Off-road motoring with a little difference

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Edited Date/Time 4/17/2014 10:40pm
Hi Guys,

I'm new here. I thought I would post this for a little amusement.



A little off-road motor project that a friend and I have been working on for a while now. Somewhere between a mountainboard and an off-road buggy, but also using bike bits.

12kW of power and current top speed of 70km/h. We designed it with the motocross track in mindSmile

Please feel free to provide some feedback or slag it off. Cheers.
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wildbill 9/2/2013 11:14pm
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Looks like fun plus seminal battery drain.
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XXVoid MainXX 9/3/2013 5:07am
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I doubt it would work on an average motocross track (sand, ruts, etc) but interesting for sure. I can't skateboard so it wouldn't be for me. Now if you put a handlebar on it I might be able to ride it. Smile

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PingaAus 9/3/2013 5:50pm
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From the looks of it, golfboard has a conventional mountainboard truck with some motors attached. Not saying that putting motors onto a board is a new concept.
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Kmid514 9/3/2013 5:59pm
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The Segway already revolutionized the way people get hit by cars. Tongue Just joshing, always a place for people that make something new, so best wishes.
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PingaAus 10/23/2013 2:09pm
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Video of the first test model is up, and also a peek at the proper model we are currently building

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GHOPPER 10/24/2013 6:09am
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That would be really cool on a BMX track. Like Boardercross on dirt.
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PingaAus 10/24/2013 3:22pm
10/24/2013 3:22pm Edited Date/Time 10/24/2013 3:23pm
GHOPPER wrote:
That would be really cool on a BMX track. Like Boardercross on dirt.
Our little internal goal is to do a Top Gear-esque comp of motocross vs boardercross vs ATV type race :D Will need a pro snowboarder to ride it though.
We know how to get the board to do 60mi/h+ manageably; but for sensibility and cost reasons, we kept it down.
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XXVoid MainXX 10/24/2013 3:55pm
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I gotta admit. It looks more fun now that I saw the video. I wouldn't mind doing a few laps at the track with it. You think you could squeeze about 120mph out of it and can I mount a set of slicks on it? Smile
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PingaAus 10/24/2013 5:38pm
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The tyres we are using are 10x2. If you can find slicks around that size, more than welcome!
120mph wow, now that's an enticing challenge! Cool I think you will be getting blown off by the wind at that stage lol.
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Hut 12/11/2013 10:36pm
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That looks awesome
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ToolMaker 12/12/2013 7:03pm
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PingaAus wrote:
From the looks of it, golfboard has a conventional mountainboard truck with some motors attached. Not saying that putting motors onto a board is a new...
From the looks of it, golfboard has a conventional mountainboard truck with some motors attached. Not saying that putting motors onto a board is a new concept.
How do you slow that thing down?
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PingaAus 12/13/2013 8:02pm
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ToolMaker wrote:
How do you slow that thing down?
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Electric regenerative braking, controlled by wireless hand controller. Could also just slide it out like conventional boards.

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PingaAus 1/9/2014 11:33pm
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Gen2 getting very very close to functional. Stoked!

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