Gas/Electric Hybrid Powered Bicycle

[brett_maverick]

I'm just thinking out loud...

I found a 2x2 electric powered hub system this morning on alibaba.com that intrigued me. Two power hubs controlled by a single controller. That led to the idea of adding a rear mounted Honda GXH50 4 cycle engine to power an alternator. It wouldn't take much more than a fast idle to produce the power needed to run the power hubs.

Has anyone here ever tried such a project? It works well in locomotives using diesel powered generators to power electric traction motors. Any comments would be appreciated.

Brett

 

[skyl4rk]

How about a Honda generator? Or other generator? 1000W would probably be a good size for a bike.

Off the shelf might reduce some development time.

 

[jmygann]

http://www.exertrike.com/photo_galleries/new_geek_chopper/

 

[loquin]

BTW. The source of that hybrid info is from www.staton-inc.com

We've discussed this idea before. http://www.motoredbikes.com/showthread.php?t=8764

 

[sparky]

http://www.exertrike.com/photo_galleries/new_geek_chopper/

That's hot!!

What bike is that? And is that a Staton kit, too? ... with some kinda funky exhaust?