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HadesOmega Moto Racing Light Bee Winter 24 Build VLOGs
« on: March 11, 2024, 06:39:06 PM »
HadesOmeg Moto Racing had a great 2023 race year and I plan on rebuilding the bike to make it stronger and faster for the 2024 year of racing.  This is a year of no compromises I'm taking what I have learned in 2023 and focus on strengthening the weaknesses the bike had in 2023.  This is a series of build VLOGs for my 2018 Sur Ron Light Bee MX preparing it for 2024.  I've decided I'm not going to get an Ultra Bee it would cost too much money to buy a bike and get it to the level my Light Bee is at so we are going all in on the Light Bee!  We'll show those gassers what a 150lbs electric dirt bike can do!



First off is it's time to replace that wet noodle swing arm.  I am going to redo and refresh the whole rear end of the bike for 2024.  I plan to do it with the KO Moto swingarm.  The swingarm is not stiff and not strong enough to handle the type of riding I am doing.  I have had it repaired 3 times for cracks.  The first time the guy repairing it found 10 cracks he needed to repair.  The support brace just keeps on developing cracks.  Enter the KO Moto Swing Arm.



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Re: HadesOmega Moto Racing Light Bee Winter 24 Build VLOGs
« Reply #1 on: March 11, 2024, 10:27:40 PM »
Party starts!  Introduction, Disassembly, and Inspection!
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Re: HadesOmega Moto Racing Light Bee Winter 24 Build VLOGs
« Reply #2 on: March 13, 2024, 05:59:40 PM »
KO Moto Swingarm vs Sur Ron Swingarm Comparison
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Re: HadesOmega Moto Racing Light Bee Winter 24 Build VLOGs
« Reply #3 on: March 15, 2024, 04:33:42 PM »
Compare New Jackshaft vs Old Jackshaft


KO Swingarm installed + Primary Drive
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Re: HadesOmega Moto Racing Light Bee Winter 24 Build VLOGs
« Reply #4 on: March 15, 2024, 06:45:45 PM »
It was a bit of a struggle to get the right chain length and unfortunately I bought too short a chain.  Swingarm is done and it's time for the gripe fest!
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Re: HadesOmega Moto Racing Light Bee Winter 24 Build VLOGs
« Reply #5 on: March 16, 2024, 10:16:12 AM »
How much does this bike weight?
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Re: HadesOmega Moto Racing Light Bee Winter 24 Build VLOGs
« Reply #6 on: March 17, 2024, 06:38:53 PM »
Now that the swingarm is slightly extended how does that affect the travel.  Find out in this experiment.
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Re: HadesOmega Moto Racing Light Bee Winter 24 Build VLOGs
« Reply #7 on: March 19, 2024, 04:22:50 AM »
Changed the geometry of the suspension so now I gotta set the suspension sag again.  The longer swingarm creates more force on the shock so we need to up the spring rate!
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Re: HadesOmega Moto Racing Light Bee Winter 24 Build VLOGs
« Reply #8 on: March 21, 2024, 05:35:12 AM »
First ride of the year 2024 and we take the Light Bee with the KO Swingarm for it first ride after installing it.
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Re: HadesOmega Moto Racing Light Bee Winter 24 Build VLOGs
« Reply #9 on: March 22, 2024, 02:23:58 AM »
Had a problem with this battery cutting out on me when I hit jumps and bumps hard when I was riding in Moab and in the last supermoto race.  I suspect it was this breaker, Litespeed Bikes doesn't make batteries with this breaker anymore but it is handy to have when connecting the battery.  I have yet to see if this cured the problem need to subject it to more rigorous testing..
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Re: HadesOmega Moto Racing Light Bee Winter 24 Build VLOGs
« Reply #10 on: March 31, 2024, 02:36:42 PM »
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Re: HadesOmega Moto Racing Light Bee Winter 24 Build VLOGs
« Reply #11 on: April 03, 2024, 04:01:25 AM »
Got me a EBMX X-9000 controller to replace the KO Moto F-Spec Controller check it out
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Re: HadesOmega Moto Racing Light Bee Winter 24 Build VLOGs
« Reply #12 on: April 04, 2024, 03:31:04 PM »
Sweet!

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Re: HadesOmega Moto Racing Light Bee Winter 24 Build VLOGs
« Reply #13 on: April 05, 2024, 03:48:27 AM »
JFG Racing headlight install!  I wanted to combine the headlight and numberplate into one for something more elegant looking.
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Re: HadesOmega Moto Racing Light Bee Winter 24 Build VLOGs
« Reply #14 on: April 14, 2024, 05:10:57 PM »
KO F-Spec Controller Review



EBMX X-9000 vs KO F-Spec Controller Comparison



Uninstalling the KO F-Spec Controller
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