@jonathan.agnew - 2 miles slow jogged today, 2 miles of the same yesterday, and 5 miles walked the day before. The night after the walk, I was woken up by both calf muscles and front shins going into agonising spasm suddenly - usually it's just the calf muscles, which means after a stretch using a wall, they can be unlocked. But with the fronts spasming aswell, it took ages for them to settle down on their own. It was so bad I couldn't get onto my feet for ages, but when I did the spasms unlocked eventually, as gravity moved more blood where it was clearly being demanded. Maybe I just need to do more walking and slow jogging - I have largely stopped walking since my bike got electrified in 2020. Before that (bike was in the loft for over a decade), walking (sometimes) 10+ miles a day was no problem at all.
I was posting about the viability of converting a Piaggio Ape 50 to electric last week, and couldn't remember what your motorbike engined with chain, probably easily converted small car with fragile body panels was. Are there any similar cars in production, for easy conversion? The Ape 50 has the advantage of needing just a CBT pass to drive.
There is insurance available for modified cars, such as from this company, which I have never heard of:
As a specialist insurance broker, we take pride in insuring the “uninsurable”. Call us now for a modified car insurance quote.
www.adrianflux.co.uk
I have failed to find detailed schematics for the Piaggio Ape 50 engine and drive axle, but I expect they're kicking around somewhere on the internet. Other interesting conversion candidates, might be some of the Aixam microcars.
It's annoying that so many conversion kits are exorbitantly priced, use closed comms systems and are overcomplicated.
@Nealh worked out the price of the cells for a 14kwh battery pack:
The prices of electric cars (and conversion kits) are pretty outrageous, considering everyone and his dog is being forced to buy one.
www.thunderstruck-ev.com
