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Post subject: Diesel Motorcycle !!!!
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Marshy Joined: 30 Jun 2007 Total posts: 198 |
Clunk, rattle, smoke, clank, cough, splutter, 20mph !?! .. I dunno, what do you think ?
http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2005/02/25/thunder-star-1200-diesel-by-star-twin/
http://www.vw3literlupoclub.com/1200_TDI_motorfiets.html
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Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 7:08 pm
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jante350 RD/RZ Jedi Master Joined: 05 Aug 2003 Total posts: 5220 Location: Bergen, Norway |
No news there, I think royal enfield beat them in the early 60's with a diesel bike..  I saw one on a rally once, the owner let it stay on idle for the entire weekend  puffing out small dieselsmoke puffs all day and nite for 48 hours or so...
1200 TDI? Now whats the point there?
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Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 8:53 pm
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z1100r Ace of Spades Joined: 05 Aug 2003 Total posts: 4752 Location: Coventry |
So they can get it in WSB...its a 3 its but its a diesel 3. .. 
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Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 7:58 am
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jante350RD/RZ Jedi Master Joined: 05 Aug 2003 Total posts: 5220 Location: Bergen, Norway |
| z1100r wrote: |
| So they can get it in WSB...its a 3 its but its a diesel 3. .. |
Still... they are barking up the wrong tree...
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Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 8:54 am
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z1100rAce of Spades Joined: 05 Aug 2003 Total posts: 4752 Location: Coventry |
I was joking I hope....mind you they have got diesel engines quick now you know....in some cases more powerful than their petrol equivalent.
We drove a 2.? diesel Mondeo to the French Alps Skiing last year..a superb motor. I actually really enjoyed driving it. 125mph was no problem..4 up with all the ski stuff.
Its just that horible smell though isn't it...it stinks before it goes in the engine and it stinks after it comes out. Its hardly a Speedway bike on dope and 'R' is it.
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Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 10:12 am
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| IanG1 Joined: 03 Aug 2003 Total posts: 1279 |
| z1100r wrote: |
I was joking I hope....mind you they have got diesel engines quick now you know....in some cases more powerful than their petrol equivalent.
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Yep, A diesel audi has just won LeMan 24hr(3rd year on the trot), who would have thought that a few years back
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Last edited by IanG1 on Thu Jun 19, 2008 12:23 pm; edited 1 time in total
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Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 10:18 am
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| Yep, I diesel audi has just won LeMan 24hr(3rd year on the trot), who would have thought that a few years back |
That's because the petrol ones go bang, don't they Trig!
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Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 11:53 am
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jante350RD/RZ Jedi Master Joined: 05 Aug 2003 Total posts: 5220 Location: Bergen, Norway |
Well.. Im not a big fan of diesels.. they have a narrow "powerband" wich comes in early and gives you the idea that it goes fast, but it really doesnt cause it all out of ommpf at 4K... I have a fairly decent HDI diesel in my van, wich with the chip and all does close to 150bhp, but still it rocks your chair from 1500-3500, after that its dead... petrol anyday... the bigger ones like Audis 2,5 or 3L are far better, but what about their petrol equivalents? They are rockets! (2,7T or 3,2T)
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Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 3:05 pm
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hybrid Rear-wheel Steering! Joined: 07 Aug 2003 Total posts: 2591 |
The newer diesels can rev much harder than 4k these days.
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Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 11:17 pm
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