That's true. You can buy a Yamaha 6,300 Watt inverter generator, charge one bike on the 240V circuit and the other on the 120V circuit and ride all day with just short stops to let the rider cool off and drink water. Mount it semi-permanently outside of the van/truck and you have an extremely solid bike charging solution.
In my experience, two fully charged bikes and 14 kWh of our lithium batteries has been enough for me to ride all day long. You have 12 kWh in the bikes, plus 14 kWh in the batteries, and that's 26 kWh!
Victron Energy has inverters with a "Power Assist" feature. They can boost the output of a generator with power taken from the battery/alternator. You can have a small battery bank and run a small generator and combine their outputs. Or run a large generator and dual alternators in the van and charge yourself and all other electric bikes at the track.
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I'm surprised that the predator 9500 cannot do 2 bikes simultaneously; when we do our 24hr race we use one Honda eu7000 and it can manage 2 bikes at once. And the eu7000 is only rated for 5500 W continuous.I did do some testing on a generator to charge two Altas at once. The Predator 9500 inverter was not quite powerful enough to pull it off, so I went with a Westinghouse non-inverter generator. But the generator weighs as much as an Alta.
If I were to do it again, I would have gone with two smaller generators that were small enough to lift. I wish Harbor Freight made a 240v inverter generator between the 3500 and the 9500.
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Hey Guys, This generator forum has been a little dull lately, so let's get something started. I'll get the ball rolling with my latest project. Well, finally got around to making some content on this subject. Last year, I picked up a little Predator 4375 generator to charge my Alta when we...electricdirtriders.com
Comprehensive Post. We did a 4 x Segway x160 (4 KWH total) battery solution feeding a 48vdc to 240vac pure sine wave inverter. These 20lb batteries can be had for cheap since most owners upgrade them immediately.
Not sure about the Stark, but without software changes to the Alta, I doubt you will be able to take advantage of the bigger Elcon charger. Part of the software communication between the bike and the charger is how much current to provide. If the bike doesn't ask for more current, the charger will not provide it. I believe this is one of the reasons that early Alta's can't take advantage of the rapid charger without a firmware update. The older bikes simply don't ask for the extra current that is available with the rapid charger. Then there is also the question of if the Alta's wiring can handle the extra current. Maybe one of the ex Alta employees can fill us in on how much current the bikes currently request and if they can take advantage of the Elcon 6.6kw charger.
Yeah i know. But, as a software dev myself, maybe i can figure out a solution for that
That was my idea of a perfect life. I would keep all my prized possessions with me, not be tied to any one location, and be free to park next to any motocross track. But then I met a girl sitting next to me on a plane. I asked if she would live with me in my motovan. She smiled and said: "Felipe, you need to have a house!". So I have to keep a house, mostly for her and for all the stuff that doesn't fit in the motovan.
