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News, Updates and Rumour. Don't forget to checkout the Forum for good gossip! Added a Kawasaki Diesel recently seen on eBay at the top here. Added the spec sheet for the latest 670cc version of the KLR. Download it here. ......................................................... Finally got round to adding another of Brett's Custom Diesel builds here. Why not get him to build a motorcycle for you? ............................................ Added Bob's KubotaSakiDavidson here. ................................................. Three bikes added. Dean's Bio-diesel Honda using a Yanmar, Mike's Yanmar Scooter and finally Mark's Diesel Sportster makes it onto the private conversions I-Z page. More pictures added to The Big Knock Rally report 2008. ........................................ The 2008 Big Knock British Diesel Motorcycle Rally Report here. ................................... News reaches us that F2 motorcycles no longer restore Diesel Royal Enfields. ............................................................................................................................................... *'THE BIG KNOCK'* 30th & 31st May The Bat and Ball Public House is situated at Newpound, Wisborough Green, Billingshurst, West Sussex, RH14 0EH. (B2133). Telephone: 01403 700313 One week now until the British Diesel Motorcycle Rally. Everything is in place. We will be situated in the field alongside the access road. Do try and make the effort to attend! Details here. We'll have music on Saturday night from epsilon. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE WORLD’S FIRST PURPOSE-BUILT DIESEL MOTORCYCLE By Dr Stuart McGuigan Institution of Mechanical Engineers Presentation 18:00 on Wednesday 16 April, Nationwide House, Pipers Way, Swindon SN3 1TA More details here. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Checkout the latest Diesel Motorcycle site created by Dave to show-case his bikes here. Classic Bike Guide feature Price Parts Diesel Royal Enfield Conversion March edition. Latest info on the HDT Diesel KLR from Cycle World.com. Off site link here. Thanks Mike. Thanks to Dan we now have a report up on the building of his Yamaha Diesel Bike. See it here. Not before time I've just added a few details regarding a Honda XL diesel conversion I saw on YouTube. See it here. Updated! See the video Cheers Ed! Interesting article away from this site regarding a Diesel Harley project. Check it out. Just added an Italian Perugina conversion made by Enrico in 1982. See it midway down the page here. I've added a couple of bikes to the Private Development page and taken a finished bike down. I've updated the Video Page with a couple of links previously posted to the forum. They show a Punsun Dnepr in action. I am pleased to post the following statement from EVA Products, Holland. 14 Jan 2008 04:36 pm. We have now completed the prototype phase for the Track T-800CDI motorcycle and are now in full production. If you would like information please drop me (Erik) a line through http://www.dieselmotorcycles.eu. Just posted a document to help everyone fault find typical vehicle lighting circuits. Thanks Damian! Check it out here. Just added the T-55 Engined Diesel bike to the Private production page here. I've updated the Featured Link to Sam Manicom's Adventure Bike web page here. Check out a Punsen Diesel Harley on the German DieselBike site here. Updated the details on the Alaskan VW Diesel chopper we now know was created by Why Not Designs, LLC Well done guys! HDT, makers of the Diesel KLR, have announced that they are seeking partners to help produce a Diesel conversion kit for the Harley Davidson V-Rod. Details here. I've just been informed that the Adelaide Uni has produced a 2nd Diesel Bike. Check it out on either the Yanmar page or Private Conversions page. Just added an article kindly written especially for DieselBike.net by Sam Manicom. Read it here. Added some shots of Brett's Dnepr Lombardini bike to the relevant pages. Cheers Brett. 2008 British Diesel Motorcycle Rally dates confirmed here. We return to the Bat & Ball! Check out the New Biking Book from Sam Manicom This man has travelled the world! Congratulations to the Crucible Team for setting a world speed record on their Diesel Motorcycle. Read more on their homepage. Read the Report on the 2007 Hamm Diesel Motorcycle Rally here. The Danish Adventurer Mr. Henning Bitsch is planning a World Tour round the northern hemisphere - for the environment. He will drive on a Motorcycle powered by CO2 neutral Pure Plant Oil (PPO). Check out his website. He will also be attending the Hamm Rally this coming September. Andrew has kindly submitted details of his Diesel bike build. Go here to read his report on how here turned his Royal Enfiled into a Diesel powered motorcycle. Haydn's Daihatsu Rat bike wins best of show at Rat & Survival show. New pic on this page here. I've added several long overdue private builds to the main website. More to come. Ok, it's just finished and here is a report on the 3rd British Diesel Motorcycle Rally. Enjoy! New Yanmar Guzzi shown in the Forum. Check it out here: Forum link. Details of the Memorial runout that took place Sunday 22nd April for Ernie Dorsett. Go here for all the details. Posted a couple more bikes. First off is a bike built by Gaz (he of the British diesel choppers) and the second has been created by A.E.D. Corp who have been investigating the possibilities of creating an electronically injected (common rail) engine for the U.S. Military. See that here. Updated the site with a Hatz powered Ural machine from Alaska and a Duetz Powered bike from the U.S. We've had problems with spammers in the forum of late. We are trying to stay on top of this problem! The new forum has attracted 50 plus members and is a good place ask questions should you be interested in perhaps building your own diesel powered motorcycle. Forum. Latest news from makers of the Diesel KLR is that only 22 bike have so far been produced. Disappointing news for all of us who hoped things were a little further forward than that. Checkout the January issue 273 of Back Street Hero's to see Sander and his Daihatsu Bike! The new Forum is now up and running for everyone who wants to talk Diesel Bikes! I've added Richard Cole's account of his bike build here. Thanks Richard! Another attempt at setting a world speed record on a Diesel Bike here. EVA announce they have sold '50 units'! Checkout the Track T-800 CDI DieselBike here. DieselBike.net is in the process of moving home so that we have more webspace to play with. Hopefully this should include a proper forum in time. It is with great sadness that I have to announce the passing of Ernie Dorsett, one of the founding fathers of the Diesel Motorcycle movement. He left us On tuesday the 24Th of October at 17.00Hrs Telford Hospital. DieselBike.net offers its condolences to his family and friends. See his web pagehere. We have lost a great visionary this week and it will be a long time before we see the like of him again. The funeral will be at 'St Michael and All Saint's' church on Monday 6th November at 14.00 Hr's. I've added Richard Cole's new Suzuki GSX conversion to the relevant pages such as here. I've just added a write up of our ride back through Europe from the Hamm Rally. Go here to view. Have added Terry Martin's Diesel Harley to relevant pages. Check it out here. Thanks for the info Tel. I've added a new article entitled Psychology of the Ride here. (Diesel bikers substitute speed for torque!) Anyone interested in a secondhand (UK) Hatz 350 should look here. Ebay auction ends Oct 16th. Checkout the new bike from Gaz! Details on my bikes to buy page here. Checkout the Track Diesel website here for the latest pictures of this up and coming motorcycle! I've added a brief report of the Hamm rally here.here. Another good show of bikes! Checkout the New Diesel Bike Created by The University of Adelaide here. New DVD available from the makers of the Hydrostatic Hog! Go here to get a copy. I've just seen this and can honestly say it's a great DVD. It has a well laid out menu situated over a schematic of the motorcycle with individual films focusing on each part of the Hydrostatic system and how it relates to the bike. In addition there is video footage of the bike on the road against a rock soundtrack. As technical DVD's go we give this one the thumbs up and urge you to support the makers by ordering a copy! I am indebted to Paul who informs me that the EcoRider is not classed as a Motorcycle but is in fact an ATV. This, apparently, is world wide. I will, for the moment anyway, leave it where it is but maybe I should consider a new category for ATV's. I'm suffering from computer problems at the moment and have lost my contact list. Drop me a line if you need info about what's happening with the ride to Hamm. The Ecorider made a brief appearance on British TV's The Dragons Den where and investment was asked for. One wonders why when it has a substantial dealer network? Do you know more? Hamm Rally rideout: At the time of writing, 4 bikes, (2 diesel) will be riding to Hamm. They will be leaving from differing ports and at differing times. We will be setting out from Newhaven on an early ferry on the 6th Sept. Two vans may also go (with bikes inside) but they may choose to go seperately because on the speed/cost issue. Let me know if you fancy a slow ride out to Germany. We're gonna take a week to get back. I'll post ferry number when I book it. The Hydrostatic Hog now has its own homepage! Check it out here. The August edition of Motorcycle Sport & Leisure Magazine features the Neander Diesel Bike. I'm told that Gaz's Custom Shack is building 2 more Yanmar Custom Choppers. See above. HDT have announced that production of the Bulldog KLR D650 has been delayed due to the fact that the military have increased their order for this diesel powered motorcycle. Read the announcment in full here. Myself & Dave showed our bikes at Beaulieu this weekend but the it was a 'no show' for the Diesel KLR which was rather disapointing. Still, we had plenty of interested ppl viewing the bikes and I even managed to ride round the circuit in front of the vast crowds after tagging myself onto the Custom bikes group. Check it out here. The next event on the calendar is the Beaulieu Motorcycle show 24th - 25th June. We shall be there flying the flag. Bio-Diesel: I've added a Link to the Fuel page which explains in the simplest terms yet how to 'make you own'. I've posted a report and some pictures of the 2006 British Diesel Bike Rally. Many thanks to all who attended and I look forward to doing it all over again next year. Dates will be announce in time. I've added a video clip of the EVA Track Diesel Motorcycle being started in the workshop here. I've just heard that Ernie Dorsett will be unable to make the British Rally because he is due to have an operation that weekend. We wish him all the best and a speedy recovery. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I've added more films clips to the video page here Turn those speakers up! I've just learned that the Diesel KLR will be making an appearance at the 2006 Beaulieu Motorcycle show 24th - 25th June 2006. It would be nice if a few of us could attend with our bikes as the organisers will let us ride out for the crowd should we so wish. I'll be there. The AVL Diesel Motorcycle Proposal is now downloadable from The Commercial Development page. Yanmar Royal Enfield Link that was posted to the forum. Shows the build from start to finish. I've added a few facts concerning the Lead Acid Battery kindly submitted by John, go here. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- U.S. Readers take note: The EcoRider is now available Stateside! Go to EcoRider US for details. They are looking for dealers in America, Canada, Mexico, Central America and South America. Checkout the EcoRider Forum here. Checkout more HQ pictures of the B20 Bomber Bio-Diesel Chopper here. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I've added a Banner Links Page to help with recipricating links to other Motorcycle Websites. Added an article on which explanations the in's & out's of Petrol/Gasoline Injection here. I've added the full complement of AVL engine pictures to the Commercial Development now. Just a reminder: The date of the 2006 Beaulieu Motorcycle show is 24th - 25th June 2006. They are expected to show some Diesel Motorcycles and it would be nice if some of us could make the effort to attend. I shall camp out there over the weekend. And another reminder to Bookmark the new DieselBike.net address please. It's just incase we change our ISP in the future. I've added some Articles halfway down the front page. There will be more to come. If you have something to say, post it in maybe you'll get lucky! B20 Bomber 1450cc Custom Bike unveiled at the Biodiesel Expo in San Diego. I've added on the bottom of this page. Realclassic.co.uk have published an article on Dave Wareham's Diesel powered Royal Enfield machine. Check it out here. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Harold Benich of Albion, PA, informs me his new U.S. based website is up and running. Check it out at Vicious Cycle LLC. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Added a couple of pictures of the proposed AVL Diesel Bike engine for those who have not seen it along with some stats. Search AVL for more. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I've added one Dnepr Conversion, avalable to buy from Yuri in Ohio, USA and a Ratbike created by Haydn, which sports a Daihatsu 1Litre lump. The Neander Motorcycle Price has been released. $85,000 (Euro 68,500). I've added the text of the October HDT Newsletter to this page for those who missed it. U.K. Daily Telegraph ( Saturday, 14th Jan ) has a 2 page spread covering the 1st British Diesel Motorcycle Rally and a piece on the KLR.in its Motoring Section. -23/12/05: Breaking news that the E.V.A. Track Diesel Motorcycle will be launched in 2007. 100 units to be made. 3 Prototype bikes will be made for 2006. For more information checkout the Commercial Prototype page. This machine has a 3 cylinder 850cc engine and can reach speeds of 115mph. There is a Video Clip of this bike running available from their website! Added some more information concerning the Diesel scooter and moved it to a more appropriate pages here & here.Thanks to Holger, the builder, for supplying it. MERRY CHRISTMAS to all and a HAPPY NEW YEAR from DieselBike.net! As you may have noticed we have a new and easier to remember name! The will henceforth be known as DieselBike.net. The web address will not change. Added a page concerning Bio-Diesel. I will add to it when I get time. The date of the 2006 Beaulieu Motorcycle show is 24th - 25th June 2006. They are expected to show some Diesel Motorcycles. For those who like reading about motorcycle adventure why not support Sam Manicom and buy a copy of his book, Into Africa. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HDT have said their new Bulldog KLR Diesel may have a price tag of $18,995. Added a link to Gizmag who are currently featuring Diesel Motorcycles in two articles. Check them out here and here. Updated the Changfa/Suzuki pages with this link showing video of Jerry's Diesel Bike in action. Well worth a look. DVD's of Hamm 05 now available.1.5 hours. If you send me £5 (euro) or £6 (world) using my email to pay via Paypal I'll post you a copy. Amateur film no commentary. HDT have said they will soon post an FAQ page on their website and have urged everyone interested in a Diesel KLR to be patient. It appears that Charnwood, makers of the 350cc Hatz & importers of the Sommer Bikes may be closing. They are selling name & sidecar moulds. Added a pictures from Hamm 2005 into various categories. Did some tidying up. More to do. I've been told footage of the KLR is being shown on Satelite TV, possibly Discovery channel? If anyone records this could I have a copy? Cheers. Hamm Rally was a blast. We saw two Smart & one Lupo engined bikes as well as our first hybrid diesel/electric machine. After much consultation the next British Rally will be back at the Bat & Ball. Hopefully one week before Beaulieau Bike show. Diesel Car Magazine (UK) has an article concerning Diesel Bikes in the Sept Edition. I will be at the Hamm Rally in Germany, along with my bike so don't hesitate to say hello! HDT, makers of the Multifuel KLR have just revamped their website with a view to producing machines early in 2006. Take a look here. NULL & VOID: The next British Diesel Rally will be staged at Beaulieu Motor Museum to coincide with their Motorcycle World weekend show. Date not set yet but it is likely to be mid June.They expect 30,000 visitors.We will have stand space for those who wish to show/sell bikes, cheap camping, free tickets and, hopefully, the chance to see the Diesel KLR and possibly even newer machines. And not forgetting that the Sammy Miller Motorcycle Museum is within easy. For those from abroad and unfamiliar with the location of Beaulieu it is in the County next to Sussex where the 2005 Rally was held. Watch this space. Private Conversions updated with Jerry James Changfa powered Suzuki GS550L. A one page Rally report (UK meeting) will appear in the Aug edition of Classic Motorcycle Mechanics out on 20th July. Added a few more links incuding this UK Motorcycle Search Engine I thought was quite good. Added an article on Military thinking as far as small diesel engines go. Military development. Interesting 686cc quad engine mentioned. Updated the FAQ page with some thoughts on the Polaris Diesel Quad bike engine.. Several people have told me about the new Hatz engines. Go here and here to get the .pdf docs. Updated the Technical page with some RE indicator info. British Rally is confirmed for same time same place in 2006. That's the Bat & Ball, Newpound, West Sussex. CMC Enfield added to Bikes to Buy page. Suzuki Marauder project added to Private Development. Mansukhbhai Sanchaniya's Diesel engine added to Private Production. Eco Rider added to Current Conversion page. STOP PRESS! AVL Proposal for new diesel bike added to Commecial development page. I've updated the British Rally page with pictures. Thanks to everyone who came! Thanks to those sending gifts in exchange for DVD. I try to respond in kind if it is your country's custom! I've updated the Rally page with added photos and info. Road numbers made clearer on Rally Map. Plus links added to Multimap to improve things. Two pictures of Richard Powis's Kubota Dnepr project added to relevant pages. Ernie Dorsett to appear briefly on the 6.30pm ITV National News on Wed 23rd March. Diesel Rally DVD available through EBay. Email me and I'll post it up for sale if you want a copy First British Smart Diesel up and running. Engine being fitted to a bike as I type. Well done Paul! Ernie Dorsett has indicated he will come to the 1st British Diesel Rally. Special Feature added on Ernie Dorsett and his many Diesel Bikes. Ever had problems tracing a bad Earth or similar? I've added some Electrical advice to the Technical Page. A link has been provided to a Forum provided and monitored by a Website regular. Cheers Ian :-) Jeff Parkers Kubota Diesel added to the Site. This bike has an Hydrostatic rear drive! I've added the F2 company to Bikes to Buy page. They sell recon bikes at affordable prices. Two Bikes by Sam Brumby added. A Honda CB400 and Yanmar & XJ750 Ruggerini. Derek Walters CB300RSD Yanmar added. This bike was featured in Old Bike Mart recently. A reliable sorce claims that a BMW Boxer Diesel was seen being roadtested in Canada. If you know anymore let me know! Back to DieselBike.net