Still made to run on a motorcycle?

[normanseven]

Hello again all, and thanks for everything I've learned from all of you. I signed up here a few years ago and got interested in pot stills, have learned a little bit.

I have begun motorcycling again, on a Moto Guzzi. My first one was an Eldorado, and this one is a pearl white Bassa.

I used to keep burritos warm on the engine of the Eldorado on long trips. Today I found myself wondering if I could make a still that scavenged engine heat on the Bassa. I could charge it with wash and when I got to my destination there'd be a couple of shots waiting for me.

I know, it's impractical as all hell, but I was just wondering if anybody has stories of somebody going down this road with a car or truck before.

Thanks for everything - Norman

[bearriver]

Got trucks runnin off wood furnaces.

Got stills runnin off wood furnaces.

Never seen a motorcycle with a furnace however...

[normanseven]

Yeah, I've thought of a few challenges to be overcome.

Don't know if I'd expect to heat the wash off of crankcase heat - I might need to use the exhaust pipes. Temp control would be an issue. Perhaps just boil it all to hell and build in a burp zone that let's it settle.

Then maintaining the temp up to and around the corner on an aircooled machine...And when you lean, what happens to your plumbing geometry?

I may just have to make some on the stove and saddlebag it. This might be more doable in a truck, where you could run the plumbing through the firewall and monitor it in the cab.

" No officer, we're not drinking. We haven't even started making cuts yet. '

[Kegg_jam]

Just be sure not to put a thermometer on it or you will never hear the end of it.....

Just sayin

[WooTeck]

Got trucks runnin off wood furnaces.

Got stills runnin off wood furnaces.

Never seen a motorcycle with a furnace however...

[Sambo_Jones]

Once you get pass the safety issues I could see a heat exchanger on the exhaust feed a gallon pot still with an air cooled condenser, but how would one make cuts, or monitor the system to shut it down when you got to the tails?

[MDH]

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