links to both those teams.
- David Herron, The Long Tail Pipe, davidherron.com, 7gen.com, What is Reiki
It would be great to have something like this here in the states.
Bill
2008 XM3500li Mods/Kelly KBL12251/84v 28cell 40AH pack/ Variable regen brake trigger on left brake handle/Givi/Cycle Analyst/Homemade BMS
KMX Typhoon Home build (recumbent pedelec) with two Astro Brushless 3220motors/twin castle Phoenix ICEHV 160/ Cycl
At the TTXGP announcement in March the head guy (whose name I've forgotten) did describe plans to run more of these races, at more places than the TT race on the Isle of Man. I would think further races would not be called TTXGP because TT is associated with the specific race on the Isle of Man.
In the meantime Zero Motorcycles recently held an electric motorcycle race which I covered. Neal Saiki said during the interview they wish to sponsor more races, and open up their races to bikes from other manufacturers or home-built bikes.
http://www.7gen.com/blog/20090411/25537-podcast
Also Zero Motorcycles and Quantya recently (?last week?) held a race in Las Vegas.
http://www.autobloggreen.com/2009/04/29/quantya-vs-zero-electric-motorbikes-to-lock-horns-in-las-vegas/
http://www.autobloggreen.com/2009/05/03/quantya-track-bests-zero-x-in-las-vegas/
And of course there is a long standing organization, the National Electric Drag Racing Association, that does EV drag races: http://nedra.com/
- David Herron, The Long Tail Pipe, davidherron.com, 7gen.com, What is Reiki