READ ENTIRELY THEN ASK QUESTIONS
You are going to follow everything laid out here down to the letter. If you’re not sure about anything mentioned here, then post your question to the Onyx AF Facebook group. Wait 30 days after you’ve received an Onyx RCR for the warranty to expire before making any of the following modifications. The 30-day warranty window helps ensure there are no pre-existing problems with the bike.
BMS SCREENSHOT
Sicko Mode Settings BSM screenshots from the stock Onyx RCR Kelly 7230S Controller with the Lite Speed Bikes 45ah Battery (400 Amp BMS) at 19,338 Watts & Onyx 41ah Battery (80 Amp BMS) at 17,659 Watts. 20,000 watts should be the maximum total watts output.
TOP SPEED
Nothing I will explain here will increase the top speed by much, this is all about increasing torque and acceleration. If you want higher top speeds, then look out for my next blog post where I help everyone spend thousands of dollars more to increase the top speed. We are still in the middle of working out top speeds as a constant and not as a peak on the Onyx RCR, which will require the brakes to be upgraded to Magura’s or Brembos.
INCREASING ACCELERATION
Increasing the torque and acceleration of the Onyx RCR makes it difficult to manage when dialed to the maximum. With experience in power increments, the unpredictable moments become predictable. The Onyx RCR itself wants to drive straight like any other bike or gyro. So where the acceleration is applied, counts. People have told me about speed wobbles which are fixed by bearing very little weight on the handlebars.
DO NOT
When you dial up the Onyx RCR you will need to know to never walk next to the bike when it is on, or it will get away from you if you accidentally roll the throttle. You will need to know how to cut off the motor by using the regen cut-off, the kill switch, and not just rolling off the throttle. At 100% there is no forgiveness for not having a tight throttle feathering game and there is no mercy. You mess up once and it’s game over real quick.
ABSOLUTE TERROR
Once you’ve mastered dialed-up settings, the bike is an absolute terror to ride. You’ll have complete control of yourself first which is worth it to see what this bike can do. What’s great about 100% power is that by the time you get there, you will understand that you can get the same range as stock settings because it’s all in how you throttle the bike. What generally happens is that as the power goes up, people tend to forget their throttling habits change, which will burn through more battery.
REQUIREMENTS CHECKLIST
The Onyx RCR arrives dialed to 35% of it’s power potential at 7800 watts. Before the power is dialed up on the Onyx RCR, the thermals have to be addressed as so does the rider’s experience managing the bike. The Onyx RCR can be dialed up in increments, which is what I recommend to gain experience with the bike as the power is increased.
It is better to prepare the onyx RCR with the requirements below before dialing up the controller settings because dialing up the settings will generate more heat from the controller and motor. Adding vents to the side panels or adding a fan does work with cooling the controller but relocating the controller to the outside cools the controller the best.
Ensure that your rear axle nuts are as tight as they can be and that you’ve applied threadlocker. Update the rear axle plate to the new ones Ryan Dean has put out. Once you’ve done all this, then you can proceed to up the settings in the controller. I highly recommend moving your Kelly controller to the outside of the bike. At a minimum add some types of vents to the side panels if you’re not going to relocate the controller.
- Working Brakes (Maguras Preferred)
- Chain Tensioner
- Wedge Locking Washer M10
- Nylon Self Locking Nuts
- Statorade Ferrofluid
- Hubsinks for QS 205
- Convert Battery Connector to OSE 8 or OSE 10 connector
- Threadlocker on Rear Axle Nuts
- Controller Panel Vents or Outside Relocation
- Ryan Dean Motor Stays
- Double or Tripple Velcro Battery Strap
BATTERY COMPATIBILITY
All of these modifications listed here are compatible with the stock Onyx 23ah battery, Onyx 41ah battery, and any Lite Speed Bikes battery. The more powerful the battery the greater the increase in power. Any of the Lite Speed Bikes battery from the 150 amp to the 400 amp battery will get you above 20,000 watts. The Onyx 41ah battery will get you up to 15,000 watts. The Onyx 23ah battery will get you to 12,000 watts.
BATTERY CONNECTOR
The stock Onyx SB50 connector is rated to 50 amps which is below what the Onyx 23ah battery, Onyx 41ah battery, and all the Lite Speed Bikes batteries can output in amps once the “Bat Current Limit” setting is changed on the controller from 55 to 100. Change the stock SB50 connector both on the bike and the Onyx 23ah battery and Onyx 41ah battery to an OSE 8 connector which is rated to 200 amps. All Lite Speed Bikes batteries come with an OSE 8 connector. They also happen to come with an OSE 8 to SB50 adapter to allow an opportunity to upgrade the stock battery SB50 connector.
