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Bolt-In V-Twin Multi-Fit

Bolt-in electric power for V-Twin frames

The patent-pending V-Twin Multi-Fit is a modular-power mounting case that replaces the crankcase of your traditional combustion engine to mate with the frame, plus a modular battery stack you size to the bike. The mounting system and electronics are the same on every build. A light custom and a loaded touring frame differ only in how many modules you stack.

Close view of the chopper's powertrain: the electric motor and the copper-linked battery modules stacked in the frame, with the module count visible.
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What bolts in

On most V-Twin frames the engine is structural. The frame is built around it and relies on it for stiffness, so pull the engine out and the frame is no longer a frame. Our mounting case replaces that structure: it picks up the original engine mounts, carries the same loads, and gives the motor, controller and stack an engineered home.

Original mounting points

It uses the factory engine mounts, so there's no cutting the frame and no welding on a structural member.

Engineered load path

The adapter takes drive torque and suspension loads through the mounts the factory designed for them.

Room to grow

Stack modules, controller and cooling all mount to the same system. Going to a bigger stack later is a fitment job.

Reversible

It bolts in, which means it can come out. The frame you started with is still the frame you own.

The modular stack: 24 in series, 4 / 6 / 8 in parallel

Every module is 24 cells in series. Series sets the system voltage, so it's the same on every build, and the same motor, controller and charger family works on all of them. Parallel modules set how much energy the bike carries and how hard it can be pulled: 4, 6 or 8 modules, wired in parallel as one pack.

Series → voltage

24 in series fixes the pack voltage, which fixes the electronics. One system voltage across the whole range keeps parts common and service simple.

Parallel → range and punch

More modules in parallel means more stored energy and more current available, so a bigger stack is both more range and more power under the throttle.

Sag falls with size

Spreading the same demand across more cells means less voltage sag under hard pulls, cooler cells, and a pack that ages more slowly.

Stack later

Start at 4P and add modules when the budget or the riding changes, without touching the adapter, motor or charger.

The battery stack seen past the seat and rear wheel, module edges stepping away from the camera.

Matching a stack to a Harley frame

Bigger frames carry more weight and are ridden differently, so they ask more of the drive. This is where we start, and we confirm it against your frame, your riding and the range you want before anything is ordered.

ConfigurationModulesEnergyDrive power Frames it suits
24S × 4P4 modulesBase energy55–90 hp classSportster 883 / 1200, lightweight customs
24S × 6P6 modules+50% energy90–150 hp classDyna, Softail, mid-weight customs
24S × 8P8 modulesDouble base energy150–200+ hp classTouring frames, heavy customs, two-up

Energy is shown relative to the 4P base because the exact figure depends on the cells in that build. Your build sheet carries the measured numbers.

Sportster class

Lighter frame, shorter typical rides, often a solo bike. 4P is usually the right balance of weight, cost and punch, and it leaves room to grow.

Dyna and Softail

More weight to move and more highway in the mix. 6P holds speed without leaning on the pack, which keeps cells cooler and life longer.

Touring frames

Heavy, often two-up, often loaded. 8P gives the range and the current headroom that kind of riding needs.

Custom frames

Tell us the weight, the wheelbase and how you ride it, and we'll size the stack to your bike.

Power, cooling and the parts around the stack

Available drive power runs from a mild 55 hp to more than 200 at the drive shaft. How much of that you can use continuously depends on how the stack and the cooling are specified together.

Air cooled

Simplest and lightest. Well matched to 4P builds and street riding.

Liquid cooled

For sustained power: holds motor and controller temperature where you want it on long pulls and hot days.

Chill plates

Pack-side cooling for the hardest-working builds, where cell temperature is the limit rather than the motor.

Instrumented

Add the DBB and watch every cell and thermistor while you ride. It's the fastest way to know whether the spec is right.

Two finished Shandoka adapter case sections side by side on a wooden block.

What we need to spec your build

The frame

Model, year, and whether the engine is out. Photographs of both sides and the engine mounts tell us most of what we need.

How you ride

City, highway, two-up, rallies, track. A bike that sees 70 mph for an hour is a different spec from one that sees town traffic.

Range you want

Tell us the range you need day to day. We'd rather size it right than sell you a stack you don't need.

Who builds it

Us in Detroit, a builder in our network, or you with our team's support.

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