Diesel engined bikes? - SV650.org

pegasus · 17-01-05, 01:31 PM

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

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.

17-01-05, 01:34 PM

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Originally Posted by vltn3

....imagine the torque

Imagine the vibes....................

pegasus · 17-01-05, 01:35 PM

are they made by ducati (hehehehe)

17-01-05, 01:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Jabba-the-Hutt

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Originally Posted by vltn3

....imagine the torque

Imagine the vibes....................

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

18-01-05, 08:46 AM

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

18-01-05, 08:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Cronos

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jabba-the-Hutt

Quote:

Originally Posted by vltn3

....imagine the torque

Imagine the vibes....................

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

I thought they were diesel

18-01-05, 10:10 PM

What, the riders?

18-01-05, 11:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Sincs

What, the riders?

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

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

17-01-05, 01:31 PM	#1
pegasus Member Mega Poster Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 1,122	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 __________________ tune in, turn on, burn out

17-01-05, 01:35 PM	#4
pegasus Member Mega Poster Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 1,122	are they made by ducati (hehehehe) __________________ tune in, turn on, burn out

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17-01-05, 01:33 PM	#2
Grinch Guest Posts: n/a	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.

18-01-05, 08:46 AM	#6
Junior Guest Posts: n/a	Yeah, BMW are making those things. You'd be retorquing fastners every stop light tho'

18-01-05, 10:10 PM	#8
Sincs Guest Posts: n/a	What, the riders?

19-01-05, 01:59 AM	#10
nuntius Guest Posts: n/a	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