XB-500, XB-600, XB-700, ...

So, hitting a speed bump blew out the DC-DC converter. Is anyone up to look at their DC-DC and tell me what the top left resistor was?

(By the way, the electolytic cap on the right blew out too. It was a 16V 1000uF.)

I just had the DC-DC connector go out after hitting a speedbump too hard. In the process of trying to figure out why the lights went out, I had a look at the connections between the controller and the motor:

Oops. The other connectors in the battery - controller segment have all been upgraded to Anderson PowerPole, but I thought those green ones were heavy enough. Oh well. In a few days, I would have had a bigger failure as the connectors finally made contact with each other.

I purchased a kill-a-watt meter for charging my batteries. It reads a 120v from wall, 2amps when charger attached. I charged the batteries today and the charger turned off when I checked but it was several hours later when I checked it. It read that I used .21 kwh. How can I use this information to determine how long it charged the batteries for. If the charger uses 240watts(120v x 2 amp) can I just divide that by 60 which would be 4 watts a minute. Then divide that into the .210kwh or 210watts and determine that the charger ran for about 52 minutes.

Is there some way to determine the overall range of the bike from this information. I had driven the bike about a mile today but it had also sat for close to 48 hours since my last charge. My controller is attached to the battery pack and is turn on/off with the key switch but I believe it still draws some current even when not turned on.

Well I know these batteries are over then 20ah of our original batts. Butt Tempest I have to say at this time they are greatest replacemrent They recharge fast and seem too deliver great power for discharge cycles. i only have 1000 miles on them but my first review is that they can't be beat. It is hard to know how long they will last, but recharge time for 6-11 miles seems the same. 2 hrs. I am very happy with them so far. They are rated at deep discharge and my speed and voltage through 12 miles shows that they are. Much better than my stock batteries, as for now with only 1000 miles on them, I like, love, them. I know they cost more than other batteries but they are top of the line as i am know

I lost my Alarm, Horn, and Turn Signals all at the same time. Tech support says check both fuses in battery box and all wiring. Both fuses are fine and none of the wires in the little plastic bag by the controller are loose. What else besides a fuse could cause all three of these to go out at the same time??? Thank you!!

I have been looking for an upgrade to the stock xb-600 motor. It seems that most of the motors available are for mopeds. The ebike type motors really arent more powerful than the stock motor. Goldenmotor says it has a 1000w motor mounted in a 12in rim so it should fit the back of the xb-600. It is just an ebike hub motor though and I am not sure how you would put the rear brakes on it. Maybe someone knows the answer to this?

I tried to measure the rear fork to see how wide it is but that is difficult with the wheel still attached. I think it's close to 8 inches wide. Does anyone know if the xm-3000 motors or any 3x10 hub motor for a moped will bolt on to the rear of the xb-600? I guess I should be concerned with the front wheel and putting 3x10 on their as well.

Well I have had the XB700Li for a year and a little. Still going and no real big complaints.
It does have one burned out low beam....oh well. High beam is fine. Police don't seem too concerned as long as one is working.

Almost time to put in storage for the year. Hoping to get one or two nice days for a last ride ....
This weekend is supposed to be nice so just have my fingers crossed.

Moving in the spring so need to figure out what I am going do. Either sell it or ??? No place to really ride where I am going - surrounded by high speed hiways...dang.
Anybody looking for a good scoot on the cheap?

Thom

I hooked the relay pictured below from my dc converter to give it 12v then I grounded it on the last battery in my series pack. I put 72v on one of the poles to be transfered to my aftermarket controller turn on wire. That way I can still turn the controller on from the keyswitch. It worked running on the stand then I took it for a ride got to around 30mph and the relay blew. I also blew the fuse I installed from the 60v tap to the dc converter. I was wondering if anyone could tell me why? It said it could handle 125vdc unless I read the package wrong.

I would like to limit the top speed of my bike for various reasons. I am running an aftermarket 72v controller. With this controller I can reach a top speed of 29mph but I can't run it below 72v and the gray wire circuit doesnt work with the aftermarket controller. So I am thinking this might work to limit top speed. If I hookup a spdt push button switch with the com connected to the green signal wire from the throttle. Connect the top of a pot to one of the switches poles, the bottom of the pot connected to ground and the wiper connected back to the controllers green throttle wire. I would also connect the other switches pole back to the controllers green throttle wire. This would allow me to turn the pot up or down and vary the signal to control the speed. I could use a fixed resistor as well but I am not sure of the resistance it would need to be in order to control the top speed of the bike. When I move the switch to the other pole it would receive a full 5v throttle signal to the controller since the pot would be by passed.

Their is a pot circuit in the bike's throttle circuit already as discovered by sixpax2k9 but it will not slow the bike enough for me and I have no way to control it. I would leave it in the circuit and turn it up to reduce the resistance. I actually have it up now so it is no longer doing anything to reduce the top speed of the bike. Does this all sound like it would work?

Thanks for all the help I am getting with this project.

I've got everything I need on my XB-600 to fix flats except an air pump. Does anyone have any recommendations for a portable air pump that will fit under the seat or in the cargo compartment, and will do the job well enough to get me to a gas station or convenience store with a regular air hose and compressor?