| Author | Message | ||
     Scottorious |
anybody seen this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8MSI3KHFC0 (Message edited by scottorious on April 29, 2011) | ||
| Not_purple_s2 |
Pretty cool but don't Blast already get close to 70mpg to begin with and diesel is typically more expensive than gas. If it was a turbo diesel with as much or more hp than the blast and 100+mpg then it'd really be awesome. | ||
| Syonyk |
12hp? Congratulations, you've invented a scooter! Diesel is cool, but going from 60->100mpg while going from "highway capable" to "in town only" - not my thing. I guess if all you do is in-town it... sort of makes sense. | ||
| Hughlysses |
There's a guy on ADVrider with a running thread on a similar Royal Enfield conversion. The Enfields used to actually be available from the factory (in India) with a diesel; not sure if they still do that or not. There have been threads on at least two older Triumph Tiger conversions done with Kubota 3-cylinder water cooled diesels; one of those may have been turboed. I agree with Curtis; if it's not turboed, diesel is not worth doing. If you want a diesel bike, this is definitely the way to go:  Track T-800CDI | ||
| Glitch |
It'd be free fuel (or damned near free) if you used bio-diesl | ||
| Tpoppa |
Another kind of diesel blast http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdDxjge5hmY&feature =related | ||
| Cityxslicker |
the diesel bike to get is the Expeditionary Marine Corps moto that will run on everything from jp, to kerosene... http://green.autoblog.com/2008/02/28/nyt-test-driv es-the-marines-diesel-motorcycle/ | ||
| Birdy |
Brian the only problem with that EMC bike is to ride one you have to opp up for 4 years!  Not for sale to slobs like me. | ||
| Hughlysses |
They were supposed to have a civilian version ready for sale 2 or 3 years ago, but it hasn't happened yet apparently. | ||
| Hybridmomentspass |
not purple - not sure what its like around you, but here diesel is less than premium now. I know what youre saying, and usually i'd agree, but right now unleaded keeps climbing and diesel is staying pretty steady. Though Im sure that'll change sometime soon. | ||
| Aesquire |
The 33hp of that Marine diesel ( Kawasaki conversion, I think ) bike would be fine in a Blast chassis. Prime reason for a diesel for the military & some folk is just dealing with one fuel. Everything runs on jet fuel now in the Services. | ||
| Froggy |
From the uploaders comments, it hits highway speeds, and its top speed is only about 15mph lower than a stock Blast. |
