"Jake Carlini makes his own wearable electric motorcycle suit with repurposed bike parts that lets users ride in a planking position. The content creator decided to build his motorized outfit after crashing his own bike, from which he extracted the working parts to make a body-mounted system that lets him ride it again but without a seat or while hovering closely to the ground."
"The first step was salvaging the motor, which was built into the rear wheel. Instead of mounting the wheel on a frame, Jake Carlini attached it directly to his legs using painter's stilt straps as braces. These straps held the wheel forks against his shins, allowing him to lock his legs into the motor assembly. Next, he needed a way to carry the power source, so he removed his electric bike's battery from its frame."
Jake Carlini built a wearable electric motorcycle suit by repurposing an e-bike motor, battery, and electronics to enable riding in a prone planking position. He salvaged the rear-wheel motor and strapped the wheel forks to his shins with painter's stilt straps to lock his legs into the motor assembly. He removed the battery and relocated it into the vest back pocket, reinforcing the fabric to carry the weight. He fabricated a front-wheel steering section with thickened metal bars, bike pegs, and armrest pads to support his forearms. The throttle mounted on the right handlebar and the display remained accessible. The design requires strong core muscles for balance.
Read at designboom | architecture & design magazine
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