oatssi Wrote:While I am sure all racing in 30-50 years time will be green and clean emmissions there is more chance of pigs flying past the Bungalow than seeing a race like this in 2009. I am sure we will see a parade of at least one bike powered on cow dung but there will be no race.

Thinking of the wider picture this could be the future of road racing. The machines will have much less power, there will be a lot of inovation and a lot of interest. Just how the TT started out 100 years ago. Still think it is some way off though.

A racing bike powered by Hydrogen just sounds mega dangerous.

Forgive me for being a bit thick, OK alot thick, but surely a half empty tank of fuel or even an empty tank that used to have fuel in is more dangerous as the gases or fumes are more volatile than the fuel itself. The only emissions for this type of Hydrogen powered engine is water, as it combines with the oxygen partly used to produce H2O. So that would be the rain flag used after the first entry down Bray then, sorry lack of adhesion flag... no not really its very slight. They were actually thinking about using these engines in africa and places that suffer from drought as a means of clean water production, but that's a different matter. I think it is relatively safe, so don't worry oatsie...... as they wouldn't sell cells in toys. But then again they might be painted in China .....