New diesel option

[95_stroker]

For you two wheel fans:

Engine: Air/oil-cooled turbocharged parallel-twin diesel with twin 360-degree geared crankshafts, dual con-rods per cylinder

Valve arrangement: Apfelbeck eight-valve cylinder head with gear-driven double overhead camshafts, and radial valves with opposed inlet and exhaust tracts

Bore x stroke, displacement: 108 x 78.2 mm, 1430cc

Compression ratio: 16:1

Carburetion: Garrett turbocharger with intercooler, Bosch electronic direct fuel injection, single top injector, 31mm throttle body

Transmission: 6-speed Aprilia RSV1000R gearbox, multiplate dry clutch

Final drive: Belt

Weight: 595 lbs. dry

Claimed top speed: Over 140 mph Claimed power & torque (at crankshaft): 94 bhp @ 4200 rpm, 129 ft/lb @ 2600 rpm


Link to bike.

Link to review.

Lots of good info in the review.

 

[Tbar]

Kool............you going to buy one???


Tbar

 

[JLDickmon]

http://motorcyclecity.com/Military-bikes/M1030Diesel-Kawasaki.htm

http://www.dieselmotorcycles.com/models.htm

did we look at these, yet?

 

[95_stroker]

http://motorcyclecity.com/Military-bikes/M1030Diesel-Kawasaki.htm

http://www.dieselmotorcycles.com/models.htm

did we look at these, yet?

Yeah, those have been posted before. Single cylinder liquid cooled N/A IDI's. This other bike I posted is a twin cylinder DIT.

 

[Roland_Jenkins]

with a target price of $85,000

 

[DaveBen]

That is a very interesting crank layout!!

Dave

 

[RenoF250]

That is a very interesting crank layout!!

Dave

Yeah, I am wondering what it gets them. It would probably result in less cylinder wear but then you have the gear cost and wear so I would think that would be a negative. 96bhp from a 1430 cc is not very high performance in the bike world. Still cool though.

 

[DaveBen]

I was thinking along the lines of not splitting the cases due to the power pulses with one rod.

Dave

 

[95_stroker]

96bhp from a 1430 cc is not very high performance in the bike world. Still cool though.

On most accounts I would agree with you, but on a first of its kind DIT diesel, its a helluva starting point dontcha think?

 

[JLDickmon]

hey here's another diesel bike..

http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2005/02/25/thunder-star-1200-diesel-by-star-twin/