Recent content by Popeye Gordon

The dregs of Organic Transit finally sold at auction after a long delay due to the pandemic. OT had gone bankrupt due to borrowing too much money. The new owners moved the plant to a different town in North Carolina and built three new ELFs using existing parts inventory, to fill waiting list...

The best is the closed Facebook group you have to join. It is active with 500 members and has a 6 year archive of repairs and upgrades. There are also two public groups in FB that are smaller. I am trying to get all of them merged. One member started a site that offers info and used listings for...

I went to the Whale packs with a built in power switch but I never had any real issues with arcing. I don't wish ill will to Rob now but there were way too many disgruntled employees who complained of not being treated with respect but rather as rental tools in the factory. When the business is...

My comment stands. You misquoted me here. 'Seemingly adamant' was my interpretation of the tone of your post. Sharing the road is important. There are marine switches that are make before break and break before make. All diodes lose power by resistance and voltage drops. No ebike made can tackle...

I disagree with laws that require a full lane when passing, they are dangerous. I challenged Tom's seemingly adamant stance that we should take over the lane. Just as car drivers are mandated to share the road, we should also share it as much as possible. To do otherwise angers motorists and is...

What Tom was trying to convey is that the original headlights were marginal. OT upgraded to headlights that draw three times as much power - now they are so bright we may get blinked at by cars as we blind them. He was also giving confusing information about top speed - the motor controller...

Tom is again incorrect and if he owns an ELF he knows he is giving misleading information. The battery absolutely does slowly 'get low' and the top speed of the ELF will be only 14 mph as the battery gets close to shut down voltage. Even without a meter you will notice the motor reducing power...

Tom is incorrect about the Cycle Analyst being OK to monitor two combined batteries and running two lithium batteries together is unwise. A switch is needed to monitor two batteries correctly. When installed correctly a heavy duty marine battery switch will isolate the two batteries from each...

Tom is giving bad advice here about taking the center of the lane - it is usually legal to do so but it is a bad idea that irritates motorists. Keep to the right and pull off if you hold up more than one vehicle. Only take the lane when you need to do a left turn. Flashers and/ or a flag or a...

I will answer all questions of you are still interested. This could take me an hour so I want a sign of continued interest first.

I can report that as of today there has never been a fatality with an ELF collision thanks to the 360 degree crumple zone impact protection. 5 million road miles, 1000 sold. This is a very high visibility bike. That SUV could have done the same to any small car. The ELF puts your eyes at the...

They filed for bankruptcy due to over financing. I strongly suggest you join our private group of owners at Facebook. 500+ members and a 6 year archive of repair solutions. We can talk you through any repair. Watch for the company to be revived after the auction sells all remnants to a new owner.

Not sure how you could reduce weight that much and still have similar cargo and passenger capability with full DOT lighting and horn. Your design is a streamliner with the typical difficult ingress/egress that old or disabled people can't handle. I'm not that excited about high speed velos that...

I follow all the Youtube videos. If you read the comments below the videos I am very active there. If you listen to them you hear the loud whine of a geared motor. OT abandoned geared motors long ago in favor of the increased performance of un-geared motors that have a more useful power curve...