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racedoll
11-22-2009, 06:35 PM
I was wondering today if there was such a thing. So I searched for it when I got home.

http://www.gizmag.com/go/4272/
101lifts2
11-22-2009, 06:47 PM
Once Jan. 2010 comes around all diesel engines sold in the U.S. must be US_10 NOx compliant. Not to mention it must already have a diesel particulate filter.

You won't see a diesel in the US on a bike unless the above emission requirements are not appllicalbe to under a certain CC. There is simply no room for the additional components.
Rangerscott
11-22-2009, 07:08 PM
http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2007/05/22/hydrostatic-drive-diesel-motorcycle/

http://www.diesel-racer.com/diesel-motorcycle-to-enter-score-baja-250/

http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2006/06/19/neander-turbo-diesel-motorcycle/
Adeptus_Minor
11-22-2009, 07:17 PM
My family owns a couple of diesel ATV's.
I don't see why it wouldn't be adaptable for motorcycles, though I'd expect it for something the size of touring bikes.
Tmall
11-22-2009, 07:40 PM
If they're the polaris diesel atv doesn't it take two batteries?
Phenix_Rider
11-22-2009, 08:33 PM
Most of our Armed Forces are "single fuel services" so they (Army or Marines I think) developed a diesel KLR. It's heavy and slow and awkward, but it will push over a brick wall.

This one:
:boobs:
dReWpY
11-22-2009, 08:51 PM
u got pwned
Particle Man
11-22-2009, 09:15 PM
hotlinking ownage :lol:
Phenix_Rider
11-22-2009, 10:22 PM
hotlinking ownage :lol:

Fixed :eatatthey:
101lifts2
11-22-2009, 11:09 PM
http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2007/05/22/hydrostatic-drive-diesel-motorcycle/

Pretty neat..but it's a one of a kind, not production.

...http://www.diesel-racer.com/diesel-motorcycle-to-enter-score-baja-250/...

This is a 250...prolly under no regulation.

...http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2006/06/19/neander-turbo-diesel-motorcycle/

This is possible is they meet the NOx requirements, which most likely is going to result in an SCR system.
Rangerscott
11-22-2009, 11:14 PM
Pretty neat..but it's a one of a kind, not production.



This is a 250...prolly under no regulation.



This is possible is they meet the NOx requirements, which most likely is going to result in an SCR system.



I just posted them just to post them.
101lifts2
11-22-2009, 11:15 PM
^^^oic
Rangerscott
11-22-2009, 11:16 PM
That first one is a real..........ugh hum.
Adeptus_Minor
11-23-2009, 09:13 AM
If they're the polaris diesel atv doesn't it take two batteries?

I think so.
Yeah, the Polaris was the first one we got (have two of those) and the new one is a Kubota (though it's more like a 'farm vehicle' than a true ATV).
RedRider2k2
11-23-2009, 10:44 AM
SCR system.

Diesel power is looking a lot less appealing now. Nobody wants to buy Exhaust Fluid along with Fuel:td:
Cutty72
11-23-2009, 01:54 PM
Diesel power is looking a lot less appealing now. Nobody wants to buy Exhaust Fluid along with Fuel:td:

no doubt, that's the big downfall looking at new diesels...
Tmall
11-23-2009, 01:58 PM
Isn't a tank of the ural liquid supposed to last a very very long time?
Tmall
11-23-2009, 01:59 PM
Or is it a different liquid?
RACER X
11-23-2009, 02:08 PM
you could buy a deisel powered KLR just like what the military used, 100mpg..........$20k

it was F/S in england........thought it was cool, till the price tag.
101lifts2
11-23-2009, 03:30 PM
Or is it a different liquid?


Its a 2% injection rate of urea to 100% injection of diesel fuel. I think VW can go 15K between urea fillups, which is about a 5-7 gallon tank at 10 bucks a gallon.
Cutty72
11-23-2009, 03:36 PM
Isn't a tank of the ural liquid supposed to last a very very long time?

The new Ford Diesel (6.7L Scorpion) is claiming that it will only have to be refilled at regular service intervals (5K) I don't know how big the tank is though.

Wonder how hard it is going to be to find urea at gas stations...
Phenix_Rider
11-24-2009, 12:58 PM
Wonder how hard it is going to be to find urea at gas stations...

Just check the men's room... :hitfan:
Particle Man
11-25-2009, 09:54 AM
The new Ford Diesel (6.7L Scorpion) is claiming that it will only have to be refilled at regular service intervals (5K) I don't know how big the tank is though.

Wonder how hard it is going to be to find urea at gas stations...

Just check the men's room... :hitfan:

dammit, beat me to it :lol:
Rangerscott
11-29-2009, 03:00 PM
Watch in order.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKs2-VGIT_c

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NL6Is2AxbAE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tR8j0OVIm_8
Apoc
11-29-2009, 04:16 PM
My family owns a couple of diesel ATV's.


Ya, my uncle had one. A polaris. It would pull a house, but it wouldn't pull it quickly. I dunno what the redline was, but it was really, really low. And it was very hard to start in the cold, to the point that he had to add block heaters.

He ended up selling it to a drug dealer up the road from him, and buying another gas job. It wasn't impressive.

Cummins Diesels they are not.