08-23-2013, 07:09 AM
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He has a modified it to use wall power in addition to the gas by plugging the battery into the grid and has a MIMA and uses a slow average speed of 35 mph.
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09-05-2013, 11:50 AM
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That is one episode I really would LOVE to watch! Too bad you have to pay $1.99 to watch it on youtube and I'm too cheap.  |
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09-05-2013, 01:59 PM
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Their streamlining of the motorcycle had quite a bit of unneeded frontal area but it still resulted in a net gain in economy.
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09-05-2013, 05:52 PM
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That is one episode I really would LOVE to watch! Too bad you have to pay $1.99 to watch it on youtube and I'm too cheap. |
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10-22-2013, 11:33 PM
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Brazilian Honda flexfuel motorcycle with a 150cc engine.
Fitted with EFI and catalytic converters, so it's not so much more pollutant per gallon than a compact car, then it might qualify as a "green" vehicle. |
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10-23-2013, 05:43 AM
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Interesting to see flex fuel technology making into the cheapest vehicles.
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10-23-2013, 11:09 PM
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Interesting to see flex fuel technology making into the cheapest vehicles.
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Nowadays the majority of Brazilian cars are flexfuel, including almost all of the cheapest econoboxes (just some recently-introduced Chinese ones don't feature flexfuel ability), but in the motorcycles it's still not so usual. |
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10-24-2013, 06:55 PM
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Nowadays the majority of Brazilian cars are flexfuel, including almost all of the cheapest econoboxes (just some recently-introduced Chinese ones don't feature flexfuel ability), but in the motorcycles it's still not so usual.
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Is Brazil still doing the sugarcane-based ethanol?
I understand that an enormous oilfield was discovered offshore and I wondered if that event altered some of the state-planned alcohol programs. 
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10-25-2013, 11:02 AM
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I'd be surprised if they reduce cane-sugar production. They've got the land area and the ideal climate for it.
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10-28-2013, 04:47 PM
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There's no way to shut-off the sugar cane-based ethanol production in Brazil.
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