Comments on: Too Late for Diesel Motorcycles? http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2008/05/21/too-late-for-diesel-motorcycles/ Motorcycle News for Positive People Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:40:02 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Marvin McConoughey http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2008/05/21/too-late-for-diesel-motorcycles/comment-page-1/#comment-262249 Marvin McConoughey Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:53:38 +0000 http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2008/05/21/too-late-for-diesel-motorcycles/#comment-262249 The chances are excellent for future diesel motorcycles, though perhaps homemade. Diesel engines for cars are getting smaller and lighter as the auto industry downsizes and technology improves. Volkswagen has a new series of small diesels coming, a small diesel is destined for the Indian Nano car, and for big bike fans, the new Subaru boxer diesel is already in production and looks enchanting. The chances are excellent for future diesel motorcycles, though perhaps homemade. Diesel engines for cars are getting smaller and lighter as the auto industry downsizes and technology improves. Volkswagen has a new series of small diesels coming, a small diesel is destined for the Indian Nano car, and for big bike fans, the new Subaru boxer diesel is already in production and looks enchanting.

]]> By: todd http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2008/05/21/too-late-for-diesel-motorcycles/comment-page-1/#comment-129094 todd Sun, 08 Jun 2008 16:45:33 +0000 http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2008/05/21/too-late-for-diesel-motorcycles/#comment-129094 The only thing "those enviro-weenies" have succeeded in doing in California is make it nearly impossible for manufacturers to sell bikes here. We only see a small portion of the models available to the rest of the world or even the rest of the country; only the top sellers. OK, the air is clean which is good but why can't we just have one set of global emissions standards? Why can't California accept the strict universal EURO standards? It's very expensive for a manufacturer to have to test a low volume vehicle again and again for each set of standards . So often they don't bother. -todd The only thing “those enviro-weenies” have succeeded in doing in California is make it nearly impossible for manufacturers to sell bikes here. We only see a small portion of the models available to the rest of the world or even the rest of the country; only the top sellers.

OK, the air is clean which is good but why can’t we just have one set of global emissions standards? Why can’t California accept the strict universal EURO standards? It’s very expensive for a manufacturer to have to test a low volume vehicle again and again for each set of standards . So often they don’t bother.

-todd

]]> By: skadamo http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2008/05/21/too-late-for-diesel-motorcycles/comment-page-1/#comment-127619 skadamo Thu, 22 May 2008 14:30:53 +0000 http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2008/05/21/too-late-for-diesel-motorcycles/#comment-127619 check out Amyris. The bio enginineer yeast to turn sugar cane into diesel at $55 / barrel. Any fermentation plant can be converted to the technology for 50 million. Diesel bikes may not he dead. check out Amyris. The bio enginineer yeast to turn sugar cane into diesel at $55 / barrel. Any fermentation plant can be converted to the technology for 50 million. Diesel bikes may not he dead.

]]> By: hoyt http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2008/05/21/too-late-for-diesel-motorcycles/comment-page-1/#comment-127587 hoyt Thu, 22 May 2008 05:20:24 +0000 http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2008/05/21/too-late-for-diesel-motorcycles/#comment-127587 yeah..."fricken enviro-weenies" Please. Billions of people around the globe earning increased disposable income translates directly to purchasing their own vehicle as one of their new-found freedoms. If there wasn't the enviro-weenies challenging engineers & legislature to create clean engines, we'd all be worse off due to the dramatic increase of personal transit around the world. yeah…”fricken enviro-weenies”

Please.

Billions of people around the globe earning increased disposable income translates directly to purchasing their own vehicle as one of their new-found freedoms. If there wasn’t the enviro-weenies challenging engineers & legislature to create clean engines, we’d all be worse off due to the dramatic increase of personal transit around the world.

]]> By: Renegade_Azzy http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2008/05/21/too-late-for-diesel-motorcycles/comment-page-1/#comment-127579 Renegade_Azzy Thu, 22 May 2008 03:32:20 +0000 http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2008/05/21/too-late-for-diesel-motorcycles/#comment-127579 I would love one of these things, and screw all the goofy enviromental regs. How much polution did the creation of all of those standards and gizmos put into the enviroment? How many chemical shad to be used? Who wouldnt want an engine that would just go.. keep it warm, keep it fed, and it does its job, just like a trusty old dog gaurding the porch. Fricken enviro-weinies... Hydrogen wont take off because we cant store it properly (being hydrogen is one atom, and the smallest one at that) Nd it costs so much to produce here on Earth. Electric is ust moving the issue of energy creation down the road, and giving us a very crappy storage medium to boot. IM all for tech just for tech's sake, but lets hope some yahoo doesnt get it in their brain to start legislating more... Oh wait, they dont ask us commoners about that kind of thing, they ust pass their regulations and screw us. Sorry, thought I was in the USA or something... must have had the wrong time period frame of mind. I would love one of these things, and screw all the goofy enviromental regs. How much polution did the creation of all of those standards and gizmos put into the enviroment? How many chemical shad to be used?

Who wouldnt want an engine that would just go.. keep it warm, keep it fed, and it does its job, just like a trusty old dog gaurding the porch.

Fricken enviro-weinies… Hydrogen wont take off because we cant store it properly (being hydrogen is one atom, and the smallest one at that) Nd it costs so much to produce here on Earth. Electric is ust moving the issue of energy creation down the road, and giving us a very crappy storage medium to boot.

IM all for tech just for tech’s sake, but lets hope some yahoo doesnt get it in their brain to start legislating more… Oh wait, they dont ask us commoners about that kind of thing, they ust pass their regulations and screw us. Sorry, thought I was in the USA or something… must have had the wrong time period frame of mind.

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