Stop the presses! er... stop the keyboards, I love this! Star Twin, a company over in Holland, has designed and built the Thunder Star 1200 TDI Sportbike. This is a 1200cc, three cylinder turbocharged direct injection diesel. They started with a 3 cylinder diesel engine from the VW Lupo, redesigned numerous parts using SolidWorks 3D computer modeling software, created patterns … [Read more...]
Diesel motorcycles
I mentioned here that some diesel motorcycles had been out speeding at Bonneville and admitted I hadn't given much thought to them before but after coming across more info I see good reasons for them. Especially in military applications, everything else runs on diesel already so using the same fuel is a big advantage plus it's more efficient, the bikes get over 100mpg and … [Read more...]
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