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Just last night, a friend of mine posted a message on Facebook, about how NOT COOL it was that some company said they were going to start a production model of a diesel cycle and NOT they say they aren't. (He's a big bio-diesel guy, has a Golf TDI, etc.)
That prompted me to say something stupid like "Yeah, lets build our own, that will show them!"
I had a Surplus Supply catalog on my desk that I was paging through and saw a 10 hp diesel engine in there (complete with fuel tank, electric starter, etc.) for $800, but the place was all out of them.
I did a quick search and found that the Launtop mentioned earlier in the thread can be had on eBay for $600, including shipping.
A search for "diesel motorcycle builds" brought me back to Ecomodder (no surpise ) and I was excited to see Christ working on one........ and then disappointed to see that nothing ever happened from it.
I have a Kawasaki KZ440, which is the same make, model, and year as the one I used for my Electric Motorcycle project. (I originally got it just to have as a source of replacement parts.) The spare KZ440 still has the original engine and transmission in it (although the carbs don't work.)
I found it interesting that the diesel engine is a 418 cc and my cycle is a 440. Hmm..... Just about the same size as each other?
It's not like I need one more project to do, but does anyone have any suggestions, encouragement, etc.? Sure would be great to have one of these engines in front of me, so I could physically see it, measure it, figure out how it would fit - WITHOUT having to just buy one first!
I wonder about taking apart my KZ440 to access to the transmission and see how it could all go together?
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