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pegasus 17-01-05 01:31 PM

Diesel engined bikes?
 
spotted in ubg yesterday, a company has finally made a diesel engines motor bike to be commisioned for army and mod use.....85mpg and top speed 85mph ...sounds interesting....imagine the torque

Grinch 17-01-05 01:33 PM

A mate of mine is a army mec and he's said that they are a tad unreliable. Spends a lot of time 'recovering' them after the engines blow up from a few hundred miles.

Jabba 17-01-05 01:34 PM

Re: Diesel engined bikes?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by vltn3
....imagine the torque

Imagine the vibes.................... :lol:

pegasus 17-01-05 01:35 PM

are they made by ducati (hehehehe)

Cronos 17-01-05 01:42 PM

Re: Diesel engined bikes?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Jabba-the-Hutt
Quote:

Originally Posted by vltn3
....imagine the torque

Imagine the vibes.................... :lol:

True, but at least they'd be a step up for Harley riders! :wink:

Junior 18-01-05 08:46 AM

Yeah, BMW are making those things. You'd be retorquing fastners every stop light tho'

Jabba 18-01-05 08:58 AM

Re: Diesel engined bikes?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Cronos
Quote:

Originally Posted by Jabba-the-Hutt
Quote:

Originally Posted by vltn3
....imagine the torque

Imagine the vibes.................... :lol:

True, but at least they'd be a step up for Harley riders! :wink:

I thought they were diesel :oops:




:wink:

Sincs 18-01-05 10:10 PM

What, the riders? :wink:

donniej 18-01-05 11:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sincs
What, the riders? :wink:

Right, people don't actually ride motorcycles, they're just for show... why should the military be any different?

nuntius 19-01-05 01:59 AM

They've not done this for the 'coolness' factor, it's for logistics. If the bikes are deisel that means all tehir vehicles are deisel and therefore they only have to carry one type of fuel. The disadvantages of unreliability are being ignored becuase it cuts down on the lack of petrol in the army problem


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