Jeff Parker and Brian Okeefe work around hydraulic machinery everyday and have a knack for building some pretty interesting equipment. It turns out they're interested in motorcycles, too, so after spending some time in the shop, they wondered how they might combine their knowledge of hydraulics with their love of motorcycles and the bike you see here is one very cool … [Read more...]
Biodiesel Motorcycle – Die Moto from The Crucible
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 speed record for diesel motorcycles, currently a mere 105 mph. This custom has a … [Read more...]
Neander Turbo Diesel Motorcycle – update
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 Southern Spain and back. Sounds like the … [Read more...]
Royal Enfield Diesel Conversion
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 Yanmar clone in it's place. He has a lot of photos and even has diagrams … [Read more...]
Neander Turbo Diesel Motorcycle
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 what do they have to offer? Neander Motors looked at … [Read more...]
Diesel Powered Bobber Chopper
Well that didn't take long. Right on the heels of the Audi diesel winning Sebring, Bruce wrote in with a few details of his homemade diesel powered bobber chopper. The build started when his son began a science project on renewable fuels. When they got caught up in the idea of making their own fuel the next logical step was building a bike to try it out. They started … [Read more...]