SV1000 - Diesel

**The Stranger:Me** · 29th April 2007, 14:00

Has anyone ever tried running an SV1000 on diesel?

**DMNTD:Me** · 29th April 2007, 14:02

Originally Posted by The Stranger

Has anyone ever tried running an SV1000 on diesel?

I mean what sort of twit would do such a silly thing eh?

**The Stranger:Me** · 29th April 2007, 14:06

Originally Posted by DMNTD

I mean what sort of twit would do such a silly thing eh?

Well a common mistake I hear when you are dyslexic, colour blind and have a cold?

**DMNTD:Me** · 29th April 2007, 14:08

Originally Posted by The Stranger

Well a common mistake I hear when you are dyslexic, colour blind and have a cold?

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**Steam** · 29th April 2007, 14:17

Originally Posted by The Stranger

Has anyone ever tried running an SV1000 on diesel?

How would that even be possible?
You'd have a hell of a lot of smoke!
I guess you'd put in the diesel, boost the octane with some additive or other, it might be okay actually. It'd knock if it wasn't octane boosted eh?
I knew someone who had a diesel injector rigged to his fuel line, when he wanted to make a huge amount of smoke he pushed the plunger and a few teaspoons of diesel were injected into the fuel line along with the petrol. He could vary the amount of smoke by how much he injected.
But that was just a smoke maker, he wasn't running the bike on diesel.

Someone else I knew in the brit army once filled a large petrol generator with diesel by mistake, and it seemed to run okay so they just used it and refilled it with proper petrol once they'd run the tank dry.

**Ixion** · 29th April 2007, 14:19

BSA Bantam will run on diesel. But it's a pig to start. Kero works better.

In both cases performance is reduced from derisory to illusory.

**blacksheep** · 29th April 2007, 14:45

Originally Posted by The Stranger

Has anyone ever tried running an SV1000 on diesel?

just why would you

**Bonez** · 29th April 2007, 14:54

Originally Posted by The Stranger

Has anyone ever tried running an SV1000 on diesel?

Don't know about an SV1000, but my CB750FC2 didn't like it one bit....................................

**The Stranger:Me** · 29th April 2007, 14:55

Originally Posted by blacksheep

just why would you

Save money?

**onearmedbandit** · 29th April 2007, 15:12

There appears to be more to this story...

**RT527** · 29th April 2007, 15:13

Originally Posted by The Stranger

Save money?

you couldnt do it...the detonation from compressed diesel is a lot more than a standard petrol engine, unless you were able to strengthen the crank case head and cylinder sleeves then i wouldnt even try it....a modern petrol motor will self destruct within 2 mins...as the motor will over heat and melt to a molten mess

**The Stranger:Me** · 29th April 2007, 15:15

Originally Posted by RT527

you couldnt do it...

Um, I didn't, but some tit did. We await his confession.

**Mom** · 29th April 2007, 15:50

Originally Posted by The Stranger

Um, I didn't, but some tit did. We await his confession.

Not sure he will get an opportunity to confess, i heard there is a video interview with this person to look forward to soon......

**Hitcher** · 29th April 2007, 16:09

The guy who owned the farm across the road from my folks was always getting petrol nicked out of his farm supply tank, which was petrol one end and diesel the other. My dad suggested he turn it through 180 degrees next time he was filling it. He did. A couple of days later there was this Mark IV Zephyr stopped on the side of the road about 1km away, with a very strong smell of diesel coming from the fuel tank...