Diesel bike?

[Akzle]

anyone in NZ import, manufacture, convert or otherwise make available a diesel engined motorcycle?

i'm thinking something like this
or, better this (from what i read the m2 will run on avgas, diesel, biodiesel (my goal) and kerosene. AWESOME.)

anyone with any experience in this field?
anyone with a small diesel motor (pref 2-3 cyl, turbo .8-1.1lt) they want to donate to this? volkwagen, daihatsu, mercedes....?

...just browsing...

[Woodman]

No one has yet managed to procure the KLR diesel version for civilian use. The odd time when they have said they were going to be made available, the price was astronomical.

[unstuck]

Those marine ones look pretty cool.

[Subike]

Here ya go, and road tax exempt,

http://www.dieselbike.net/royalenfield/royalenfield.htm

[BMWST?]

i am a bit of a convert to diesels.I always had a hankerin to try one but until the advent of the modern turbo common rail jobbies they werent particulary impressive or efficient.My 2005 2 litre diesel car makes 120 kw and 340 nm (250 ft lbs) of torque @ 1700 rpm.Thats MORE torque than my prevous 3.5 litre straight six petrol!.Coonversely it makes this power over a realatively narrow range(2000-4500) and doesnt have the overall flexibilty and top end rush that(bigger) petrol engines have.It has this power and torque whilst using nearly HALF the fuel that an equivalently grunty engine has.
The other thing is RUC will be really unfair on a diesel bike and the registration (ie acc payments will be astronomical cos there is a smaller acc levy(if any) on diesel at the pump).I pay about $400 to register the car because of this

[rastuscat]

Road tax exempt? That'll change if someone starts to import them.

For whatever reason I was chatting with a guy last week about fuel economy runs. The diesel bike arose in the conversation.

The dude I was chatting to mentioned that there's one that can get a range of about 1200km on a tank.

Wow.

[Magnum Noel]

Road tax exempt? That'll change if someone starts to import them

You can say that again for sure!!

[BMWST?]

Road tax exempt? That'll change if someone starts to import them.

For whatever reason I was chatting with a guy last week about fuel economy runs. The diesel bike arose in the conversation.

The dude I was chatting to mentioned that there's one that can get a range of about 1200km on a tank.

Wow.

many diesel cars will get 900-1200 ks to a tank

[Akzle]

The other thing is RUC will be really unfair on a diesel bike and the registration (ie acc payments will be astronomical cos there is a smaller acc levy(if any) on diesel at the pump).I pay about $400 to register the car because of this

you assume i'm going to pay to prop up a bullshit system? you also assume this bullshit system is going to survive as long as it will take me to acquire a diesel bike...
poor assumptions.

The dude I was chatting to mentioned that there's one that can get a range of about 1200km on a tank.

yes, yes and yes. and if all it costs is a bit of methanol (home distilling by product) and hydroxide (i'm working on it), the rest being acquired from the local deep-fry.... that represents fucking good economy. (also, come the armageddon, i'll be riding over all you suckers for weeks) (this is why the 'saki appealed) mad max: on! strap the shotgun scabbard to the forks and away we (I) go....

[Akzle]

quote " Road tax exempt? That'll change if someone starts to import them"


You can say that again for sure!!

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[Yow Ling]

many diesel cars will get 900-1200 ks to a tank

Bit vague there really, depends on the size of the tank, easier to stick with the litres per 100 km or mpg

my diesel ute gets 10l per 100km.

[BMWST?]

you assume i'm going to pay to prop up a bullshit system? you also assume this bullshit system is going to survive as long as it will take me to acquire a diesel bike...
poor assumptions.

yes, yes and yes. and if all it costs is a bit of methanol (home distilling by product) and hydroxide (i'm working on it), the rest being acquired from the local deep-fry.... that represents fucking good economy. (also, come the armageddon, i'll be riding over all you suckers for weeks) (this is why the 'saki appealed) mad max: on! strap the shotgun scabbard to the forks and away we (I) go....

come the the armageddon you wont be the only one frequenting the local deep fry establishment.

[Yow Ling]

Here you are , Kiwi made diesel Hickson Special about halfway down the page

http://www.dieselbike.net/privatepro...production.htm

[Kickaha]

Here you are , Kiwi made diesel Hickson Special about halfway down the page

http://www.dieselbike.net/privatepro...production.htm

I've seen that being ridden in real life, it was on the Rakuria Sunset rally that I did back in the nineties, think he said a cruising speed of about 80km hr

[Highlander]

Kinda sorta not really off topic, this is a good read as were his previous couple of books.