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yup, running it at 24volts. I got the motor brand new from a currie replacement part website. I would definitely recommend one for basically any small vehicle project like mine or perhaps an electric bike or something.

Get some practice welding for sure, there are a lot of structural welds that are involved with this. Welds your A** is gonna be riding on at whatever top end the quad does, so if you don't have faith in your welds, get enough practice until you do. I would recommend you use an auto clutch auto...

It doesn't bog the motor at all (it's a 600w motor). I live in cali, so legally an electric scooter cannot go faster than 15MPH. Mine does about 20 or so, so top-end is fine. The range is good, I built this as a daily driver to go to work. I would ride it about 10 miles a day and charge it...

not too hard. It took me a little under 3 days. If I had a done a bunch of design work and had everything figured out before I got the quad it would have taken a lot less time. as far as fabrication difficulty goes, I don't find anything like this difficult at all. I've been welding and...

that's a really good deal. If I could get my hands on some motors and batteries for the prices stated here I would build a lot more electric vehicles. Good luck with the project.

yeah, chicks dig it, but they usually don't understand it LOL. If they did we would have more pull than Heff. I was simply throwing it out there because you stated that you don't have experience with the electrics, but you have to start sometime right?? Simply making a golf-cart fold beneath a...

I've played around with some parts I had laying around and have come up with something I think might work. Basically the body of the track would be bicycle chain wrapped around bike sprockets (also the drive system) with a bike tire (with the bead and sidewall cut off) as the tread. I've come up...

angle grinder with cut-off wheel will work for just about anything. I've cut 1/2" thick plate with one, takes a while and possibly a few blades. I get down with my cut-off wheel. For tubing, if you want to make quick and precise fish-mouth cuts, you have two options (with home type tools)...

Not too bad at all for your first weld. Get the proper gas, Steel Mix as it is called at AirGas. And definitely get a regulator on the bottle (if you don't already have one) Looking at your weld the gas was too low in the beginning and end of your weld. Not sure if maybe that's a regulator prob...

You should NOT be able to "pull" the wire out of the gun. MIG's have a small wheel with a gnarled groove to pull the wire from the spool and through the gun, If you can pull the wire with out depressing the trigger than you have the wrong size wire. Most welders will have different gauges...

it is impossible to make a TIG look like that. If I was you, I would get a small MIG for sure, or if that isn't an option, practice more before working on something you actually intend on riding, and don't practice on some thick scrap, practice on the same tube scraps you intend to weld, this...

Normal progression of welding techniques ARC - cheap easy and ugly. You can pretty much just drag the electrode and get a strong enough weld. Minimal skill required. MIG - can be cheap, relatively easy, but requires a little skill to get a quality bead. Practice makes perfect... TIG - if you...

I would recommend getting a cheap MIG not an arc. Arc's are usually used for structural applications. With a MIG you can do structural stuff (with a high $$ one) as well as intricate type stuff. you cannot weld aluminum with an arc welder. You can with a mig or tig. Migs that are setup for...

just for comparison reasons. I built a 600W Go-PED with two 12v 20Ah batteries. It goes about 20-25mph and lasts somewhere between 5 and 10 miles (not exactly sure as I don't like to flatten my batteries completely) or about an hour of WOT. Mind you the scooter with batteries and motor weighs...

And I'm also working on a motorized mountain bike. It's a small two stroke mated to the stock 7-speed rear end. It's been a pita to build, but should be worth it in the end. I haven't taken any pictures of it (yet) but when I do, I'll put them up too. I am also working on a Snow-PED, which will...

my 600W electric Go-PED (custom made)

Here is my All Aluminum Go-PED

Okay, Here is my "YAMAHA ZUMA" modded into a mini bike

mcmastercarr sells 90* gear boxes with built in gear reduction for industrial applications that might work. They are a little pricey though, so your best bet would be to sell/trade for a horizontal shaft.

yup garage is full, parents getting pissed, but oh well, still building more projects