ALSTARE'S BIOFUEL BIKE DEBUTS AT MONZA
Alstare is sensitive to the environmental problems caused
by the continuing consumption of fossil fuels affecting the
earth’s climate control. We are aware that it is inevitable
and urgent now for the world to reduce CO2 carbon emissions
in the atmosphere and to replace the consumption of polluting
energies with clean and renewable sources. Therefore, since
last year, Alstare began working on the development of small
sized engines - such as in motorcycles and ATVs - using biofuel.
Such a project is the result of a synergy between Alstare’s
technical and intellectual resources and the experience and
the support of Japanese manufacturer Suzuki and Magneti Marelli,
Alstare’s race team partners for several years.
In our research into new ‘bio-engines’, the total
process is being improved from the seed to the vehicle. The
efficiency of biofuels starts first with the adaptation of
the engine to its fuel and not with the adaptation of the
fuel to a classic engine.
The first step achieved by Alstare was the development of
an agricultural ATV using fuel consisting of 85% bioethanol
and 15% petrol (E85). The evolution of a traditional engine
into an adapted bio-ATV was entirely carried out by Alstare’s
technicians in its Belgian workshop.
Now, after months of research and experimentation, Alstare
proudly unveils its prototype of a Suzuki GSX-R 1000 Superstock
bike running with 85% of biofuel In fact, Alstare’s
technicians have been recently working on the application
of bio-engine technology to ‘racing’ motorcycles.
This task has been successfully achieved and, during the World
Superbike racing weekend in Monza, Alstare will present its
‘bio-motorbike’. Well-known bike tester Alan Cathcart
will evaluate the performance of the machine on the legendary
Monza circuit on Saturday 11th May between 13.00 and 13.20.
Thanks to this achievement, Alstare is a pioneer in the development
of racing engines using biofuel. The application of such technology
in motor sports responds to the growing concern of the motorcycle
manufacturers with regard to the problems of pollution and
climate change. Responding to people’s growing awareness
in environmental issues, the European Union is considering
legislation in the near future obliging Member States to increase
the proportion of biofuel in their markets (Directive 2003/30/EC).
Alstare’s future research will be focused on adapting
a traditional engine to biodiesel. Such research will take
at least a year to complete and will involve different areas
of study including the evaluation of the costs for the production,
development and the technical modifications necessary in order
to obtain a profitable result in terms of performance and
fuel consumption.
Alstare is proud of promoting such a project, which could
actually contribute to the economical and social growth of
agricultural regions in developing countries. Biodiesel vehicles
represent a real alternative for the countries that cannot
afford to depend on petrol imports. In particular, rural communities
will finally be able to work with biodiesel agricultural ATVs
which are cheaper, handy, easy to drive and do not pollute
nor ruin the land.
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