![]() I have added notes to most of the photos. Check photos for tips and key components. I will do my best to call out every aspect of the build to the best of my ability, but even if you go with the exact parts list provided keep in mind that wire colors change, parts and distributors change or go out of business, and that individual parts must be aligned and fit to size. I am describing a one-off custom build in this Instructable. I enlisted the help of a friend who also tweaks Razors to get it done in time. We worked hard to get this one done in time for Mother’s Day. ![]() Up until now I have been referring mostly to the original build (MX500), and how and why it was built, but I will now change focus to tell you how I built bike number two, my wife’s bike (MX650). That is a brief history of how this journey began. These bikes stock will fail to climb even a fairly moderate grade with someone my size on them. My goal was to be able to carry my 240 pounds up the steep hill at the cabin. My plan even before I began was to build a bike that had a two-motor set up, 48 volts, more amperage, a larger rear sprocket, and larger motor sprockets. It had an inferior shock absorber for the scope of my project and for my physical size, and the controller was not giving it enough power (amperage). Batteries where not in the bike at the time of purchase and it needed brake cables and work.Ī little more about the doner bike for the first build: It had a single 500 Watt motor set up for a 36 volt system. This became the "bones" for build number one and gave the project a start. For the first build I found a MX500 for $150, bringing our Razor count up to four bikes. Before my original build we had 1 MX500 and 2 MX650s. At least little maintenance in comparison to our gas driven bikes. They are great little toy dirt bikes that require little maintenance. My family has experience with the MX500 and MX650 bikes. Razor makes a number of styles of electronic dirt bikes. I also have ordered up parts to rework my original bike based off of what I learned from build number two. Our project list is large so it took me a long time to get around to ordering the parts and building her motorcycle. That original build was three years ago and it was so much fun that my wife asked me to make one for her. After my build was completed I found a couple of others who have built similar projects. I started to envision a Razor with a two-motor set up and with added voltage and amperage. ![]() Unfortunately a golf cart for the cabin costs a lot of money, and although it is good exercise to climb the hill on foot there are times when we just need to run down to retrieve something from the boat or wish to go for a ride. The island only allows electric vehicles on the roads to keep the noise to a minimum. The idea of tweaking a Razor also grew in my mind because we have a cabin on an island that is located at the top of a steep hill. I do enjoy the silent little electric bikes though as a nice change of pace from my very load and obnoxiously powerful dirt bike. This has not been a huge problem though since I ride a Yamaha YZ426f most of the time. That said the little bike in this build is one of my favorite motorcycles of all time.īack story for this Instructable is that we have a few of the Razor E Bikes in the garage and as a large man I have always been limited where I can ride them when we are camping. Big and Small, Fast and Slow I love them all. I have a lifetime love of motorcycles and we have a garage full of them to prove it.
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