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Fast, fruity and finished

Late last year Bike struck upon a plan to create an apple-powered bike. Triumph came onboard with the loan of a 675 and sixth formers from a local school volunteered to brew the apples into cider and then to distil it into bio-ethanol. Last month we fired up the bike on the dyno. This month it’s time to see what it will really do...

 

 

  • "Having witnessed the Triumph 675 make 111bhp on what was effectively triple-distilled cider..."
  • "...reaching a peak of five interconnected stills during the final frantic week of production, the place was a mess of electrical cables, rubber tubing, Winchester jars and elaborate glassware. "
  • "The apple, which had started life as a 30mm thumbnail, was now almost a metre across."
  • "This time tomorrow, I mused, I will hold the world speed record for home-brewed fuel..."
  • "...a rough estimate suggests the 675 was eating 227 apples per mile!"
  

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Download a PDF of the Fast Fruit magazine article READ MORE

Read what the Evening Telegraph has to say... READ MORE

Check out a video report on the Evening Telegraph site: SEE MORE

Santa Pod alternative fuel drag race report: READ MORE