Stark charger modifications

[DaveAusNor]

Good morning,

There is a MX track less than 15 minutes from where I live. As i'm waiting on my EX to arrive, I'm considering riding it to the track instead of using a trailer.
I think I read somewhere here that someone removed the charging unit from the stark charging stand so they could use a different stand and still charge the bike. I might try and find something similar that could perhaps be semi-portable, or something I could leave at the moto-track so I can get a bit more riding time in before heading home.

I'm looking for some more information on the charger itself.

Edit: Ok, I found the thread where a member was modifying Freeride charger boxes to fit the stock charger, this is a great option but it seems he has a backlog of orders.
Apparently the varg battery could take more than a 3.3kW charger. So that leads me to another question. Has anyone used a different charger than the stock charger?

Dave

 

[DaveAusNor]

I guess not then, everyone's still using the original charger.
On the Stark site they sell a new charger for 800USD. It would be nice if I could get a generic charger that I could leave someone else for a better price.

 

[Zraaap]

I reached out to that same individual who was modifying the freeride chargers. I haven't kept up to see if he's still producing but I asked if he'd be open to selling me the 3D print STL file since I can find the freeride charger parts online and his STL file is effectively a riser and cable holder (from what I can tell so far), plus I'm in the US and he's in Holland. Unfortunately, I never heard back from him.

I plan to get the freeride charger and just reverse engineer it and make a similar riser and 3D print it if I don't hear from him. I don't want to step on that gentleman's toes if he's still producing the modified chargers but if he's cool with it I'd be open to supplying just the parts to modify the freeride and let folks source the freeride charger housing themselves.

This would all have to wait for me to get my EX in April for me to verify my models and all that. But just throwing it out there.

 

[DaveAusNor]

Keep me posted with how you go. Will be interesting to see if the EX's will still ship with the same chargers/stands or of something in their supply chain has changed there.

 

[Satellite]

I have both the Varg and Freeride. The Freeride case is too large to reasonably put in a back pack. You would be better off putting the Varg charger in a Pelican Case. This case is a little over sized I think the next size smaller would work too and be easier to backpack.