Harbin Osteen wrote:

http://www.ecorider.us/

What's the purpose of one of those ?

Graham

If you make your own bio-diesel you have a utility vehicle that can tow a
trailer
to do some usefull work around the property, or use it for hunting. 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.

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SeeYaa Harbin Osteen KG6URO

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Harbin Osteen wrote:

http://www.ecorider.us/

What's the purpose of one of those ?

Graham

Harbin Osteen wrote:

If you make your own bio-diesel you have a utility vehicle that can tow a
trailer
to do some usefull work around the property, or use it for hunting. 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.

When I've been on canal trips we had no trouble walking to the shops actually.
It makes for a fun kind of holiday btw.

Graham

"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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There's amazing intelligence in the Universe.
You can tell because none of them ever called Earth.

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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SeeYaa Harbin Osteen KG6URO

!sdohtem noitpyrcne devorppa-tnemnrevog troppus I
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"Larry" wrote in message
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"Harbin Osteen" wrote in
:

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.



--
There's amazing intelligence in the Universe.
You can tell because none of them ever called Earth.

"Harbin Osteen" wrote in
:

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.



So, to answer my question, how many miles DOES it get to a centrifugal
clutch? How many dealers are there in Thailand to fix it while I'm crusing
around from bar to bar? Where do I get parts in the US, even, tractor
dealers??...(c;

Oh, by the way, are YOU involved selling this bike?......

--
There's amazing intelligence in the Universe.
You can tell because none of them ever called Earth.

Larry:
I don't own, or sell these, and I don't know anybody that has one.
I did not know that there is such a problem with all centrifugal
clutches, but if there is a problem that you know of, would it not
be prudent to carry a spare or two? Kind of save you some time
for crusing bar to bar, right?

"Larry" wrote in message
...
"Harbin Osteen" wrote in
:

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.



So, to answer my question, how many miles DOES it get to a centrifugal
clutch? How many dealers are there in Thailand to fix it while I'm
crusing
around from bar to bar? Where do I get parts in the US, even, tractor
dealers??...(c;

Oh, by the way, are YOU involved selling this bike?......

--
There's amazing intelligence in the Universe.
You can tell because none of them ever called Earth.

"Harbin Osteen" wrote in news:WYmdneA-
:

Larry:
I don't own, or sell these, and I don't know anybody that has one.
I did not know that there is such a problem with all centrifugal
clutches, but if there is a problem that you know of, would it not
be prudent to carry a spare or two? Kind of save you some time
for crusing bar to bar, right?



Not an easy or fun change. I didn't see the space to carry around the gear
puller it takes to get one off the shaft and keyway, either. I've tore up
plenty in my "younger years"...(c;

This scooter is useless on most boats, anyway, as there's no place to STORE
it and if you left it on deck it would either end up a pile of solid rust
from the seawater spray or, due to its mass thrashing around, destroy the
boat and rigging on its way over the side, probably taking the handrails
with it.

Not many on the boat newsgroup have a 160' motoryacht with toy storage
garage in the stern....

--
There's amazing intelligence in the Universe.
You can tell because none of them ever called Earth.

Actually it's a grown up version of the Tote Goat or offroad mini bike.
Lot's of uses, and excuses to buy one for fun
http://users.infoconex.com/~ramrod/tgland.htm

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Harbin Osteen wrote:

http://www.ecorider.us/

What's the purpose of one of those ?

Graham

In alt.energy.homepower MMC wrote:
Actually it's a grown up version of the Tote Goat or offroad mini bike.
Lot's of uses, and excuses to buy one for fun
http://users.infoconex.com/~ramrod/tgland.htm

--Neat site; thanks for the link! FWIW one of the great things about
the Tote Goat is the box-section frame, which provides a *lot* of real
estate for engine hacking. A friend of mine runs a steam power plant in his
as it's got room on board for Propane fuel, flash boiler and a honkin' big
water tank. Not sure what the range is, but it's decidedly low tech and has
a real third world flavor, heh.

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"Steamboat Ed" Haas : Proud to be the
Hacking the Trailing Edge! : family crackpot!
www.nmpproducts.com
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