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Hi Neil

Good to hear from you.

The legs doing fine. It's got more metal than a DT300 though!

I think I'll need to get someone involved if I go any further with the idea. I can imagine theres a fair bit of fabrication required.

Cheers!

Hey Rufus

Thanks for that. Electric looks like fun eh?

I reckon about a grand for the motor. Probably the same again for the batteries. Plus fitting.

Hmmm. But it looks a laugh. How wonder how much a ludicrous mode would be :-)

Good afternoon all

I hope you're all doing well

Listen, I still have my DT, but I've not ridden is for a couple of years or more. Mainly due to COVID but also a non biking related busted leg.

My thoughts are turning back to digging it out of the back of the shed again (I'll need to remove a ton of stuff that's accumulated on top of it first though :-).

....and it got me thinking about an electric conversion. Same sort of power (say 30 horsepower). I'm not bothered about range as long as I have 80 miles in the batteries. Theres quite lot of room on the DT for batteries if you're willing to give up the underseat storage (which I am). I think the existing CVT set up mated to an electric motor would work quite well.

Does anyone have any knowledge on electric conversions for scooters?

Cheers!

Snorvey

His metalworking on this thing is amazing!
Seems like it'd be simpler, and safer, to ride with a bit of weather gear on.
Still - amazing craftsmanship - which I think might have been the point of the whole rodeo?

Stig

Yeah its not pretty, but not bad for a (well equipped) shed job.

Still - amazing craftsmanship - which I think might have been the point of the whole rodeo?

Maybe. But I think the line between cars and bikes is starting to blur. Yamaha's Tricity 300 for example:

https://www.yamaha-motor.eu/gb/en/products/scooters/urban-mobility/tricity-300/

...can be ridden on a car licence in the UK. A bit more weather protection and a bigger motor (maybe electric) and you could be well into the massive car driver commuter market.

.....and for Stig. J Clarkson had a ride in a similar Swiss built machine way back in the early years of Top Gear. These things were also home built, powered by a BMW K series motor and very expensive. Looks like fun though!

Oh no, it's been too long since I last had Haggis, you've got me yearning some now Snorvey!

Another month or so Neil and we can have some haggis on the appropriate night 

Obligatory joke - What happened when Robert Burns walked into a pub?

The barman said 'Get out your Bard'


A festive joke. Did you hear about the dyslexic Devil worshipper? He sold his soul to Santa.

And on that dreadful note, Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas to you and your family Stig.

And to the rest of you on here of course.

According to a popular genealogy website, I may have fairly close relations in Tennessee. It looks lovely.

There was another poster from the same state that used to post on here. A really nice guy. Wonder why he stopped posting.....hope he's ok.

They're former industrial buildings from when the town was full of fishing boats - all gone now of course.  It was an overcast day (this is Scotland after all) and a lot of shops are subject to Covid restrictions, meaning is not as busy as usual. It's not a very big town anyway - maybe 7 or 8 thousand inhabitants.