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Author Topic: Long way up Tour Possibilities  (Read 1016 times)

Biff

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Re: Long way up Tour Possibilities
« Reply #15 on: March 10, 2021, 03:58:08 AM »

As far as traveling and providing your own energy, it is possible to do on a motorcycle, you just need to consider average power consumption, and power production.  Typically an electric motorcycle is about 100Wh/mile, so you go about 10miles per kWh, if you travel around 45-55mph.  or 10kWh will get you about 100miles.  If you have good sun and a 1kW solar array (I think that would be a reasonable size to be able to store and transport in a motorcycle trailer) you might be able to travel 100miles every couple days.  I think a 1kW wind turbine would probably be too awkward to transport, but also I think wind is even less predictable than sun, and in some places you simply wouldn't have wind to charge.

If you are interested in "travel on solar power" check out these adventurers:
https://www.routedelsol.com/
their youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEqGj33c8pwpcjiT093W-5A/featured

Watching through their content you will learn a lot about what it takes to travel on solar power.  I think the number one take away I got is don't plan too far ahead because most likely nothing will go to plan, and just enjoy the journey, because the journey is going to take a long time.
-ryan
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