This is unironically the best build I have seen yet. It seems more accessible than all the other builds. It is high performance while having a good range and keeping a cool conventional look. Great work!

I love that you did this in your backyard, yet major manufacturers can't seem to get above 75-100 miles of range. Well done sir, this is the bike we need! 👌

@highervoltage5430

4 жыл бұрын

Admittedly mine is heavier. Batteries aren't light...

@PhiTonics

4 жыл бұрын

@@highervoltage5430 nah! What's it weigh? Couldn't be more than a standard Harley or cruiser at an average weight of 800lbs.

@highervoltage5430

4 жыл бұрын

@@PhiTonics This weighs in at 550lbs. The issue is that it is top-heavy. I gave it 11" of ground clearance which is excessive.

@nithulnath9331

3 жыл бұрын

@@highervoltage5430 That's not heavy considering the current high performance ev offerings, I guess. Energica range has a weight over 600 lb.

I could tell 6 mins in this was gonna be good. Rock on with the indepth explains. Love it. Loved hearing about the batteries to. subbed

Motor and power requirements 3:02 Battery overview 4:05 Balance and weight 8:14 Power routing, contactor and fuses 11:40 Battery management and charging 12:45 DC/Dc convertor and 12v system 15:00 Final notes on converting a motorcycle 17:00

@andrewgreen2626

4 жыл бұрын

You forgot the part where he electrocuted himself.

@highervoltage5430

4 жыл бұрын

@@andrewgreen2626 - Not the first time and won't be the last ;)

@paradigmshift528

2 жыл бұрын

@@andrewgreen2626 *gets electrocuted* 11:25

@adambrown6532

2 жыл бұрын

@@paradigmshift528 thats definitely the most replayed moment of the video

@colinm1325

Жыл бұрын

​@@highervoltage5430 Hi Alex, l really njoy ur channel, thanks. With ur electric Sabre road bike, being able to centralise the motors mass, could you use a power divider/drop box l've heard them called? Could give it a little extra mechanical/gear noise. Maybe a redesign, or something for the next one.....😊 Just a thought, cya.

VERY impressive. I like the fact that you took into account motorcycle balance. Also noted that you're thinking safety as well. The use of LFP type batteries makes so much sense in a motorcycle application- you nailed it. Thanks for making this video and thank you for including all the links. I got a lot of 'homework' to do but I'm almost ready to pull the trigger. Your vid I think pushed me further towards the edge. Ride safe sir.

This is definitely the best tutorial on KZread about building an electric motorcycle. Key points including the choice of battery, the mechanism of the electric motor, the weight distribution, and etc. are all very clear. I particularly like how you orally presented the math of power.

This was by far the most comprehensive and informative video for electric motorcycle conversions I have seen. Your explanations have helped me out immensely. I will definitely be contacting you about my build.

That is the ultimate electrical erector set. Didn't know that about the phosphate batteries good info. Nice job!

Wow... Just wow.. This is the most informative video I have ever seen. So much important info in so short time, and so very well explained. I do know alot, but after seeing your video, I know alot more now :) After 10 seconds it was impossible to stop watching, and the build was incredible good work. Thanks for sharing.

This is by far the best build I have ever seen. If this was manufactured, I would buy it in a heartbeat. Fantastic engineering! Fantastic looks! Fantastic performance! Absolutely great job!

I believe I re-watched your video at least 4 to 5 times so far, it's that good. great job!

Nice job man. On the vid and build. Good explanations and no mumbling or fumbling for words.

I love motorcycles but hate electrics but your crystal clear presentation and logic of design made this a pleasure to watch and learn from. Thankyou for uploading this!

I learned so much. I want rebuild my own, so this has been super helpful to understand why you choice the parts and the others options available with their trade offs🙏🏼😄

Beautiful work brother. I love it watching you explain.

Sabres are great bikes. Great build, you gave me the confidence to start planning my own. thanks!

It's my dream to build my own electric motorcycle. It's awesome that people like you are building these machines themselves and achieving such ridiculous numbers! I'd be glad if my future build even had a 3000 Watt motor in it. Thanks for sharing your build! Didn't know those batteries. They seem like a good option for EVs. Subscribed! Hope to see more EV related content or more insight into this beast!

@fidelcatsro6948

3 жыл бұрын

naaaaaaaaah dont fret its everyones dream here... you can start with this and save a lot of weight and bulk hassle for the motor www.ebay.com/itm/High-Power-8KW-72V-Brushless-Electric-Motorcycle-Scooter-Hub-Motor-55-74mph-NEW/124100643651?hash=item1ce4f98b43:g:e6MAAOSw5K5dFnNh you can pay me later for the great advice! i only accept paypal by the way.. ;)

I remember when you were building this Alex, happy to run across this video a couple years later.

Thanks so much for taking the time to document all this!

@themf11so

2 жыл бұрын

1.25x though xd

@evolveelectricvehicles8551

2 жыл бұрын

I have made a fast electric motorcycle inspired by this video, video on my channel #electricmotorcycle

This is one bad ass dude right here! Hell yeah man! Clean build and a solid presentation! Instant sub from me.

I will certainly be building one in 2022...your insights are great...keep it up and thanks again for the info, i subscribed :)

Brother , first comment on KZread while watching it for last 12 yrs. *Superb*

Popped up in my recommended... I was sure I knew the face and voice but threw me as it wasn't the content or channel I was expecting... Great content and very informative as expected from you! 👌

Really good video. Thank you for doing it and sharing your knowledge, really enjoyed watching it.

EXPOXED BUSS BAR!!! HUGE SHORT/FIRE RISK. Props for the superb project!

Fanastic clip this is the future Thanks Dave from Scotland

I think you missed the "better known as iBcrazy" part😂😂. Excellent videos, I'm glad to meet your channel. Really enjoyed your FPV tutorials in the past and I'm now enjoying your ebike ones!!

The best realistic electric bike build. Good idea to use shaft, my 220Kg (480 lbs) Zero SFF used hard hammers the drive belt with its 14 kWh battery / 110 HP motor. My guess is your bigger motor, shaft drive and heavier battery equates to 550 lbs and as you say riding an electric gives an uparaled connection to the biking experience. I ride other gas bikes but ill take that linier glitch free. smooth, throttle response over noise anytime. Thank you for taking time to show how its done, brilliant practical build.

Amazing project . Good to see how you enjoy your own creation. God bless.

Good video. I am getting ready to redo / upgrade an electric motorcycle built in 2009. Your video is a lot of help.

Super impressed with this project. I hope this catches on as there are thousands of people would buy this finished project.

This dude deserves more sub's. Nice work

Really enjoyed the video. I am starting a similar build soon. Thanks for making this video. Subscribed.

Doing some research for my first ev project thanks for the walkthrough.

Great job on this build. Great documentation.

Higher Voltage, I like your honesty and accuracy to detail. All of the other motorcycle were very expensive and did not give out the performance that your bike does. Thanks, very much for your showing us the guts of the bike, and why!! *heart *heart *heart! (They don't have the red heart emote I want.)

Awesome video man, stay safe🙏🏾

Impresive build, Impresive how in so litle time explains so many things in a way someone like me with 0 knowledge abaud electric can understend. Sire your Moto and vidio looks to me like the work of a great Master.

@highervoltage5430

4 жыл бұрын

It feels like a hack job to me honestly. I cannot make things look good to save my life. I just make them work. THe truth is electric vehicles are pretty simple compared to their gasoline counterparts.

@highlanderfreelancer4553

4 жыл бұрын

@@highervoltage5430 how much does the bike weight ? how muck does the motor and batteries weigh?

@highervoltage5430

4 жыл бұрын

@@highlanderfreelancer4553 - The bike weighs in at ~560lbs which is about 40 lbs heavier than the bike I started with. It is definitely top-heavy, but once you get going you don't notice it. It is such a difference and peaceful experience riding an electric bike that it is hard to describe.

@highlanderfreelancer4553

4 жыл бұрын

@@highervoltage5430 Thats not bad about what a 1200 HD sportster when you get 400 pounds and under the wind can blow you all the road.

@evolveelectricvehicles8551

2 жыл бұрын

@@highervoltage5430 I have made a fast electric motorcycle inspired by this video, video on my channel #electricmotorcycle

Great work and great video. You are an excellent presenter!

Appreciate you making this vid. Very new to EV conversion. I'm in my early stages of research and this helped a ton.

@highervoltage5430

4 жыл бұрын

PM me if you need any help. That is what I am here for.

@p3dtesla118

4 жыл бұрын

​@@highervoltage5430Can I buy this bike from you ??? Where do you live ??

@highervoltage5430

4 жыл бұрын

@@p3dtesla118 - I am not interested in selling it, but you are free to come ride it. I am in Amherst, Va. If you are in town, feel free to reach out. I am always happy to let other riders try it. I publish these videos so that people can build their own.

wonderful work and perfect chasic base choice! thank you !, congratuation from Vietnam

Well done Alex brilliant stuff mate! Its unbelievable both of us decided to build an electric drive on a Honda though mine is a classic from the late 80's. She has done around 6K clicks and handles so well.😎

Thumbs up after 50 sec. ......Thanks for making this vid.....I've been curious about this kind of build

@highervoltage5430

4 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it!

Yo IBCrazy antenna genius, that’s right on track for my thoughts lately ,thanks!

@Wheelieking619

2 жыл бұрын

Update! It’s almost done! ✅

Well spoken easy to grasp information. Thanks.

Sweet build bro!

Thank you for doing it and sharing your knowledge

Really well made video man. Amazing job . Amazing.

@highervoltage5430

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you

You have done an excellent job in presenting your expertise. I hope you don't get burnt out with not so nice people. Your knowledge is obvious and the next one you build will be far better than the first one. You are on the leading edge of the future. You might consider selling a conversion kit to profit from your hard work. What is a good database for buying the motor and controllers? Thanks and job well done.

@highervoltage5430

4 жыл бұрын

I'm not sure what is a good database. EV information is so scattered which is why I made this video. I wanted a place where people could get started and know what they need to build their own (which is why there are links in the video description). Although I have no intention on making money from this work (I do it all for fun), I said the same thing about developing antennas for drones and now I run a business doing precisely that.

Fantastic work!

I have a m109 r Suzuki and you the first one to put a shaft drive very nice

Good Job , I love it .Thanks for your share

they dont call you Ibcrazy for nothing. great job man.

Waw, nice project. Congratz !

Great info Alex, and thank you for sharing and the walk through, Kind regards. 👍🙂🌈🌏💞

Very good job man congrats!!

holy crap this is a very unique machine, also you seem to know very much about all this, I only get parts of what you say. :) But very cool video, I'd need a mastermind engineer like you in my company . great job

Great man!!!, great job

Lithium for the win when looking for range and instant power! The range you’re getting sounds wild! Thumbs up 👍🏼 on that 88 kw motor, that thing looks so beefy 🥩!!!!

Nonchalant. I just got shocked 😂 great build

Brilliant video sir

Really cool Alex makes me want to make my electric vespa

fantastic job. thank you

Great Innovation Sir.

Wow that's one beefy motor! Nice work!

Thought I recognized that voice and explanation! Funny that the drone guys are building ebikes now. :P

Right on dude! My commuter is a side car rig that I'm dreaming of doing this to once the bike's motor gives out. 2012 KLR650

@highervoltage5430

3 жыл бұрын

Just did a KLR250. I highly recommend it!

YOU are an evil genius! I love your video! YOU can put Zero out of business! I want a commuter bike with less than half the range…. Please continue building these home made electric bikes. I will buy one! Liked and subscribed.

I think that's my new favorite intro I've seen on youtube

I love this video and I really appreciate the build list. Im looking at doing my own build and I was hoping if you had a wiring diagram. Great video.

@highervoltage5430

3 жыл бұрын

A wiring diagram... well... to be honest, it isn't really that hard. I actually scrapped the entire harness from the original bike because most of it was for the gas motor. All I have are lights, my controller, my batteries, and my motor. There really isn't much to it.

Thank you for this great vid 😊

Dude!! You are definitely SICK. That has got to be the smoothest upgrade to a bike I have ever seen. I have a '83 and an '84 V65 and they are pretty wicked pure stock. but this totally takes the cake. Those early 80's v4s were the "Harley Killers" (FYI). That is why your frame only had a 700cc motor. The new Harley electric is $38,880 so I would think $11,400 is a steal. And -- you have the only 1985 E-Saber known to man. Very, very, very, very impressive. I presume the regenerative braking only applies to the rear. Does that have any meaningful benefit other than extending the life of your shoes?

Nice work here!!! 😊

I clicked this because the guy looked like he might b crazy. Really good info Alex!

"Why did you choose a brushless motor ?" "It's brushless"

Excelente muchas gracias por tu explicación saludos desde Perú

Thank you that was very informative.

@highervoltage5430

4 жыл бұрын

That's why I make these videos. I want to inspire people to make their own.

Another good reason to make sure the suspension matches the new weight is if the rear is too soft it can become squirrely and cause you to crash. This is why bikes have adjustable pre-load on their shocks in from factory.

do you still riding it and any update

@michaelbrusenhan1996

8 күн бұрын

Bad English

@Scottthebott

9 сағат бұрын

​@@michaelbrusenhan1996 cry about it 😂😂😂

You have a serious experience about building a strong ebike. Any plan to make a documentation? I would love to learn more from your experience.

LOL WHAT!! DUDE! THIS IS AMAZING!!!

Awesome job, and good video! Shaft drive has a lot of advantages, but a chain drive bike would put the motor in a much more central position. Although your motor might be too long/big to make that feasible. I have a 2016 Zero SR, which I love, but your bike has more range and higher top speed. I also have a 2006 Hyosung GT650S, which is a lot of fun but is absolutely Neanderthal. The engine is strong but it's a V-twin and it's really not happy in city traffic. I was going to sell the Hyosung, but maybe I'll convert it instead. Electric drive in that chassis would be prodigious fun, especially if I could get more range than the Zero.

You sir, are freaking awesome!!!!

Very cool build. I’m currently building a GS550 Cafe Racer. But I’m thinking an electric bike will be my next project.

@highervoltage5430

4 жыл бұрын

Go for it! Well worth the time!

Inspiring!

Good video, very informative. I'll look into your channel. I'd be up for a build.

Well done.

This is an awesome build. Just what I was looking for. I’m looking to convert my 2005 BMW K1209s since the engine got blown throwing a rod through the crank case (most likely oil starvation to the crank).

@highervoltage5430

4 жыл бұрын

One thing you will want to do is get the center of gravity lower. I have 11" of ground clearance and it makes the steering a bit sloppy. If I did it again, I would put some batteries in lower to fix that.

This was great

Very informative. My only gripe is that your speaking is significantly quieter than your music and final sound effect. Evening those sound levels out will give your videos a bit more polish. Going to check out your other videos, hopefully you'll have another subscriber.

@highervoltage5430

4 жыл бұрын

Birds are chirping stupid loud this time of year. I should have shot this in my garage.

god I love this video I was just starting to research how to build an electric bike.

@highervoltage5430

3 жыл бұрын

Feel free to EMail me with any questions you have. I am here to help.

Awesome! What about sealing everything to avoid short circuits? I have a 1kw qs hub motor with 48v 20ah battery on a mtb hardtail and I plan to swap the frame with a full suspension, maybe a dirt bike, while also maintaining the pedals to be a legal bike. The regen brake is nice knowing that you can harvest some of that energy back :)

@warlockboyburns

11 ай бұрын

my battery died at the top of a big hill once and the regen got me home.

Excelent!

That really is high performance 😯

Bike seems cool for sure for one I'd change to the graphene battey's they hold 2x more charge than lithium so means you can reduce weight. The battery's weight can be reduced in 1/2 or just have x2 more range, and if they do catch fire you can put it out with normal fire extinguisher.

nice job

This is a fantastic build. Any way you could document a parts list, along with any build challenges you overcame during assembly? You should consider documenting this and selling it as an E-book. I would buy it! I need me one of these!

@highervoltage5430

4 жыл бұрын

I am bulding another one. THis time a dual sport motorcycle. I have most of the parts and I will begin building shortly. Hopefully I can shut the birds up so the sound doesn't suck.

Amazing

well done!

Hello, thank you for the video. Do you have any detailed video (or available instruction) showing how you connected the motor to the shaft drive?