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Ooooooh, following with great interest!

Hi Andy, that sounds mighty interesting. Could you send me some pix (as I am in Austria, Central Europe) ? Does it come with a V5 and is the engine in the papers ? Price conversion means it's running a Yanmar clone engine ? Would you mind dropping me a PM with your email-address, so we could have a ...

I actually know Lois Löw personally. It might be advisable to get someone who can speak German and call him for you. AFAIK he doesn't offer a conversion kit, but only the complete sidecar. The 23 horsepower are quite a lot as the engine is very torquey and it's definitely not a lot slower than a sto...

Best thing to happen to a Citroen Saxo, IMHO. They are sometimes referred to as "De Gaulle's final revenge" in Austria...

Lovely!

Really, really curious to see and hear, what really went wrong...

Cheers,
Greg

The 25hp version is the one said to be breaking cranks. That said, it's a lot of rumour... but I haven't actually seen one with a broken crank (yet).

I am aware of that (I was granted a testride on that 1.9L steed last spring), but the question was for UNMODIFIED frames, which limits things pretty much.

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Greg

Mouse is playing around with a Kubota Z482, which allegedly is a very tight fit, but he said something like it COULD fit in JUST by the millimetre.

The backbone of the frame sits quite low to be honest...

Now that is very interesting. Talking of another bend in the Diesel-lines, I would say, it shouldn't matter really. I would be extremely interested to see how the engine bolts into the adapter and how you fix all this to the frame as the gearbox is mounted solid, I am not sure, whether this is cleve...

... maybe an idler wheel made of rubber? Get an old skateboard from the scrapbin and cut an axle in half, the wheels are some really tough plastic and have a bearing in the center. (Which is some std. thingy and can be replace cheaply with a proper double sealed one!) If you have a lathe you could ...

Hi Arnaud,

I would replace the head and then see how long this will work out.

Well I have one... (but I am not in the states).

It is "powered" by a Indian Greeves-Lombardini copy with 325cc and has a max. power of about 6.5hp.

It's cool stuff, but very slow compared to your 10hp racing-diesel

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Greg

Is it only in the pictures, or do you use no airfilter on the turbo ?

Awesome looking bike.

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Greg

I'd love to, unfortunately the Austrian education system isn't quite ready for that, or at least the subjects I teach, aren't quite up to that challenge, yet!

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Greg

I guess we all have expected it to be gone already anyway.

I am currently (at least until next summer) in Austria anyway, so no (sensible) way to collect...

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Greg

Dnepr Conversion ? Must be ZEM then.

Hi Max, are you just lurking around, or is there a secret vicious plan ?

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Greg

I (personally) know of people who scratched the 100000km mark on Hatz-powered Enfields built by Jochen Sommer. Although not 100% troublefree, the longevity is out of question. What has to be said about the Yanmar-clones is, that they drastically vary in overall quality (castings, bearings, general a...

Absolutely... also some hard facts, e.g. how much is the frame stretched ?

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Greg

Lovely!

Yes.

What is it from as it looks VERY interesting ?

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Greg

You will probably have to knock one up yourself on a lathe. I.e. weld in a piece (or get it done by a professional machinist).

Cheers,
Greg

IMPRESSIVE.

Gives me some very bad ideas on what to do with my old Merc 190, when the rust has finished it off...

I've got a lombardini engine which I've taken the cylinder heads off and there is heavy carbon buildup in the exhaust ports. Is this quite common with generator engines as they sit as the same rpm for long periods? I don't want to go at it with some sharp implement and damage the aluminum underneat...

I will run an 18 or 19 tooth sprocket on my 325, when changing the chain, because it lowers the revs and (although I live in Austria) there's not too many mountains on my daily commute. (And quite frankly, I will soon start work on a bigger and stronger Diesel to be honest for overland use...) Cheer...

I can't help you with the 5-speed, but yes, you can change the front-sprocket for a bigger one. In overall topspeed, the 5-speed will not give you any benefits, because the final transmission is the same as on the 4-speed, only the gap between 2nd and 3rd is smaller, because that's where (IIRC) the ...

Hi there... Kubota twins are installed in some Microcars and have proved themselves well, I think the Z400 is only rated 10hp, which is sufficient for approx. 90-100kph, but if you're going for a twin anyway, I would try and find something a little stronger. Engines with approx. the same weight will...

We shall watch with great interest...

I'd still drive it 1:1 because thinking of my XT500 the Diesel will make about half the revs, i.e. 3500rpm there being about the middle of the range.

So if it does 14psi at 1:1 on a gasoline engine, it will do about 7psi on a diesel...

Cheers,
Greg