Originally Posted by Zeuser
Something like this?
I totally agree. Yamaha pulled it off on their Racer-01. I would like to see that further developped into a full production model we can buy. I'd like to get a close-up view of how that bottom braket V-twin electric motor setup was done. They must be using some type of freewheel crank or something. You can tell from that picture that the crank seems to be some special custom made deal.
I was thinking that the motor can be completely housed within the bottom bracket so that you can't really tell there's a motor there. Of course, the frame would have to be designed to have a larger BB to hold such motors. I don't see any batteries in the picture above so either they're not there or the can shaped like stuff sticking out of the motor is the battery.
You can currently install a BB motor using the cyclone-usa kits. These kits attach under and just behind the BB.
If these BB based motors can be integrated with the frame, that would be something I'd definitely buy.