There have been diesel bikes. They can't pass EPA. Do some google searches and you'll find them. I think military has one 100+ miles to gallon. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
-----Original Message----- From: paul annen <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected] Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2010 16:41:21 To: <[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Diesel Conversion of a bike they use diesels on cars and trucks... why not a bike.... with the proper gear ratio you will have no issue with speed. they are heavy tho... thats the big issue On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 4:28 PM, Joey Kelley <[email protected]> wrote: > Paul Annen said: > > On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 2:10 PM, paul annen <[email protected]> wrote: > > ive thought about it... and if im going to spend any money on this (i > just > > happen to have most of the parts on hand for a propane convert) i am > going > > to simply put in a small diesel... i love diesel > > > > I'm not an expert on diesels - nor do I play one on TV - however - I > have operated several diesel powered pieces of equipment. In my > experience, diesels are usually a torque platform as opposed to a high > revving horsepower platform. Would this work in a bike? Radical > gearing change? > Thoughts? > -Joey > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<nighthawk_lovers%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en.
