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Bacon Fueled Motorcycle

I might be stopping a lot more often with that.

According to Scott Schraufnagel of BBDO Minneapolis, the ad agency who came up with the idea for the bike in the first place, the contraption runs on B-100 bio-diesel — which means there’s no hazardous waste from it, either. Schraufnagel also told KAALTV that takes about one pound of grease to make a gallon of fuel; that fuel costs about $3.50 a gallon; that it gets about 75 to 100 miles per gallon; and that it definitely smells like bacon when it runs. Sounds like a good deal, no? Then why the heck aren’t we using bacon-based bio-diesel to power everything these days?

Good question — and unfortunately, there’s not a satisfactory answer right now. Modern Farmer noted that the LA Times reported on a Wisconsin company called Bio-Blend Fuels back in 2009; sadly, though, they closed in January 2014. But if, as the folks behind the bacon bike say, bio-diesel is such a great fuel source — “If there were a bio-diesel tanker spill in the ocean, the fuel would be safe and mouthwatering fish food,” they remarked to the Washington Times; furthermore, they added that the bacon bio-diesel “is nearly carbon-neutral, meaning it contributes almost zero emissions to global warming” — then maybe this fun little publicity stunt might actually pave the way for development in the bio-diesel field.
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casualmatt said:
A company used to turn KLR650's into diesels for the military. They still might, I don't know. The point is people were modifying them to do the whole biofuel thing as well.

HDT - Hayes Diversified Technologies, Diesel Motorcycle Manufacturer - Company Information
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That company has sold their stuff to an Indian Firm that supposedly would produce them for the market but nothing has come from that. The bikes in the militairy weren't a big succes. The UK had a few and atleast one ended up on ebay there. No info on were it ended up.

Using slaughter waste for fuel (includes a lot of fat) is not something new. There is a big slaughter corp in the Netherlands that runs it's Truck fleet on it. As a marketing thing it works well aparently.

The bike used for the bacon machine is a Track T-800cdi. Modified a bit and certainly not made to be used for anything else but this advertisement thing. (Spoke with someone who worked on it to get idea's for my own Track)
 
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