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Old 29 Jul 2006
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Cooking on the engine

The topic of cooking was mentioned .
Having cooked meat pies and soup on the engine of my tractor for years , I imagine the same could be done on a motorbike .
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I think an airhead BMW would be perfect ,just tuck your meal wrapped in aluminium foil behind the cylinder and then ride at a moderate speed until cooked !

Oatmeal might be a bit messy though .

Bon appetit
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I remember a guy telling me that he used to stop about an hour before his final destination and prop a couple of potatoes wrapped in tin foil next to the cylinders of his engine. He'd then ride the final hour. By the time he found his campsite and setup his tent, the cooked potatoes would have cooled enough to eat.

I've never tried it, but it sounds like a pretty good idea!
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hey, all you bike manufacturers take note;
if you can design built in baguette storage into your deuville then why cant we have an oven compartment using waste engine heat?
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Cooking on the engine

Well, what about cooking bannock stuck on the outside of the exhasut pipes.
(just joking) Up in northern Canada, the guys with pickups made coffee and cooked their food on the engines when it was tooooo cold. cheers all, rio_perros <*)*)*)*)*)>{
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Sure the air cooled boxer is ideal for that, bon apetit!!!
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As for baguette storage forget the deuville I ride a Harley davdson MT350 ex british army and the gun carrier on the side makes for a great baguette storage and you can get the and doughnuts in as well
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Hey Margus ,that's even better ,that's a BARBEQUE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Used to cook various thing on the main exhaust from a large marine deisel.

I've only ever kept things warm on the bike exhaust.
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