I first heard of LPG (liquified petroleum gas) as a fuel back in the mid 90’s. Up till then I thought it was just a cylinder that I used for the stove in my caravan, and for powering a barbeque. The first systems were coming on the market, but at quite a premium price, and there were few outlets that could refuel a car. Got me interested though and I dug deeper into the subject. I found that many forklift trucks ran on LPG and that vaporisers were available for them, also cylinders that were designed to supply fuel in Continue reading

My first bike was an ancient BSA 250cc from the 1950’s that had been in an accident, I bought it for $10 as a big box of pieces after the original owner gave up his plans to rebuild it. It was a great learning experience at 15 yrs old, and I did get it all back together in time for my 16th birthday and my first licence. There followed a succession of other bikes and cars, mostly junkers that I was able to turn into usable machines. Did all the usual things for those days, bigger carbs, noisy exhausts and Continue reading