Justjim75
Justjim75 HalfDork
6/10/19 9:33 p.m.

Electric mini scooter thing.  Looks like a Miata transportable pit bike for sure.  Owner is asking $120

914Driver
914Driver MegaDork
6/11/19 9:58 a.m.

T.J.
T.J. MegaDork
6/11/19 10:20 a.m.

Puka is hawaian for hole. On submarines, we used the word puka all the time since space was tight and you had to be creative to store things by shoving them into pukas. Pukka seems to be a different word meaning something that is good. Confusing brand name if you ask me. That is all I know. 

stuart in mn
stuart in mn MegaDork
6/11/19 12:40 p.m.
Justjim75
Justjim75 HalfDork
6/11/19 3:12 p.m.

In reply to stuart in mn :

Yes sir.  I found one an hour away that an SCCA member is selling.  I've been wanting to play with something EV and it would be $100 pit bike with upgrades possible

Justjim75
Justjim75 SuperDork
6/13/23 3:01 p.m.

Resurrection by me, OP.

Anybody modify these type of things?  I bought it, love it and I'm now ready to upgrade it

TJL (Forum Supporter)
TJL (Forum Supporter) Dork
6/13/23 3:17 p.m.

Looks like the standard Chinese scooter setup. You can probably bump up the voltage with a new or rebuilt battery pack, upgrade the controller to handle new higher voltage and over drive the original motor with little to no issue. 

I got a razor quad free from the roadside on trash day. Its a 24v system. I changed the stock gearing because it was horribly high. All high speed(way too fast for new driver kids)and no power down low. Also added in another battery so it was now at 36 volts. That requires upgrading the controller due to voltage and adding a lot of watts output.  It ended up with snowblower tires and was hilarious off road.

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