With petrol prices getting ever higher, are there any alternative fuel types for ATVs?
Yes there are. ATVs generally run on standard unleaded fuel. Some ATVs, such as kids quads and sports quads, run on a mixture of unleaded and two stroke oil. However, for the high mileage user concerned about the cost of fuel there are currently two alternatives, diesel and LPG. There is a limited range of diesel ATVs on the market, but these are able to run on standard red diesel. Advantages are that they are cheap to run and convenient to refuel if you already have red diesel on site. The downside is high initial cost, relatively poor performance (compared to equivalent petrol ATVs), diesel fumes and noise. Some of the newer diesels are addressing the latter of these problems. LPG conversions have recently become available for the Yamaha Automatic ATV’s. This consists of an additional fuel tank for the LPG (mounted on the front or rear rack, or even under the front fenders) plus an LPG injection kit. The result is a dual fuel ATV, with almost all the performance of a petrol ATV (ther
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