« previous next »
Pages: [1]   Go Down

Author Topic: solar motorbike  (Read 950 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline theshed

  • Member
  • ***
  • Joined: Jan 2010
  • Posts: 228
solar motorbike
« on: October 01, 2010, 11:53:33 »
this caught my eye

http://www.indystar.com/article/2010093 ... -on-budget

what are your thoughts?
Logged
don't say our generation should recycle we did our bit...
We didn't produce rubbish to begin with

Offline StromGeeza

  • Global Moderator
  • Member
  • ****
  • Joined: Feb 2009
  • Posts: 1753
  • Bike: just scoots now
  • Location: SW
Re: solar motorbike
« Reply #1 on: October 01, 2010, 12:00:37 »
Love the DIY ethos, but 24 miles on a charge would kind of limit me a bit too much...
Logged

Offline 2112

  • Member
  • ***
  • Joined: Mar 2009
  • Posts: 13015
  • Bike: Honda 750 Transalp, Victory Crossroads 1731
  • Location: Northumberland
Re: solar motorbike
« Reply #2 on: October 01, 2010, 17:37:07 »
This could be the way forward, but battery and PV technology need to get a bit better yet (both are still in their infancy really). The beauty with electric motors (depending how they are configured) is that they produce all of their maximum torque across the rev range, a handy trick to pull off. Also if you had enough power a motor configured as 'cumulative shunt' would increase it's speed as the applied load increases - ideal for drag bikes with 'expanding' tyres !!! And the charge would only have to last a few seconds   :thumb:
Logged
It's pronounced 'twenty-one-twelve'

Offline Piglumps

  • Member
  • ***
  • Joined: May 2008
  • Posts: 3269
  • Bike: None at this point
  • Location: Wantage, Oxfordshire.
Re: solar motorbike
« Reply #3 on: October 02, 2010, 11:55:08 »
Once fuel cells are sorted and reliable the electric car will be deader than a dead thing that's been cremated and buried.. :violence-uzi:

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

But I can't see the feeling being the same as that V-Twin throbbing away... :auto-dirtbike:
Logged
No bike at present.......

Offline dogpuf

  • Member
  • ***
  • Joined: Mar 2009
  • Posts: 1278
Re: solar motorbike
« Reply #4 on: October 03, 2010, 04:17:59 »
Solar power in UK - Not going to work with our weather  :rain:

Our best bet will be Hydrogen fuel cells or alternative fuels that work in petrol engines
Logged
C'mon spring I want to get riding

Offline 2112

  • Member
  • ***
  • Joined: Mar 2009
  • Posts: 13015
  • Bike: Honda 750 Transalp, Victory Crossroads 1731
  • Location: Northumberland
Re: solar motorbike
« Reply #5 on: October 03, 2010, 13:03:20 »
Quote from: "dogpuf"
Solar power in UK - Not going to work with our weather  :rain:

Our best bet will be Hydrogen fuel cells or alternative fuels that work in petrol engines

The top quality PV's (photo voltaic) work under moonlight ! Admittedly not producing a lot of energy but impressive non the less.
Logged
It's pronounced 'twenty-one-twelve'

Offline Eric The Viking

  • Member
  • ***
  • Joined: Jan 2009
  • Posts: 1539
  • I've not been everywhere, but it's on my list!
  • Bike: Suzuki GSX 650 F, Triumph Tiger Explorer 1200 XCA
  • Location: Sudbury, Suffolk
Re: solar motorbike
« Reply #6 on: October 07, 2010, 18:47:03 »
Would it mean I cold only use it on sunny days?  :shrug:
Logged
Keep The Shiny Side Up And Your Helmet Polished

Honda SS50, Kawasaki KH250 B2, Honda CB400/4 F2, Kawasaki KE125, Honda CB250N Super Dream, Yamaha RD250, Honda CB250N Super Dream (again), Honda CB750/4 F2, Kawasaki ZZR1100 D7, Suzuki V Strom DL650 K8, Suzuki V Strom DL1000 K6, Suzuki GSX 650F, Piaggio Fly 125, Triumph Tiger Explorer 1200 XCA, Mini-Moto Ducati replica.
Pages: [1]   Go Up
« previous next »