Diesel bike

[Obi Wan Kenobi]

Hi people. Im new to this forum and thought i would make a post about a bike im building. Im also trying to find any information on anyone else who has had any luck with building a diesel bike. Ive never built a bike befor but have considerable engineering skills and experience with building cars. My bike will be powered by a Mitsubishi 2 liter turbo diesel engine. Im wanting to run car front and rear wheels with car disc brake/hub assemblies. Engine will be mounted north south in the frame. Im trying to find a suitable 90 degree tranfer box with a 1.1 ratio to transmit power to the rear wheel, so far ive had no luck and may have to make my own. I will also be mounting the wheels like a conventional car, bolted to wheel hubs which will be mounted on swing arms. Im still yet to decide exactly how to mount my front wheel and do the front suspension set up. Ive been looking at a system based on the Yamaha GTS1000, or maybe a springer type with a single arm going to front wheel. The rear will be reasonably straight forward with a single swing arm. Im mounting alot of the components such as rear swing arm etc to the engine and gearbox, similar to how a tractor is built. I will also run a Mitsubishi 5 speed car gearbox with the gearshifter mounted either in the middle between my legs or the left hand side. Im not familier with this type of set up so unsure where to mount the controls such as clutch, front and rear brakes.
Any help or ideas are appreciated. Will post up pics next week of my progress.

[Chooky]

Hmmmmm..... let us know how you get on.....

[Pussy]

Hmmmmm..... let us know how you get on.....

Look, Chooky, just keep that perfectly good CB1300....

[FJRider]

It has been done before... a guy in the Rusty Nuts MC built one a few years back. I recall the performance and handling wasn't spectacular...
Your plans seem different to his though...Good luck...

[Chooky]

Look, Chooky, just keep that perfectly good CB1300....

Yea...well I got the headlight out right now and some bike mates ring tonight want to go for ride tomorrow early...Guess I'll have to take the old one.
Just as well I got two...

[Pussy]

You get the inition switch fixed on the CBX?

[Chooky]

You get the inition switch fixed on the CBX?

Yea new switch all go....I give ya a PM..Dont want to get off diesel bike subject... Hmm wonder if It"ll run on JetA1..?

[Pussy]

Hmm wonder if It"ll run on JetA1..?

I know where I can get some....

[flyingbrick]

sorry dude, but your plan sounds flawed for so many reasons its not quite funny.

Your actual best bet is to buy an old bike and use that as the donor- OR buy an old bike and convert that to diesel. Both paths will lead you to having a much more usefull machine.

[lostinflyz]

whats the max. lean angle you can get outta a car tyre????

[mctshirt]

Ladies and gentleman I give you the Rhino: http://www.ecorider.com/subcateg_det..._id=10&catid=1

We had a guy trying to sell us these bring a demo bike to a paddock of our choice. A frightening thing after the Suzuki DR200's we were riding. It would chug up any smooth hill you poked it at but scary sitting on it like a Harley at unbelievably low revs waiting for the stall that never came. It came unstuck in a big way the moment a sheep track upset the suspension so got two big thumbs down for us. The rep left an angry man after I had flipped his demo then ridden up and down the same bumps over and over again on a DR on his insistence. Curiosity value was good fun though but too slow and unstable for any practical use off a dairy farm track.

[mctshirt]

Note the dog just about has to break out of a trot while Old McDonald tests the suspension to it's limit

[slopster]

Car tyre is not going to play the game in the corners. At least there wont be any chicken strips

[disenfranchised]

There's a few out there

http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_bikes.html

[Obi Wan Kenobi]

sorry dude, but your plan sounds flawed for so many reasons its not quite funny.

Your actual best bet is to buy an old bike and use that as the donor- OR buy an old bike and convert that to diesel. Both paths will lead you to having a much more usefull machine.

Which things sound flawed? ive drawn some pictures of my idea and it looks real good on paper. Maybe the car tyres arnt the best idea, will have to see what motorcyle tyres are avalible in 15" to suit a 6 inch wide rim.
I could buy an old bike to use as a donor but it would have to be modified so much to fit a 2 liter turbo car engine that nothing would be left of it.