Ethanol powered chopper from Cadillac to be shown in LA
There was a time not too long ago that Lincoln and Cadillac fought over the high-end auto market in the United States. These days, the field is pretty much wild open for Caddy, though Lincoln still sells some nice vehicles. A few years ago, Lincoln commissioned the boys from Orange County to build a chopper commemorating the beginning of production of the Mark LT pickup. Cadillac apparently had to keep up, so the company will be showing off a new chopper at the upcoming LA Auto Show. This will actually be Cadillac's second commissioned bike, but this one is a bit special, as it's been designed to run on ethanol and will supposedly represent GM's "strength in science and technology." With all due respect to the builders of the bike, there's not a whole lot that's technologically advanced in a chopper built with a big fat rear tire and an air-cooled V-Twin, even one that has been jetted properly for alcohol fuel. Still, the machine should make a wee bit more power running on ethanol, and we look forward to seeing the new Cadillac bike in LA.[Source: D Business via Autoblog]
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MarkR 8:52AM (5/07/2008)
you wouldn't get very far on a ethanol chopper with that gas tank. Its definitely for show not riding.
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jpm100 11:31AM (5/07/2008)
An engine which is dedicated to ethanol will give similar MPG as gas. In this case there appears to be some effort to do just that.
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paulwesterberg 11:59AM (5/07/2008)
Is it just me or is that picture staged to look really phallic?
Cadillac, we've got the answer to your midlife crisis.
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GenWaylaid 8:27PM (5/08/2008)
Considering how far an advertising chopper like this is likely to travel in its lifetime, it won't get any benefit from ethanol anyway.
Battery power would be more than adequate for this thing. For that matter, so would pedals. If this was just a weirdly-shaped bicycle it would be lots of fun to ride around the convention floor.
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