I’m around 185lb, looking to go solo up slow moving river currents with some sort of inflatable kayak and small trolling motor, wondering how heavy it all might get, including electric pump, battery, paddle, etc, trying to fit it on a scooter ?
Sounds . . . Ambitious!
What’s really ambitious about it is trying to get it all on a 280cc scooter’s 414lb weight capacity, so one doesn’t have to upgrade and get away from step-thru designs on cycles, yet still hit 65mph. I’m concerned the cycle will not even want to do 55mph with that much weight on it.
I just internet searched the matter and came up with a 35lb inflatable kayak, 15lb 25lb thrust 12v trolling motor, 35lb 150ah battery, and a 23lb 100ah back up battery, will need to confirm the information, it’s all so tight. I assume food, water, the ore, the pump, motor rigging gear, tent and sleeping bag might not ever be any more than 40lb, so yeah, that only leaves me around 70lb from maxing out the scooter’s weight capacity (ultimately concerned with not being able to go over 55mph, especially if it’s about due for a tune up).
There is variation, of course. But a kayak sized trolling motor, as opposed as one for a powerboat, weighs in the 20-25 lb range. Batteries have huge variations, but Lithium Ion would be 20-40 pounds (and lighten your wallet a lot also) and cheapest lead acid could be 60-80 pounds.
The easy answer is to give up the motor and battery. A paddle only weighs between 23 oz and 38, it can be reduced to between 2 and 4 segnents, and only costs between $150 and $500. That’s the easy answer.
I’m curious how you’ll manage to fit any of it on a motorized scooter.
Finding space to load scooters is easy, I’m not worried about that part.
I agree. Plenty of space left for the other gear.