----- Original Message ----- From: "Keith Addison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [snip] > Glad you're still with us Paul. I'm quite a good rider (I started > when I was 14), but I don't think it makes any difference anymore. [snip] A good age to start Keith, some experts believe that the learning curve for driving/riding is at its peak around that age. Being born marginally deaf and having overprotective parents I wasn't even allowed a pushbike for fear that I wouldn't hear traffic and be run over. Started riding motorbikes in my early forties, way too late for me to learn properly. Idea was to power the bike on ethanol produced from sugarbeet grown on the farm where I rented a 1 room shack. That idea never materialised and instead of low tech transport my rev-head nature graduated me towards high tech fun. Some good times though,the feeling of freedom, the gracefulness of a good ride, the closer contact with ones surroundings (smelling christmas dinners cooking as I rode through a town). Some worrying times, bike deciding to change back a gear whilst full throttle through a corner, hitting a bee at speed (stung in neck,boy does that lay you out for an hour or so), black ice on corners, Black Cockatoo dropping pinecone on helmet. Overall a lot of fun and wouldn't have missed it. Probably the worst thing I could do now would be to get back onto a bike, I would enjoy it too much, some things are best left as memories. Had the idea of building a trike and powering it with a small deisel engine running on Biodiesel.
This could be a good time to steer this thread back onto topic. From Local Paper. "The Advertiser" Mareeba, Queensland, Australia "New go-cart engine for test drive. The first diesel-powered go-cart in the world is now on display at Mako trac Mareeba. The German-developed HATZ power unit is strapped to a special Chassis designed for long distance testing. The go-cart has already created headlines by completing a distance of 1806km on 1 litre of diesel fuel. The specific HATZ diesel motor type 1B20 introduced to Mako Trac is a special version adapted to a Swiss Hutless cart chassis. A displacement of 206cc produces 6.2hp and a top speed of 60km/hour down the Mako Trac straight. Compared to conventional cart engines, it produces a higher torque, enabling faster exiting through corners. Mako Trac's Horst E. Kipper said: " One of many positive side effects of running the HATZ engine is the reduced noise level. "Its performance is so economical and efficient that, theoretically, it need not be switched off during non-use periods." Testing was soon to begin on fitting a turbo charger to a number of the deisel carts to improve performance. The engine is a revolution in the field of small engine development. "A combination of minimum fuel consumption, four times the longevity of conventional four stroke engines,more torque through corners and, above all extremely high reliability all add up to a sensational performance package," he said. I contacted Horst and he is keen to use biodiesel some time in the future. Will certainly be going over to look at the cart and hopefully drive it. Hoped into a go-cart for the first time a couple of years ago. Scared my self spitless at first but determined to get on top of it and now get into one whenever I can. Just takes a little time for the bruises to heal. Should have taken up g0-carting years ago instead of my misguided attempts at car racing. Better leave a bit of bandwidth for someone else. regards, Paul Gobert. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.370 / Virus Database: 205 - Release Date: 5/06/02 Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send "unsubscribe" messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
