Diesel sport bike engine

[Escape pod]

How about if there was a street diesel sport bike. Maybe even a two stroke diesel! It :cool wouldn't need to turn fourteen thousand RPM to go fast.
... just thinking a diesel might make for a :wow fun sport street bike.

 

[rsrider]

Torque Beast of the Apocalypse. Can you imagine all the yahoos in 'bama rollin coal with that shite?

 

[clutchslip]

Don't diesels make big torque compared to spark engines? Does a vehicle that weighs very little need big torque or more 'horsepower'? I think a two stroke diesel would have a power band of about 2k rpm from idle to redline. Not very practical. Besides the fact that the pollution would require so much intervention that to get by regulations the bike would have no power what-so-ever.

Thanks for the opportunity to exercise my typing fingers.

 

[banshee01]

Ducati makes a diesel monster
https://sandiego.craigslist.org/nsd/mcy/6187162335.html

Edit" didn't realize this is not a diesel engine in that monster, always thought it was lol

 

[clutchslip]

:thumbup

 

[Tim-That CX Guy]

Once upon a couple of decades ago, somebody actually built a diesel superbike.

I remember the article vaguely.
Four things stand out in my mind.
The bike was silver.
It was faired like a race bike.
It hit a top speed of 170-175 miles per hour, which was nuts, even back then.
It got 14 miles to the gallon at top speed.

I wish to God I had saved the magazine, because everyone I relay this story to says that I am suffering from the Mandella effect, except for the guy I shared the magazine with, who remembers the bike, and the article.

 

[Escape pod]

Twin turbo Flashy
- I envisioned something more sporty.

:rofl​

 

[russ69]

A diesel engine is the exact opposite from what is required for a motorcycle. Motorcycles need a lightweight power-plant with a broad power range.

 

[jwb]

Modern sport bikes owe their awesome specific power and rideability to computerized timing. Diesels have no timing of any kind and are therefore useless in this application.

If you want an engine that revs very slowly, install a 100-lb flywheel.

 

[stangmx13]

i swear ive seen pics of diesel motorcycles, maybe WW2 era stuff. but theres no way itd work in a modern sportbike. theres just no point. the extra efficiency isnt necessary when literbikes make insane HP. the extra torque cant be used by todays tires. and theres no way all that can offset the extra weight thats required by the design.

 

[infraboy]

Diesel engines tend to be made of cast iron, much heavier than aluminum/alloy engine cases. Fuel economy has never really been a main issue for motorcycles utilizing petrol either. Keep in mind also a lot of newer bikes have to meet stricter emissions standards than before which are hard enough to meet in automobiles considering what VW and GM are in trouble for.

 

[Escape pod]

• TRACK T-800 CDI DIESEL MOTORCYCLE

http://www.bikeexif.com/track-t-800cdi-diesel-motorcycle

800cc triple will take you from 0 to 100km/h in just 3.75 seconds, and you’ll get between 50 and 110 miles to the gallon

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[Randy B]

http://newatlas.com/go/4272/

 

[Randy B]

http://www.bikeexif.com/diesel-motorcycle

 

[KrustyKruser]

• TRACK T-800 CDI DIESEL MOTORCYCLE
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http://www.bikeexif.com/track-t-800cdi-diesel-motorcycle

800cc triple will take you from 0 to 100km/h in just 3.75 seconds, and you’ll get between 50 and 110 miles to the gallon

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Here is a review of that bike. Journalist seemed unimpressed.
t800cdi-diesel-motorcycle-quick-ride/

 

[orbframe]

Diesel engines are way too heavy

 

[Cincinnatus]

Kawi made some KLR650s in diesel for the military.

 

[Caddywumpus]

Actually its an American company that uses kawi frames. They gut them and build them ground up basically.

 

[motomania2007]

Hayes Diversified Technologies, a military contractor in Hesperia, Calif built diesel motorcycle for the US Marines and maybe other branches. Their development seemed to start with a KLR.

 

[423yjl]

youtu.be//1ZhbUoSyI-U