foolonrampage

Hey all, I am brand new to the pocket bike world. I have been working with gopeds for the past year and I would like to move on to something a little more fun and pocket bikes seem to be the answer. Now I have been looking at alot of gas powered bikes because I feel that they produce the most power and I am used to working with gas powered vehicles. But I have been reading more and more about electric powered bikes, they seem to have more torque and are just as powerful.

Now please, no bias opinions. I really want to purchase a bike but I dont know if I want a gas powered bike or electric. I want to know which ride is a fun little ride to put put around my neighborhood in. I want something pretty fast, easy to maintain, easy to upgrade and fun/cool looking. Thanks for all the help.

mr_exon

Electric is the funnest thing any one can take on.....
Belive it or not Electric's are not that hard to make or mod!
I dont recomend riding around the block, but they wont hear you if it is electric.
YouTube - practice
things you should look for

36-48volts, 36-48v motor500-1000watts

If it is 48volts, great!
If it is over 500watts Even better!

Good bike for refrence
XP700X-treme XP-700 Pocket bike
http://urbanscooters.com/fhimage/all...how=XP-700.jpg

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worlds fastest PocketBike under300$ invested, this is for Damb sure! oh ya it is ELECTRIC too, has a MOTOR not an engine

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgEeMkFCt6

foolonrampage

haha, looks pretty f***in quick. I like the price range too, I am looking for something $300 or less. That "UP TO 20mph" doesnt look too promising but with better sprocket ratio I am sure it could easily get to 30+. What kind of mods would it take to get'er up to 45+? and how much would that put me in the hole? If I just buy a stock gas it is already around 40mph so I wouldnt have to mess with mods. But...global warming man...global warming. haha

foolonrampage

haha, looks pretty f***in quick. I like the price range too, I am looking for something $300 or less. That "UP TO 20mph" doesnt look too promising but with better sprocket ratio I am sure it could easily get to 30+. What kind of mods would it take to get'er up to 45+? and how much would that put me in the hole? If I just buy a stock gas it is already around 40mph so I wouldnt have to mess with mods. But...global warming man...global warming. haha

foolonrampage

haha, looks pretty f***in quick. I like the price range too, I am looking for something $300 or less. That "UP TO 20mph" doesnt look too promising but with better sprocket ratio I am sure it could easily get to 30+. What kind of mods would it take to get'er up to 45+? and how much would that put me in the hole? If I just buy a stock gas it is already around 40mph so I wouldnt have to mess with mods. But...global warming man...global warming. haha

mr_exon

a $300 20+mph bike is easy to make
$150 bike/scooter add in $150 for hop up parts and the bike/scooter should bedoing at least 25mph with the right gearing. should cost under$300 no problem.....

also to get a bike to get over 30mph can be very cheep and rewarding.
After you get past 35mph the speed is harder to get at, you now have a huge amount of things stoppong you from any more speed.

battery current,
motor power,
controller power,
the wire between all those things as well.

oll of these things need to be looked at, It can be simple if you keep your goals down, me i wanted to hit 60mph for over a couple years now on my bike.
I have gotten her past 45mph on only a couple times.

If you want it to be easy, just get an PM132 motor and a 300amp controller. those will cost you a lot of money but in the end the bike will be one fast speed demond

check out "electric scooter parts" stores on a yahoo search. do some list making and come back with some parts you would like to look into.
If you plan it right you can get all the things you need for a hop up for under $150. the bike will gain a bit of speed if you just step up the 36v controller to a higher voltage 48volt controller.(of course you need 48volts of battery power and a 48v charger as well) you dont need to even change the stock motor sometimes just by upping the voltage 12volts can add 700-1000rpm if not more of new speed. with the gears you can put on the motor, that amount of extra rpm's will give a 6-9mph boost to stock speed.

after you get boored of that then get a stronger and faster motor. this will somtimes take away from speed, but if you plan every thing out you can add some big numbers to your bike. motor performance boost -4 to 20mph.

YouTube - practice

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worlds fastest PocketBike under300$ invested, this is for Damb sure! oh ya it is ELECTRIC too, has a MOTOR not an engine

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgEeMkFCt6