The rising gasoline prices have most of us thinking about alternative fuels and it called to mind this propane-fueled BMW motorcycle I saw at the 1990 BMW MOA National Rally in Rapid City, S.D.
I never got a chance to meet the owner and ask the obvious questions about fuel efficiency and availability and how hard it was to convert. As far as finding a cheaper fuel is concerned, I don't think propane would be any better than gasoline since propane costs have skyrocketed right along with oil in the last few years.
But it's an interesting experiment and begs the question of what happens if the bike goes down at speed and you mix a ruptured propane tank with a shower of sparks.
Then there's that clunky spraypaint pinstripe job on the gas tank...
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