Global Travel - At Motorcycle Minds we are no strangers to the mode of transport involving two wheels - the motorcycle - with appended to that a sidecar to evolve into a three wheeler outfit or hack. While our experience may have been short lived it was an enjoyable one with the two of us and a large French sheepdog with day and weekend trips away, meeting the nicest people, but given time would we have ventured any further than those trips, maybe or maybe not. Erring on the maybe not, we would probably not have turned it into a global circumnavigation, Guinness World … [Read more...]
The Secret Green Alternative
Australia - What’s the most fuel efficient mode of personal powered transport? Which mode pollutes the least? Which mode is not on the Commonwealth government’s Green Vehicle Guide web site? Which mode would solve many of Melbourne’s congestion problems? If you guessed motorcycle/scooter, you’d be right. Motorcycle/Scooter fuel efficiency 50cc 4 stroke Honda Scoopy can get up to 75 km/L. 50cc 2-stroke scooters get 50Km/L. 110cc 2-stroke Bolwell (a larger scooter) can get 35 km/L. 250cc motorcycles and scooters get 25-35 km/L. 600 - … [Read more...]
