Planes Bikes and Automobiles

The Sur ron is an electric motorcycle, I am waiting for the registration document to arrive from DVLA so I can insure it. To call the white Bomber an Electric Bicycle is a bit of a misnomer, electric bikes should be governed to 15.5 mph, and it is possible to apply this speed restriction to the Bomber but, few people would stick to that, most Bomber riders when there is a police presence slow down and start peddling . when this Bomber is done, it will be assessed as road legal, and once again registered with DVLA.

The controller is now fixed in place, the four big bolts are to fix on a motorcycle seat, on its way from China. As part of the bike being made road legal, the switch next to the throttle is for lights, indicators and horn.

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So will you have to get it MOTā€™d before first use to prove itā€™s roadworthiness? :confused:

Yes, its called an Individual Vehicle Approval, the Sur ron is mass produced so thatā€™s Ok for three years but, the Bomber will need inspecting.

Got my V5 for the Sur ron yesterday, number plate is arriving tomorrow, insured it, been good ainā€™t ridden it illegally.

Removed the axle spacers and tightened the distance out with the axle bolts, this has minimized the size of the caliper shims, bolted in for good.

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Fitted the Motorcycle Seat to the Bomber, the Controller fitted under the frame has had to be moved, it has caused problem after problem, it is now mounted under the front frame. This means the cap head bolts now protrude into the battery cavity so, I have inserted some 8mm thick rubber for the battery to sit on, with holes cut for the bolt heads.

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Next problem is, the motor power cable no longer reaches the controller so will have to be extended, also, the controller cover (on the floor) was designed for the size controller made before everything was made bigger so, I will have to make some extension brackets for it.

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Amazing how one thing leads to another sometimes innitā€¦ :slight_smile:

Yep Barry, its all part of the journey, If you look at the Sur ron, you can see how good design, and mechanicals blend into one. The controller is designed to look like a radiator, and the battery like an engine.

https://i.ibb.co/nnR4b0L/F8-FFEA3-E-C59-D-4-C59-BF32-5456-F114-BACF.jpg

I was convinced that the board in the middle was going to drop. :lol:

Thinking of souping one of those up next:lol:

Here is the Battery kill switch, and the 40amp fuse, the second photo is the switch installed in the side panel.

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I donā€™t understand a word you are saying Spitty but just wanted you to know you sound very clever! :lol:

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The Bomber is fight back all the way, this morning I fitted the side stand, it came with an allen head bolt, which has to be fitted inside a metal box which meant it was impossible to get an allen wrench on it, so, I used a normal bolt which I could just about get a spanner onto. Problem two, inside the box is a welded kept nut which the bolt had to thread through first, when passing into the thread in the stand, it was impossible to get the two threads tight up to each other so, in the end I had to separate them again, and drill out the thread in the kept nut so the bolt would just pass through.

https://i.ibb.co/nrbnNr6/F098-C89-E-A4-D8-4319-9451-D4-C7-B8333320.jpg

Been out on the Sur Ron today, why do the cops ignore these antics?

So what does the Allen screw, screw into Spitty if you drilled out
the thread in the kept nut ?

Donkeyman!

DM, the Allen screw was a none starter because an Allen wrench would never have fitted in the box section, so, it was replaced with a standard Stainless steel bolt, so a standard ring spanner could tighten it, a quarter turn at a time, laborious but so be it.
The front wheel will be built by Friday, and the tire fitted, time to compare the Sur Ron and the Bomber.

ā€œThe Bomber is fight back all the way, this morning I fitted the side stand, it came with an allen head bolt, which has to be fitted inside a metal box which meant it was impossible to get an allen wrench on it, so, I used a normal bolt which I could just about get a spanner ontoā€

My eyes are gettin worse, it thought that was ALIEN bolt heads you were on about, and I says to myself that Spitty fella has really flipped now, what kind of company is he keeping?, hanging around with alien screw heads, no wonder he is more informed on cosmic matters than the rest of us mere mortals. ;-):slight_smile:

Fair play to you Spitty, you seem to be very adaptable when problems confront you, an admirable quality, thatā€™s the way to get things done.:wink:

The project is almost done Jembo, that always leaves an emptiness, lets see what happens next.:wink: