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Biodiesel Motorcycle - Die Moto from The Crucible

21 May 2007

There’s a group of folks called The Crucible, building all sorts of neat stuff out in Oakland, California. It looks like they’ve put together a biodiesel motorcycle with a couple of goals in mind. They want to promote the use of biodiesel and other bio fuels but they also want to set a new land [...]

Neander Turbo Diesel Motorcycle - update

27 March 2007

The Neander Turbo Diesel motorcycle is another new bike getting very close to seeing the light of day in production trim. The guys have been thrashing the prototype to make sure everything is in order:
Our team of test drivers allowed our prototype to taste the spring asphalt, by running it from Munich through France into [...]

Arctic Cat Diesel ATV Coming to US

10 January 2007

Arctic Cat’s diesel ATV which began production in September of last year for European customers is slated for U.S. dealers this March. The diesel ATV, which has been approved for use with 6 kinds of diesel fuel, including biodiesel, has a 686cc 2 cylinder engine and has 30 percent better fuel economy than comparable gasoline [...]

The Kneeslider Motorcycle News Updates

26 August 2006

Follow up and comments on stories we’ve mentioned before:
The Diesel Quad ATV developed for the military by Roush Technologies with plans for public sale through the Arctic Cat dealer network, has been tested for use with biodiesel. It is now approved for use with 6 types of diesel fuel, (#1 DF 1, #2 DF 2, [...]

JCB Dieselmax World Land Speed Record 328 mph

22 August 2006

UPDATE: They just raised it again. They broke their own 1 day old record and set a new mark at 350.092mph! Wow!
Following up on yesterday’s post, the JCB Dieselmax diesel powered streamliner set a new FIA world land speed record for diesel powered racers of 328.767mph. Just last week they set a new Bonneville record [...]

JCB Dieselmax goes 317mph at Bonneville

21 August 2006

In another example of diesel engines moving into the performance arena, the JCB Dieselmax streamliner made two runs at Bonneville, 308mph last Thursday and 325mph on Friday for a two run average of 317mph making it the fastest diesel ever to run at Bonneville. They will be refitting the streamliner with the 750bhp JCB444-LSR “record” [...]

Royal Enfield Diesel Conversion

27 June 2006

A little while back we mentioned a Royal Enfield for sale that was set up to run on biodiesel. Here’s a very well laid out website by Charles Altmann who shows you how to take a Royal Enfield Bullet, and after removing the gasoline engine, install a 406cc, single cylinder, direct injection Yanmar diesel or [...]

Neander Turbo Diesel Motorcycle

19 June 2006

With diesel engines gaining more of the spotlight, let’s take a closer look at another diesel, the Neander turbo diesel motorcycle. A number of readers have pointed out this bike before which has been around for a while in prototype form but their intention is to begin production in limited quantities later this year so [...]


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