....and maybe a working kickstand, etc... https://www.amazon.ca/Bresuve-Kickstands-Kickstand-Adjustable-Aluminum/dp/B07TXKQQCP/ Speaking of which... can anybody here tell me if these work worth a flying fuck? It looks like it would be a perfect fit if they aren't just pure Craptonium.
For the kickstand, I do not recommend the one pictured. It is bolted only to the chainstay. As a result, it has to be bolted tightly in order to hold any bike, and yours is on the heavy side. You do not want to crush the chainstay, nor do you want it to slip & twist and topple the bike. Keep looking for a kickstand that bolts to both the chainstay and the seatstay. This way, the stand will not twist and you will not have to risk crushing any of the stays.
Also, check the length of the kickstand. You want the bike to rest at an angle where it is stable. I probably do not have to say it, but I am sure you can handle (tinker with tools) a stand that is too long. One that is too short ... not much can be done.
Due to the risk of dropping a bike when on a stand or getting it bumped or blown over most I ride with even socially don't use them.
Yeah; the one that came on it has this ingenious latching mechanism that actually prevents the bike from being able to roll off the stand; I've shoved the bike pretty hard with my fat ass and it just digs in and shoves me back.
Maybe finding a way to put it back on would be be a better solution... tho it would require that I completely rebuild the rear wheel with an over-length axle so I can fit it under the lugnut...
Gawddammitt... I just found a 240mm extended axle (made for fatbike) in stock on Amazon for $18, and by my measurement I need a minimum 130mm, so that actually gives me some leeway. Both that and the kickstand will be here by Sunday; I'll get something on there that works.
mnem
fuck both of you. bastards.
Those bits came for my fatBike, so I'm back to work on it. That all-aluminum adjustable kickstand might have worked, but the thing was in fact
pure Craptonium; I trial-fitted it to the bike, but the length adjustment screw hole came pre-stripped, the design did not readily lend itself to tapping/going up a size, and due to the angle when closed, it wanted to rest right on the brake rotor. That POS is going back ASAP.
Since all my bits had arrived together, I rebuilt the rear wheel with proper CNC aluminum spacers for the brake rotor to get rid of the printed mockup part, and a extra-long axle so I could bolt the original kickstand back on it. As you can see, the thing is quite beefy, and it has a nice locking latch. The geometry is actually perfect here; it supports right at the center of gravity with that motor there and feels very stable. I just needed to dolly the mounting flange flat then add a bolt through it and the motor plate so it can't twist when weight is put on it.
Now that's done, it was time to make up a proper battery holder; since my trials with a single 24V Kobalt Drill Battery with wires gaffer-taped in place went so well, I decided to make the actual battery clip so it could hold 2 in parallel for twice the joy.
I downloaded the original design from Thingiverse:
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4331642 and printed it in two parts, which I then glued together with CA because:
Reasons. Those screwed-on covers do hide a multitude of sins; I wasn't interested in remixing this thing in Frustion360, so there's some ugly soldering. And because I'm not using the same connector blades it was designed for, I had to melt the connectors in place.
meh and a half. All in all, I'm quite happy with the result; it is not exactly pretty, but will function exactly as intended.
These two bits
should be the last of the "foundation mechanical work" on this project (knock on wood, etc); now everything
should be refinements and little fiddly-bits work. Modding the throttle so it is the same as the one on the boi's bike still niggles at me; that will probably be the next major undertaking.
mnem
*zoom-zoom*