It was not such an extraordinary wish, really. All Sam Hokin wanted to do was fill his motorcycle with gasoline. The problem was, he wanted just gasoline in the tank, not a blend spiked with ethanol. Though ethanol proponents say that vehicles like Mr. Hokin's BMW K75, a 1991 model, will tolerate the brew known as gasohol pumped at most filling stations, he insists on finding alcohol-free fuel.

Collectors look for nonalcoholic blends

It was not such an extraordinary wish, really. All Sam Hokin wanted to do was fill his motorcycle with gasoline. The problem was, he wanted just gasoline in the tank, not a blend spiked with ethanol. Though ethanol proponents say that vehicles like Mr. Hokin’s BMW K75, a 1991 model, will tolerate the brew known as gasohol pumped at most filling stations, he insists on finding alcohol-free fuel.


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