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did he mention a price range?

I looked real close at the Avonaire fairings and the teardrop panniers like on the BMW in the link when thinking of improving my CB250. Only problem, all the fairings were too big for the little CB. :( In the USA, take a look at readily available fairings at http://www.airtech-streamlining.com/ They...

look into how many volts and amps they draw. You may find out the weight of batteries to operate it make it only viable for drag racing. Even then, a well engineered turbo or belt driven supercharger will net better performance.

BioD is a very good lube. Notice at 2% added it was the best lube additive on the list. :wink: If you are making your own fuel, you must make sure you get it purified before running it. As I recall there are acids and base used that if they are not removed will do damage to metal parts. BioD is also...

Common rail engines are more demanding of fuel quality than older style mechanical injection pump motors. They all need the lubricity, or slipperyness, which bio definitely has. Bio will attack various rubber and plastics. From what I understand most manufactures won’t state their parts will use bio...

I spoke briefly with Fred at the Mid-Ohio, Craig Vetter fuel economy challenge earlier this year. I point blank said I have seen talk the HDT diesel bike is going into production in India, any chance the bike will be sold in the USA? The reply was basically he sold the company and is only a consulta...

if you are getting unburnt fuel while cranking, could be glow plugs, carboned up rings/ stuck rings not giving enough compresion? hard to diognose via posts on the webs. My IDI TD scirocco has a lift pump where the gas fuel injection pump resides. Do you see bubbles in the clearish lines going to th...

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I wish NYT would have shown a picture of the winning bike. But I guess it's not cool looking enough. Vetters page is at http://www.craigvetter.com/pages/2011-%20Fuel%20Economy%20Contests/2011-Mid-Ohio-results.html and the results popping around via internet and email : #1 Max Perethian on his NX250 ...

there might be better deals out there now, but notes show what I used on my autocross diesel: http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/inpages/westegt2.php gage $64.75 http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/inpages/micro1pyroprobes.php part # 10-01478 $37.75 http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/inpages...

there is one from aircraft spruce & specialty that is fairly cheap and works great. Only problem it will be days to a week or 2 before I might be able to dig out the part numbers

I built this circuit for my VW Scirocco 1.6TD autocross car. http://www.4crawler.com/Diesel/CheapTricks/Tachometer/index.shtml The circuit simulates the signal from the gas engine coil. VW diesels with tach received a signal from the alternator. I used the optical sensor but someplace I saw where yo...

Any North American diesel bikers with a running bike have an interest in seeing how their bikes compare on a fuel economy ride around Mid Ohio Sports Car course and the roads around Mansfield Ohio? There was one home built diesel bike at the California run last month and he did pretty good. Details ...

It looks like Trevens bike made the competition and made the innovative award. details http://www.craigvetter.com/pages/2011-% ... sults.html

Now if he just had some streamlining

If I remember correctly, somewhere there is a note the rotary can burn diesel but has to have glow plug to ignite the fuel even when the engine warms to operating temp.

Hammering if meaning the bad knocking sound related to combustion, it can be. From what I gather most hammering is a timing issue of start of injection compared to piston position. The height of the injector can impact the ultimate timing of combustion. I had the wrong thickness of heat sheild shim ...

Go search Freds' tdiclub forum for bleachedbora. From time to time he can get the 1.2 and 1.4 motors. They are PD type. from memory he can import the new long block, and used wire harness & computer for $5K US or there about. Maybe more now. Do not tackle unless you are real good at fabrication ...

CIDE wrote:It shouldn't be the first boxer diesel. Didn't VW do it as a prototype for a bug with the 1.3 liter?

Regardless, really cool motor.

yup, in the 50's. it was so slow the people who stole it left it on the side of the road and walked way.

the VW 4 cyl car motors out of Rabbit/Jetta/Golf are easy to get here in the US. You can get the 3cyl from the Lupo and Polo shipped here. The problem and weak link is the transmission. I want something dead reliable. I'm waiting on a transmision to come to market that will solve the reliability iss...

you could do what happend to the prototype diesel Beetle back in the 50's. Steel it. Problem with the diesel beetle, it was so underpowered, even less power than a factory 1200 beetle, the perps left it sitting on the side of the road and walked away from it.

have they tried to plant it in the South East USA? Kudzu is a ground cover in Japan easy to control until planted in the S.E. USA. For those who don't know, it grows uncontrolably here. I set up my tent 2 feet away from some once, by the end of the weekend my tent had it growing on it. You can sit a...

That's because iPhone3 and BB have really crappy resolution. No need for modern iPhone4 or Droid. I have no problem reading with my year old Motorola Droid. Posting this with it now in fact. True that surfing with some other phones looks like the big suck. I'm usually more annoyed with pages set up...

Congratulations on the saddle sore. I ran one back in september on my 1995 CB250. 19.6HP of 1960's style air cooled goodness. Averaged 52 mpg US, at 65 mph average on the road, finishing in 17 hours 40 minutes. In contrast my Jetta TDi gets 48 mpg carrying 4 people. Ford USA says they are not offeri...

Mouse, do you have a fuel pump building guru in your area that can tweak the fuel pump to let the motor run at 500rpm? Most VW diesels I know idle at 900rpm. It should have enough torque to get a bike moving down that low. Im not sure I would like to be stuck in stop and go traffic with it tho. Cour...

there have been some VW longitudinal powered bikes using the VW transmission. Shifting an H patern shifter might be interesting problem to solve. You might be able to fabricate an addapter to run power thru a shaft drive style motorcycle transmission. I have looked into how to use a VW DSG automatic...

a bike could add weight of fairings and increase its speed.

I wonder what a Subaru 360 could do with a 3cyl in it? eeh most likely 60mph.

Congrats!!

By the same fuel costs I figured my Jetta TDI is a free car a while back. 300K miles and counting

I know they have a special deal with college FSAE programs. Know anyone in college? Did you copy the list of parts Dieselfly used on his build, email and ask for a quote?

Coach, anyone ever tell you that you are a tease?

checking my bank account...