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19 Hours Ago

Ted Dillard replied to a thread Ride Videos - Tips and Tricks in General

No worries - I don't know how to do things like make my phone run my bike, so I try to help where I can! :D OK, so yeah, if it looks OK there,...

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2 Days Ago

Ted Dillard replied to a thread Ride Videos - Tips and Tricks in General

OK here's what I've got. A little more detail from you on what you did would be helpful, but with what I've got, here goes. Most of the GoPro...

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2 Days Ago

Ted Dillard replied to a thread Ride Videos - Tips and Tricks in General

...still looking for an answer to this. :rolleyes: Which model GoPro do you have?

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3 Days Ago

Ted Dillard replied to a thread Aerial Ace in General

Yeah, that's from Ariel Motor Co, a UK based company with a presence in the US as well. Here's their history: https://www.arielna.com/history/ ...

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3 Days Ago

Ted Dillard replied to a thread Alta Shutters in Alta Motors (formerly BRD)

Based on what I've been told, not really in the Silicon Valley culture, as I explained above. I don't know the percentage, but there's a lot more...

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3 Days Ago

Ted Dillard replied to a thread Alta Shutters in Alta Motors (formerly BRD)

The only episodes I've seen of Shark Tank, they were only concerned with potential profitability, not the nature of the tech at all, so yeah, no, I...

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4 Days Ago

Ted Dillard replied to a thread Alta Shutters in Alta Motors (formerly BRD)

I've read two books - Bottled Lightning, and Powerhouse - about battery development, and I don't share your optimism about a "next-gen battery" being...

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4 Days Ago

Ted Dillard replied to a thread Should you have a mechanical, manual pack disconnect? in The Fight Club

"Any number of things can happen to that switch!"? ANY NUMBER OF THINGS? LIKE WHAT THINGS??? lol you should know better than to give me a...

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4 Days Ago

Ted Dillard replied to a thread Should you have a mechanical, manual pack disconnect? in The Fight Club

I just hit the mother lode: https://advancedextrication.com/2014/01/service-safety-disconnects/ Lists the Service and Emergency disconnects for...

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4 Days Ago

Ted Dillard replied to a thread Should you have a mechanical, manual pack disconnect? in The Fight Club

So, since Tesla was brought up in StevO's build thread, and I've been minding the phones in the office, (ie, bored AF) I did a little of the ol'...

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5 Days Ago

Ted Dillard replied to a thread Should you have a mechanical, manual pack disconnect? in The Fight Club

@StevO - OK, so basically we disagree on only one point, that an off-road motorcycle, well, I'd argue any motorcycle, is hazardous enough to make a...

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5 Days Ago

Ted Dillard started a thread Alta Shutters in Alta Motors (formerly BRD)

From Asphalt and Rubber:...

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5 Days Ago

Ted Dillard replied to a thread Should you have a mechanical, manual pack disconnect? in The Fight Club

I'd rather hear you say, "GEE TED, YOU MAY BE RIGHT!" but like I said, I have a 24 year old son. I have realistic expectations. :D You did however...

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5 Days Ago

Ted Dillard replied to a thread Should you have a mechanical, manual pack disconnect? in The Fight Club

mmmm. Chicken Curry. I'll be right over. :D Funny you should mention petcocks. I have never, ever, had a manual petcock leak, and I've ridden...

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5 Days Ago

Ted Dillard replied to a thread Your "OTHER" projects in Tell us about YOUR Project

OK, this is kind of off-the-wall for ElMoto, but I'm super exited about it. It's an idea I had about 10 years ago: Many artists use...

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6 Days Ago

Ted Dillard replied to a thread VOR.WORX.EMC.v3.0 in Tell us about YOUR Project

Sorry, I completely missed this. Mostly things right off the pack. The thing that comes to mind first is wear/rubbing on the cable before the...

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6 Days Ago

Ted Dillard replied to a thread Should you have a mechanical, manual pack disconnect? in The Fight Club

Pro: - Easy, fast disconnect for working on the bike. (Depending on where your battery terminals are, it's not often too convenient to...

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6 Days Ago

Ted Dillard started a thread Should you have a mechanical, manual pack disconnect? in The Fight Club

Yes. :p

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6 Days Ago

Ted Dillard replied to a thread Ride Videos - Tips and Tricks in General

I was looking at your video, and one reaction I had was that the compression seemed funky. That gives you the effect of, well, chunkyness for lack...

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6 Days Ago

Ted Dillard replied to a thread VOR.WORX.EMC.v3.0 in Tell us about YOUR Project

Um yeah. Tesla. Sorry, first, not many of us here are engineers or builders at Tesla (though one friend from here is, and he runs a pack...

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6 Days Ago

Ted Dillard replied to a thread VOR.WORX.EMC.v3.0 in Tell us about YOUR Project

Settle down, Sparky. :D If you want to ignore a decade or so of EV design, it's your choice. :p I wouldn't consider running something with...

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6 Days Ago

Ted Dillard replied to a thread VOR.WORX.EMC.v3.0 in Tell us about YOUR Project

ummm, I ALWAYS put a switch on the pack. It's kind of basic - you can have any number of things go wrong, and the switch lets you pull the pack...

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1 Week Ago

Ted Dillard started a thread Zero Development Story in Zero Motorcycles

There's a great piece on the development of Zero on Electricmotorcycle.com: http://electricmotorcycle.com/zero-motorcycles-tech/ I learned a few...

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1 Week Ago

Ted Dillard replied to a thread Ride Videos - Tips and Tricks in General

Right? Sam Adams donated literally pallets of beer. (Their homeworld is right next door, and the proceeds go to the food pantry.) So... yeah,...

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1 Week Ago

Ted Dillard replied to a thread Ride Videos - Tips and Tricks in General

A little secret weapon I use: https://amzn.to/2pR1pMH This is short money - only $30, captures in HD, and is the size of a key fob. You can...

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1 Week Ago

Ted Dillard started a thread Ride Videos - Tips and Tricks in General

I thought it might be helpful to start a thread about doing videos. I've messed around with several mounting options, so that may be a good subject...

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1 Week Ago

Ted Dillard replied to a thread VOR.WORX.EMC.v3.0 in Tell us about YOUR Project

NICE! (DAMN you DO live way out in the boonies, don'tcha?) I'd say it's a perfect bike for the application. (lol I ride my bike to get AWAY...

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2 Weeks Ago

Ted Dillard replied to a thread Dice is back at it... in Racing News

Just chatted with Dice on Facebook. He's pulling 2000A, and his comm isn't even getting warm until something like 4 passes. He said the thing...

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