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Default Diesel powered bike, will run on biodiesel

Yea Larry, if you are always tied to a dock in the US, you would not
need somthing
like this, and not being street legal would be revelant, but if you are a
long range
cruiser, say crusising Thailand, and your trawler battaries went to crap,
and you had
to pack new ones back to the boat, I would find this bike a lot more useful
than a
electric scooter, and you could jumper the new boat battires to your
scooter, and
it's still not going to make it back.
You may not have a use for this bike, but I posted this here because
some
might find the info useful.

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"Larry" wrote in message
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"Harbin Osteen" wrote in
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It was
said that
it gets about 130 miles per gallon in one article that I read. It
would also be great
for some boaters that cruise to undevloped areas. You can fuel it from
your own
fuel tanks, and cruise from your ancorage to explore, or restock your
supplies that
you may have to lug for some distance. This has been a problem for
some who cruise the cannals in Europe, where some barges are large
enough to carry a car, some are not.



I wonder how may "miles-per-centrifugal-clutch" it gets on biodiesel?

I remember centrifugal clutches from many small vehicles. "Self-
consuming" comes to mind.

Note to boaters....it ISN'T street legal in the USA. Point moot.

Those concerned with the environment can reduce emissions to zero by NOT
buying one of these and STAYING HOME. How many are towed on a trailer by
some environazi behind their Ford Expedition?....(c;

Yeah, right....

My nuclear-powered scooter works great on the boats. Folds flat for easy
storage and recharging:
http://tinyurl.com/q7hj6

16 miles at 8mph. Also not street legal, but our cops treat it like a
geriatric electric vehicle so you can ride it on the scooter-friendly
sidewalks without harassment...(c; Recharges in about 3 hours from dead.



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