Propane?

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Spring Brook Rider

Discussion Starter · Dec 12, 2010

Has anyone done or know of a propane conversion to one of ours or a different species of bike? Besides an ugly tank was wondering how or if this would work and has been done.

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Fuel from water is the holy grail and it fascinates me. I'd love to ride on fuel

from the tap but wont be parting with any cash until I'm fully convinced

The problem here is physics, it takes more energy to break the H2O bond then you'll get out of it in return as a fuel.

LPG is nice but the carb system is very tricky.

CNG/LNG is ideal but is even more difficult to deal with. We actually have some CNG stations now and a lot of vehicles in town that run off of it, it's selling for a bit over $1 a gallon. As with LPG, it really requires a much higher compression engine to get the full benefit from

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marshallf3

· #8 · Dec 13, 2010

Fuel from water is the holy grail and it fascinates me. I'd love to ride on fuel

from the tap but wont be parting with any cash until I'm fully convinced

The problem here is physics, it takes more energy to break the H2O bond then you'll get out of it in return as a fuel.

LPG is nice but the carb system is very tricky.

CNG/LNG is ideal but is even more difficult to deal with. We actually have some CNG stations now and a lot of vehicles in town that run off of it, it's selling for a bit over $1 a gallon. As with LPG, it really requires a much higher compression engine to get the full benefit from.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gasoline_gallon_equivalent

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marshallf3

· #18 · Dec 22, 2010

kingston73` said:
I think it might be Iceland or maybe Norway, but one country has made a 'hydrogen highway' and installed hydrogen fueling stations all along a stretch of coastline. There are experimental hydrogen stations that can use solar power to split water into hydrogen fuel, that would be an ideal solution if it can be made to work. Hate to say it but our gasoline powered vehicle days are numbered.

Not as numbered as you might think. Cars are using less than half the gas than they used to and now that we're starting to downsize SUVs as they start going out of style that'll leave a lot more in reserve for us. I often wondered if we could mill our heads down a bit and rejet to run off E85 but I'd hate to think about going that route. I went 10 miles out of my way today just to buy the best 100% gas on the market (my car prefers 91 octane premium) but I sure burn a lot less of it than if I would have filled up with E10 from a local station - enough that I'm actually using less petroleum product overall when the numbers are entered into the equation.

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