| Author | Message | ||
     Corporatemonkey |
I saw this post and I thought a few might be interested in it. http://news.motorbiker.org/blogs.nsf/dx/two-studen ts-make-a-hydrogen-powered-motorcycle.htm Two engineering students from the Swarthmore College (PA, USA) produced a hydrogen powered motorcycle. Using a Buell Cyclone chassis, they placed a Ballard fuel cell stack, serving the electricity to the engine. The engine so far generates at grand total of 1.2 kw (about 1.6 HP), so not exactly a motorcycle to win a MotoGP, but it's a beginning. Their site has a few videos of the hydrogen powered motorcycle in use, plus a lot of technical specifications. It's quite interesting that they managed to make a motorcycle like this. When you have a look at one of their videos, you'll notice that the only sound you hear is the crunching of the tires...  Here is a directlink to their project website http://engin.swarthmore.edu/?page_id=72 | ||
| Froggy |
WTF someone beat me too it!  Guess I will build the worlds first fusion powered one. | ||
| Lovedabueller |
the first place i would ride that is to the junkyard.......and then call a cab to pick me up/ | ||
| Corporatemonkey |
Guess I will build the worlds first fusion powered one I'm going to have the first gravity powered buell, as soon as I find someone to push me up a hill  | ||
| Mikef5000 |
Seriously? They successfully installed a hydrogen power-plant into a motorcycle frame.... but they couldn't find a way to fasten the seat down? WTF? | ||
| Oldog |
but they couldn't find a way to fasten the seat down? Ductape! Looks like a couple of bright young men to me, a lightning frame may have made it more "toung & cheek" } | ||
| Preybird1 |
It only goes 1/2 a mph who need a seat! Well i think that was a waste of time. And that is no motorcycle its a electric scooter on crack! | ||
| Ft_bstrd |
I need more than 1.6HP to take a dump. Fail. | ||
| Rocketsprink |
I think it it's great. this Country needs more engineers, not fry cooks and McDonalds cashiers. | ||
| Reepicheep |
Why not burn the hydrogen in the existing internal combustion engine? I guess they were more about fuel cell powered then hydrogen powered... | ||
| Greenlantern |
I need more than 1.6HP to take a dump. Do you gave any idea how many zingers you left yourself open to ?  I'm taking the high road this time!  | ||
| Ourdee |
Green did you say full of zingers? Which of us gets to Scotland first?  | ||
| Ft_bstrd |
I'm always open for a zinger:  | ||
| Swampy |
What ever noise was coming from it.....Blaaaaaaaaaa.....BOOM! | ||
| Ft_bstrd |
This one's better: | ||
| 2008xb12scg |
With all the stupid stuff the most kids (and us adults) are doing I think it's great. Sure it only has no power, but the original gas engines didn't have any power either. Has to start somewhere. When they make one that pulls a 12 second 1/4 I'm on it! | ||
| Barker |
"1.6 HP" uh, I could just wind up a big ass rubber band in the frame and get more that that. at least someone is using the M Deuce carcasses left over from chopper projects. (Message edited by barker on February 03, 2009) | ||
| Sparky |
This is our future! Engineering students tinkering with fuel cells, hydrogen storage and electrical propulsion creating a proof-of-concept vehicle that doesn't use a drop of petroleum (in its operation). So, I wonder what it'll do when they 1) debug the controller to put out maximum power and 2) make the heat exchanger more efficient? | ||
| Ratbuell |
At least they're trying...and to a degree, succeeding. Kudos to them. Imagine if an industry was behind them, instead of just working on their own in a lab? Naysayers - when's the last time you got off your duffs and actually *created* something like this? Like it says above - gotta start somewhere. Nice work, guys! | ||
| Ft_bstrd |
The critique of the "naysayers" is what spurs the creators to work to design a product that is marketable and profitable. Right now, they have a paperweight. | ||
| Buellerthanyou |
Needs a flux capacitor... HBJ Marty McFly: Wait a minute, Doc. Ah... Are you telling me that you built a time machine... out of a Buell? Dr. Emmett Brown: The way I see it, if you're gonna build a time machine into a bike, why not do it with some style? | ||
| Buelleaver |
I like it. At least they didn't turn it into a chopper | ||
| Ratbuell |
Right now, they have a paperweight. Yes, but it's a paperweight that nobody else has come up with - and its a paperweight with potential. If nothing else, it's creation furthers the science of that type of power - packaging, power production/delivery, materials, and if it turns out to be just a paperweight...it goes in the "what not to do next time" pile. Sometimes failures (not that this necessarily is a failure) are what teach us the most. | ||
| Fast1075 |
Wasn't the first known motorcycle built with a wood chassis??? Come on, give these guys a break...it's a R&D project...sure it looks likes Fido's Ass...and it don't have much power...I again refer to Mr. Daimler's original vision of a motorcycle...or Henry Ford's original "quadracycle" automobile...  Now, if you want to see an impressive electric powered motorcyle...google "killacycle".. (Message edited by fast1075 on February 05, 2009) | ||
| Rasmonis |
This one looks kinda cool. http://hellforleathermagazine.com/2008/05/suzuki-c rosscage-concept-now-a.html |
