Re: [Biofuel] fuel efficient cars and motorcycles

Fri, 01 Jul 2005 18:46:55 -0700 

todd, that's awesome!  curiously, i've been pondering this very concept--a 
diesel-powered motorbike--recently.  i figured it had to have been done 
somewhere by someone.  best fo luck!

-chris b.
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I'm getting a 1965 Royal Enfield Bullet ready for the road.  It is powered by a Lombardini Greaves 325 cc diesel.  Hopefully it will go 50 mph on B100 and get about 150-200 mpg.  Does anyone have experience with these motorcycles?  I believe they were available in the UK and in India.  Wish me luck.

Cheers,
Todd

On Jun 29, 2005, at 11:21 PM, MH wrote:

 Hi Hakan,
 I was thinking of all the motorcycles I see
 and with some imagination and checking in with
 the department of motor vehicles one could
 build a two seater something like the VW 1L
 but with 3 wheels and possibly register it
 as a motorcycle though I haven't thought about
 this in decades.  My Honda 500 cc use to get
 around 45 mpg and the Harley 61 ci 32 mpg
 and here in the US converted motorcycle
 three-wheeler trikes are popular so
 why not a 155 mpg California Commuter
 doing 55 mph. I'd love to watch the
 tv program building that one! 

 My past autos such as the Fiat 850, Honda Civic,
 Chevy Sprint and Ford Festiva averaged 40 mpg
 but kept me out of the rain, warm in the winter and
 brought home a store load of goodies if needed. 
 So I've given up motorcycling and now find
 pedaling my bicycle or tricycle more enjoyable
 along with the exercise and when needed
 using the 48 mpg Geo Metro with E10. 

 Maybe the US gov't and Detroit will come up
 with something in the distant future as the
 price of crude oil climbs but its difficult
 for me to imagine them doing that nowadays. 


I read at one of the links that you gave earlier, that they went on highway
to a show. At average speed around 70 kmph and one person, the consumption
was 0.89 l per 100 km, 1.35 l per 100 miles or 281 mpg. If you trim the
weight and with a lower average speed, it should be possible to make a
vehicle (covered moped) that make 500 mpg. I doubt that such a vehicle
would be of general interest.

A Lupo 2L or Smart 2L is however feasible and I suspect that we could see
that quite soon. I think that Detroit have a lot to do, before they get
fuel efficient production cars.

Hakan


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