Diesel bike anyone?

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    Cab Guest

    Cab, Feb 10, 2005
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    dwb Guest

    dwb, Feb 10, 2005
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    Muck Guest

    Muck, Feb 10, 2005
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    dwb Guest

    Most diesels have them ... for improving the responsiveness, not so much for
    interesting performance.

    I wonder how well it actually goes...
     
    dwb, Feb 10, 2005
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    Muck Guest

    I'd bet the performance would drop off very sharply if the turbo stopped
    working though.
    Very well I'd bet.
     
    Muck, Feb 10, 2005
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    Bob Mc Guest

    Bob Mc, Feb 10, 2005
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    Cab Guest

    Nope. Buggered your side mate, I reckon.
     
    Cab, Feb 10, 2005
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    Bob Mc Guest

    Strange. It worked this time.
    That exhaust is sooooo clean inside - it's never been started!
     
    Bob Mc, Feb 10, 2005
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    Tosspot Guest

    Tosspot, Feb 10, 2005
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  10. It was somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
    Doesn't look like it has a gearbox, though. Just a clutch and a neutral,
    I suspect.

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    Grimly Curmudgeon, Feb 10, 2005
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    platypus Guest

    Nasty yellow colour. Most diesel bikes seem to manage about 3.5bhp - I hope
    this does a little better.
     
    platypus, Feb 10, 2005
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  12. It was somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
    drugs began to take hold. I remember "platypus"
    Offhand I don't recall what small car diesel lumps are 1200cc; but I'd
    not be surprised if that's a Daihatsu, or some Korean thing that's
    putting out around 60bhp with the turbo on. Of course, if it's a common
    rail, it might be chucking out more, say around 70.

    Not tyre-blistering, but enough to get around on.

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    Grimly Curmudgeon, Feb 10, 2005
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    Fr Jack Guest

    I've seen something about this, somewhere else.. IIRC, its powered by the
    Lupo diesel motor - the ickle one 1.0 or 1.2...triple.
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    Fr Jack, Feb 11, 2005
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    Pip Luscher Guest

    If it were a two-stroke diesel then I'd be interested.
     
    Pip Luscher, Feb 11, 2005
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