Electric Scooter Conversion
January 23, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
When we talked about the engine in the beautiful Wooden Vespa scooter featured in the previous post, we talked about idea of a kit to convert them from buzzy little wasps-in-a-can to swishy electraglideness.
Wouldn’t that be a great way to salvage a perfectly good vehicles that could otherwise offer reasonable transportation solutions.
It turns out that there’s already at least one company that’s doing just that with a conversion kit. Included in the parts bin are a new swingarm, electric hub-motor, 300 Amp Alltrax controller kit and a new rear brake cylinder. The motor provides 3000 watts of power on 60 volts, allowing for speeds of over 35 miles per hour. Read more
