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Which one? All the audio is raw- but for some reason the little click when I drop in the little black bumper gets me in the feels.

Well what the heck- I swear I put details in the description but it’s blank! It’s a little pico projector called the Miroir M220.

​@@NerdsWithFriends Advice: most people don't check shorts desc

@@ThatIceChampionto be fair- most people don’t watch my videos. And they definitely don’t interact in the comments 🤣

well I just watched and went on to the comments to see what the fuck this was. My advice would be to have a later recorded voiceover explains it. there are lots of examples of such content and as most people watch shorts to fill time its way better to hear someone explaining whats going on than watch a video with nothing but background sound@@NerdsWithFriends

@@honour5471 noted.

Glad to help! All of my bikes are currently down with flats 😭 I need to get the back up and running.

Hey thanks man! I don’t really know how to respond to that sort of compliment other than I hope where you are is warm enough to take my advice!

Hey- sorry I never saw this comment come in! I’d have to do some research. The lead acid batteries I already had laying around. The orange batteries were around $120 a piece, the cheap controller and motor also around $120 and I don’t remember how much I paid for the better motor and controller but I can tell you I overpaid the guy. You can get them for far cheaper than what I gave.

No problem! Let me know if you have any questions. If I don’t know- I’ll point you in the right direction.

Oh boy. Where do I even start? It was an amazing experience- but I got over my head with the notes and footage and got overwhelmed and abandoned the video (minding that this channel is a hobby and I have a full time job and several kids). I will say the trip went amazingly, and that mod was wonderful for highway driving with some caveats. I ended up with a forked version of the software that showed me a bit more data and enabled some features that were not available on the main branch, like being able to bring the car to a complete stop. Due to limitations with my car, not the mod, it really ended up only being useful on highway driving as the power steering servo lacked torque for tight turns and the system could only be enabled above 40mph without further, more complicated mods. There is some ability to increase the steering torque in some Hondas, but mine is unsupported. Again, these were limitations with my vehicle and others, like Toyotas, fair far better. I ended up returning the system due to me doing very little highway driving in my day to day but it left me being a believer. Sometimes, the mod could even see the road better that I could during heavy rain even in the dark. It was very impressive. Sorry for letting you down on the follow up video though.

It really has been a blast! They are pretty simple, though lithium can be dangerous so be careful. But it’s so fun.

Sorry to hear that! Get well soon!

@@NerdsWithFriends thanks

Not at all man. You can get 48v lead acid chargers, usually made for something like a golf kart. What I did when I had multiple lead acids to charge (I’m not saying best practice, it’s just what I did) is got a splitter and charged my 12v batteries in parallel. I used a 12v trickle charger with an adapter that had like 5 connectors on it that would charge each battery to 12v and then reconnect them in series. You could also use a 24v split to charge 2 banks of 24v batteries in parallel before reconnecting them in series. I apologize if this doesn’t make sense. It be much easier to draw out or show you. Are you on the Facebook group?

I’ve been running the greenway orange batteries with no issue. I have 2x in parallel. They each have a 30a BMS. 2 in parallel allows me to pull 60a to my controller.

So supposedly my batteries are each rated at 30 amps. 48v packs are 52 volts fully charged. My batteries are ran in parallel meaning I should be able to pull 60 amps. 60ax52v=3120 watts. That’s the math but I’m a novice so if there is more to it, I am unaware.

Which 24v motor did you use? Was that on the 350 or the did you swap out the mx650 36v motor for a 24v?

@@NerdsWithFriends the stock motor that comes on the 350 24v and then I bought a 36v stock razor throttle and stock 36v razor controller

@@AnewDaddy very cool! Yea, volts typically correspond to top speed while amps give you your torque figure. An Mx350 stock should do around 14mph (at 24v) so at 36v you’d expect the top speed to be 150% the normal speed which is pretty much right where you are. That’s awesome that you’re able to reach those speeds as a full grown man! Be careful with it in the grass though- I burnt up a couple 36v motors in mx350’s. If you do burn it up, there is a 500 watt version of that motor you can throw in there that handles the heat better but, ironically, it’s actually slower at about 17mph if memory serves me correctly. (I have the motor on my buggy now. I no longer have any 350’s) but the 500w motor is already rated at 36v.

Welcome! Hope it was helpful/ enjoyable. I think the next video going up will be an easy mod for power wheels.

I bought the 350s for my kids and wanted to see if the 500 or 650 best fit and was the cost difference worth it. Going for the 650 and can mod if it gets that deep. Thanks again very helpful.

@@capncrunch1010 yea. We ended up upgrading my little girl to the 550 quicker than anticipated for the suspension alone. She got bounced around way too much. The 1st gen mx350 had full suspension but they are very hard to find. Happy riding!

It’s a compliment. It’s a select group 😊

One day. Haha. Budget constrains me. I want to go 72v but I need some other creature comforts first. My suspension is so bad- bare minimum I need a new shock, headlight, then probably cosmetics. After that I may go 72v.

So the biggest problem with overvolting is heat. Light riders should not have any issues. They exceed on flat pavement. Once you start having heavier riders, hilly terrain, and especially riding in the grass you can start burning up motors. The stock throttle is fine.

Yea dude! I show that in the video around the 3:00 minute mark. 😊

@@NerdsWithFriends not really at 3min mark it says SLA 48v on screen which is sealed lead acid battery not a lithium. The lithium is a lot lighter and has more punch

@@stower82 gotcha. I see what your saying. Yes, a we also ran them a 48v Lithium with the stock controller before going brushless. I didn’t really think of doing that setup for the video since it was the same voltage. I misunderstood what you were saying. As I was.

I would love to see a video on how you did each upgrade. Even if it was just taking the cowling off and pointing to the changes. Great video. We are also new to the MX 650. I’m assuming you need all new chargers?

Why? 🤣

For sure!

Thanks man! Just getting in to the new house. I don’t know that there will be a ton of motorcycle updates - but there will be more than zero. If I end up doing many more ride on videos it will be on a different dedicated channel that I have created but yet to upload anything on. I think it would be a ton of fun! But first- I gotta finish moving. Haha

I did temporarily have a 13t on the last set up. Got about 35mph but I liked the torque better rather than the extra top speed.

@@NerdsWithFriends makes perfect sense!

@@NerdsWithFriends that's awesome to know I have all the same mods that you have listed but with 13t just haven't pieced it together. Waiting for this weekend. Thanks for replying

@@TURBOMOOSE it’s so fun! You’ll have a blast on it.

That’s awesome! And exactly what my dad wants to do as well.

I’m 5’8 and I love riding it. It will be small but I’d guess he’d get a couple years of fun riding before he gets too cramped. Looks like a clown car… motorcycle with me on it but it doesn’t stop the fun!

nevermind mine is on li-ion, i just realised you are using sla batteries, you may wanna figure out how many amps you are actually pulling through them id interested to know

Oh no- I’m on lithium on all my builds. I could change gearing- but I like the torque I’m getting on my bike as is. I was getting around 34ish with the 13t but I went back to 11t

Be patient. Piece by piece is fine. Keep your eye out on offer up, Facebook marketplace and Craigslist. You’ll find a good deal on a used bike - I got one of mine free but it may take a while. Batteries are the most expensive part (if going lithium) so get on the forums to watch out for good deals on used packs. You can always use cheap SLA (lead acid) batteries as well while saving for batteries - but lithium performance is where it’s at. You can overvolt the stock controller and motor by 50% (so 48v) and it should be a problem- especially in NYC where I assume most of your riding will be on pavement.

@@NerdsWithFriends just found on with lithium 48v and 2000w motor and controller for $600. it has a extended back wheel base thing I dont like, but has a cool matte green color and black rims

@@BlazeTrades oh heck yea. The extended swing arm is awesome! I wish mine had one so I could lift it a bit and maybe put a bigger tire.

@@NerdsWithFriends ill trade you the one I get it with for the stock one if you want, id rather be able to wheelie

@@BlazeTrades I think shipping would be cost prohibitive haha.

I want a surron or an x260 😂

@@NerdsWithFriends i'll never be able to afford one, i had kids LOL

@@DirtDigglerDetecting I feel ya. Sometimes we have to make sacrifices. I’ll choose my oldest.

@@NerdsWithFriends :)

Welcome! It was fun to make!

Sorry can’t help you with that one 👎. I’ve been keeping an eye out on local marketplaces here and no dice.

My vevor kit was also $139ish. The two motors look exactly the same to me but people on the forums swear that kunray is a higher quality German made motor. 🤷🏼‍♂️ but the controller makes a huge difference either way.

Oh- to be clear I didn’t buy the kunray with a kit on eBay. I sourced it from a different distributor and got a Kelly controller- not a kit controller.

@@NerdsWithFriends when my controller fries I'm going with the kelly controller. You are totally correct. The controller is the most important part. Which kelly controller are you running. I don't know about Kunray being from Germany.

@@noce1071 honestly- I don’t KNOW either. I’m kind of taking guy at his word. It looks identical to my vevor 🤷🏼‍♂️ I have the KVD7212N

@@NerdsWithFriends thanks. I have priced the controller on the Kelly website . They are great controllers.

Glad you enjoyed it! I did not drill out any bigger holes on either build. The kunray has a heat sink I slapped on there that I had purchased for a stock motor but ended up killing the motor before I got the chance. I’m kind of hesitant to drill the holes bigger since we do so much off road riding but maybe I’m just being paranoid. Any performance improvements along with the heat?

@@NerdsWithFriends The motors have internal fans so more air flow the better. How well does the heat sink work?

@@noce1071 honestly I don’t have a way to benchmark it. Still gets fairly warm But I haven’t had it get too hard to touch.

Unfortunately the batteries have become hard to come by. Keep your eye out on eBay for “greenway 48v”. I guess I didn’t mention it in the video but they are reclaimed/ used batteries.

Of course. But you’re talking a completely different budget 🤣

@@NerdsWithFriends less than what most spend on the good "72v Razor kits". But I hear ya! Def in the $800 range depending on lipo bat sales.

@@AdamOpheim yea. That’s the big spender. Batteries are crazy expensive!

@@AdamOpheim I have been running lipos aswell. It seems alot of people are worried or scared to run lipo batteries. Currently running 21s on 3000kw motor and cheap 80a ESC. Can definitely build one for 800! .

It’s called speedometer simple on iOS App Store. I actually don’t love the app. Tons of ads and kind of slow and skippy- but that may be a limitation to gps speedometer apps. It doesn’t do video overlay like you see in this video- that was done in video editing software. I matched the speedometer up with the video by doing a screen recording on my phone, clapping my hands, and syncing up the audio between all the clips.

Thank you. It was a labor of love. I had to fit that clip in there somewhere - it’s my favorite!

@@NerdsWithFriends Man, that would made me so proud lol. Was it on purpose or did she get a good scare? haha.

@@nxdboi 💯 on purpose. She did it so many times. That’s how I got the multi-angle shot. Haha.

I believe it. I did cut the battery trays out of 2 of my 3 bikes. Haven’t seen an sx for cheap around here.

Im looking to purchase the mx500 but i weight 220lbs. I know its only rated for 175lbs and the mx650 is rated for 220lbs. I wonder is the frame structural strength the same? Im gonna mod the entire power train and suspension so is the weight rating only because the mx650 has more power stock so it can support bigger riders or is it a structural thing?

@@daflip1500 I have one of each and to me they look identical. On the forums people also say they are identical- down to the motor and controller. I don’t know if that part is true but from a physical perspective I don’t believe there will be any benefit to one over the other especially if you are replacing the power train. It is the same bike.

The listing says 34a but I didn’t think to look at the sticker on the actual unit. I’ll try and remember to pull it apart tomorrow and get back to you.

Sorry for the delay in video. Had a move come up 🤣 short answer- if you have a regular commute with many interstate miles- do it. Totally worth it. I ended up returning it because in the passport the steering is lacking the torque to use it anywhere other than on the interstate. The passport also can’t drive itself in stop and go traffic. These are issues specifically for the passport and other Hondas- but for my use case it just wasn’t worth it. I have more to say- hopefully I’ll find the time to make an update video.

My pleasure! I just upload for the fun of it. Stock the passport won’t do lane keep assist below 45mph and cruise control cuts off at 25mph. Lateral and longitudinal control have different limits. With openpilot, both active lane keep and cruise control work down to 25mph. The modified version of openpilot that I am using will bring the car to a stop unassisted behind a lead car. If the lead car slows to below 25 and the. Subsequently accelerates, openpilot will disengage and you must accelerate to above 25mph before reengaging. This limitation can be overcome with an extra hardware mod called comma pedal to allow for cruise to function in stop and go traffic, but It is not a mod I have used personally. But steering (from my understanding) will only operate above 12mph. I have a full explanation Coming up on the future when I find the time to finish the script. I’d check back in towards the end of the month to see if it’s posted.

@@NerdsWithFriends very cool. Thanks for the detailed response. I’m on the fence for purchasing one, definitely interested in trying to improve some passport functionality if I do. Glad to hear that it stays engaged down to 25mph. The lower bound of 12mph on steering I believe is the torque limitation on the passport that I’ve been reading up on. Unsure if that can be improved but I’ll keep looking around.

@@fredaswq some people have accomplished torque mods for their Honda vehicles to increase their turning ability. I’m not sure if that is the limiting factor for the slow speed turning or not. It also is a very involved mod and requires someone to reverse engineer the firmware for the steering motor and retune it to allow for more torque. As far as I’ve read no one has done that for the passports yet.

You’ll never know. Muahaha

Plus I never made the video. Haha

I do, indeed, LOVE to move it move it.

Never would have thought of that!

Thanks Dot. I enjoy making them!

CZcams blocked my response. I guess they wouldn’t know we have the same mother 😂

iPhones iirc

Any time! Still waiting on my shark review unit 😉

I haven’t. That one was from the official benchy website and worked well for me on PLA

@@NerdsWithFriends Did you ever get the issue worked out with printing PETG?