The first acceptable diesel bike starts selling late next year.
750cc, turbocharged, DOHC, 8V parallel twin.

75 bhp and 125 lbs of twist.
Estimated 75 mpg.

Whats it based on, B?

There was a 500 based on the old Enfield but it was even slower than my old CG but did did over 200mpg! The Army were also making one - 500cc again, top speed of about 80 but much quicker than the Enfield - don't know what happenned to that - now standard fuel for the armed forces, so everything they use in the field has to be diesel - at least the tanks won't burn their crews like the old WW2 petrol-powered ones did!

Suppose it backs up Nox's stuff that diesel is only good for tractors and tanks!

It's a brand new engine, designed in Germany.

Not light, (or high-tech), at 200 kgs, but will do 125 mph, yet return 75 mpg, overall.

Sheer performance is obviously not really an issue, but surprisingly maybe, it has the same 0-60 as a Astra VXR.

Actually, 75 bhp and 200 kgs is the same ptw as a 997 turbo!

i wonder if the new car technology will come down to the motorbikes, this diesel could eba sign of it with a turbo charger. i'm not into bikes, but i am a pretolhead, so i wonder if there will be highly advanced lightweight and economic 250cc turbo petrol engines on future bikes? or is that already happening.

also what is the law regarding turbos for bikes? as i know learners on their 50cc or 125cc bikes would surely love to have a high powered turbo version and still ride it on the low capacity license?

No doubt they'd change the rules to ensure they didn't go mad, Beach - a moped (50cc) is limited to 30mph and a learner 125 to 11kw in power.

Anything that took the speed/power above them would invalidate it for use on a restriced licence, luckily like others on here my bike licence is not restricted... though unlike Palmy and Bamford I've not ridden any really big bikes!

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Originally posted by beach:
i wonder if the new car technology will come down to the motorbikes, this diesel could eba sign of it with a turbo charger. i'm not into bikes, but i am a pretolhead, so i wonder if there will be highly advanced lightweight and economic 250cc turbo petrol engines on future bikes? or is that already happening.

There have been a few petrol turbo motorbikes in the past, such as the Honda CX500/650, Kawasaki Z1/ZX750, Yamaha XJ650 and I cant remember the Suzuki one, but they were all apparently pretty flawed. I'd love one personally, I reckon they'd be pretty good fun!

A turbo 250 isnt terribly practical because of the very high compression that 250s run (especially the japanese 4 cyl 250's)

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Originally posted by Bamford:
The first acceptable diesel bike starts selling late next year.
750cc, turbocharged, DOHC, 8V parallel twin.

75 bhp and 125 lbs of twist.
Estimated 75 mpg

Thats very impressive, and an ideal commuter bike, but I wont be rushing out to sell the 1100, especially as the scorpion exhaust is on it now. The diesel could never be a sports bike because of its sound, IMO. (Which is slightly in contrast to my views of diesels in sports cars!)

75 bhp and 200 kgs is good!
Especially with 75 mpg.

Very interesting... though what would they rev to?

2k!!

4000 rpm.

The world just became a more boring place.

No, you just need to remove your blinkers....

My 505 bhp Corvette only revved to 4800 rpm.
Revs aren't everything.