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Avery and all Just found this site and had a play on it, seems a good tool and may be of use to all those struggling with gear ratios etc.... locost7.info/gearcalc.php I like it cos it does all the maths for you (gotta be a good thing!!) and you can key in all the variables, press the go button, and...

Hi all, Glad you like the idea, I'm sure it would be useful to a lot of people (Myself included) Unfortunately my computer skills are somewhat iffy! (spanner skills slightly better) Yes I agree with you it needs to be in a format that everyone can add to. If anyone out there is clever enough to sort...

Hy Guys, Seems like a lot of people out there have a wealth of information on various diesel engines (this is good!!) It strikes me that what would be realy useful is a readilly accessible "data base" in a tabular format. A suggested field format could perhaps include: Cappacity Number of ...

Hy Drew, Seems like the "holy grail" of diesel engines for bikes Is the smart engine (alloy lump!!) or the VW lupo, both these engines are 3 pots so nice and short, unfortunately they're also relatively new (read bloody expensive!!!) In the real world where us poor folk live we're left wit...

Hi Giys, That vertical yanmar looks like a beautiful bit of kit!! Only idea I have is using it to drive a hydraulic pump then pipe this to a hydraulic motor somewhere near the back wheel???? I know you'd loose a few horsess but with 36 of em to play with sounds like you have pleanty!!! Praps a chain...

Hi Drew Yeah, like you I fancy the idea of a car engined diesel bike and keeping the origional gearbox seems a sensible one. (at least you know you've got a set of ratios that'll work!!) I did have some thoughts on this, these were; Keeping as many origional parts as possible (engine, clutch and gea...

Thanks for that Ian. Yeah, that sure looks like a whole lotta fun, glad to see this guy takes safety seriously and has his air bag inflated just in case!!! LOL I must admitt I like the idea of a three wheeler, and the possibillity to mount a transverse engine over the sidecar wheel would possibly be...

Read your reply with interset Dave, and have gotta say that if I were building a generator, water pumping station or anything els that wasn't going to move, then my choice too would be an industrial engine, as I'm not then I feel that the automotive route (LBS/HP??) is still the best way to go. I un...

Tanks for the reply Andrew,
Yeah, I know what you mean.
Perhaps a geared jack shaft to initially raise the effective output RPM of the slow reving diesel may be a way round utalising a "comet" type clutch and torque converter (designed for two stroke engine speeds)???

Cheers, Ken

Hi there, I'm new to this forum, so would just like to say Hi to all diesel fanatics out there!! I have had a long time interest in the possability of building a diesel powered bike for some time now and would like to share a few thoughts and ask a few questions, they are as follows; Whilst I am by ...