The Treehugger: First Hydrogen fuelcell motorbike

[Kam]

Was reading a one of those magazines on the plane whilst coming back from Kenya and discovered a number of alternative fuel powered vehicles, including this beast :O I cant see it going very fast tbh, but its a cool step towards greener energy sources, pretty cool look to it also https://www.treehugger.com/files/2005/03/env_hydrogen_fu.php
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[ncrn]

it seems to be missing most of the rear seat?? i see that being easy to slip off of, quirky though, wouldnt mind owning one, but i think id need a real bike aswell.

[Kaben]

I dont like the fact that it looks like a mountainbike. Im all for the technology though
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[Whosthedaddy]

Man that bikes ugly, doesnt look much like a motorcycle, definitely more like a mountain bike.
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[Itchy]

this is soo old I remember talking about it a year ago,

heres what I think I said

thing is it weighs in <100kilos , which means they have 100 kilos to play with to increase performance , since no matter what manufacturers tell us bikes weigh in around 200 kilos wet.

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and who says its green? , currently its probably WORSE than petrol, why? , to produce hydrogen we use electrolysis on water , electrolysis is highly useful for say refining titanium of aluminium , but is HIGHLY energy intensive , since we still burn coal for electricity the pollution is not reduced it is just displaced,

rather than C02 coming out your tail pipe it comes out a big chimey in a nearby powerstation.

unless like Honda Island in Japan (I don't know the real name but is has a huge Honda tech facility there) where hydrogen is produced by hydroelectric power tapped into underground rivers.

added to the fact that hydrogen does not have the same energy density as petrol you need lots of hydrogen = lots of electrolising water.
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[Kam]

Ive heard it spits out pure water
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[carsounds_dan]

look at that stylish bit of mind boggling engineering....
ill keep with petrol and killing trees
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[Jack_Cheese]

I'd rather bottle my own gaseous excrement...
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[Silver]

Nothing new... Rizla Suzuki even have a working race bike!

[scottparkin69]

i think a bio diesel(chip fat lol ) bike would be better i think for a petrol alternative . Diesel bikes already exist and wont need much if any ajustment to run on bio diesel and i belive you dont need to process the oil much

oh and very few emissions apparantly
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[phk6]

its good that companies are moving forwards towards green power but untill they design a "clean" engine that is as powerfull or nearly as power full as current petrol engines i wont be convinced, i keep having visions of transport in the future being designed for just 2 things which will probly be getting from A to B and getting there slowly, which for me does not turn me on as it be.
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[scottparkin69]

yeah they really should have started reseaching alternatives years ago

A bit OTT but turbines can run off diesel or bio diesel
https://www.marineturbine.com/technical.asp

although you need $150,000 to buy a y2k
but if your wanting a fast bike which is fossel fuel freehttps://www.marineturbine.com/motorsports.asp
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[Biker100]

its got brakes very similar if not from DH mountian bike (hope 6Ti)

[lardyboy]

I met the guy who has headed up the design team on a fuel cell bike (it may be this one) He is the same guy who invented the cordless kettle and had a programme on designing bras on Channel 4 a year or 2 back. He said that it could do 60 mph and had a range of 125 miles.

The fuel cell was removed when running out and plugged into a device that looks like a PC hard drive box over night. You poured a pint of water in the top and then overnight it works his magic to recharge its self. He also said that the fuel cell could also be used to power an outboard motor, lawn mower, whatever really.

I know its not quite my gixxer 750 but this type of thing will hopefuly make a difference and therefore leave more petrol for us to burn !!
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[Slickfish]

If you burn chip fats etc. what emissions do they have???

[Rob-B]

Im all for hydrogen!

[Didge]

Whatever happened to that electric motorcycle that was marketed about 10 years or so ago?
Was it called CityBike or something like that?

[Itchy]

[Itchy]

[Itchy]

[Didge]

[Itchy]

maybe they changed it to make licencing laws easier leccy bikes = no helmet (recommended though) , no licence no tax no MOT and no insurance , to some people this is a huge advantage.
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[Zen Dog]

I'm seriously considering one, if the price is reasonable when they come out. Just got an instictive hatred for the oil companies now...

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