Russ picked up this 1995 VW 1.9Litre Golf engine for a grand total of £21and fitted it into an old Dnepr frame. It's seen here at the 2011 Hamm Rally. The motorbike made it there and back despite having to recieve a new battery on route. Months later it put a piston through the side of the engine and sadly is no more. More on this bike on the forum.
Russ is known on the UK Ratbike scene for his diesel motorcycle builds.
The 'built in 1 week' Diesel Motorcycle by Mouse.
Mouse was forced through necessity to build his latest creation in seven days flat, fuel costs being very much on his mind. It features a Kubota 482cc twin engine from a refrigeration truck mated to a haft-drive and fitted into an older BMW R65 frame. No cutting of frame was necessary either! As always, Molly the dog was in the trailer behind!
There
are intricate details of the build on our forum!
Mouse's Diesel Motorcycle
The project
is based on a Motorenwerk Cunewalde 2VD 8/8 - 2SVL engine, which is German
and made in 1974. It is 800cc V twin air cooled and rated at 15PS on the engine
plate. Its engine plate also states it weigh 125kg but I kind of suspect it
is a bit more than that. Frame is from a BMW R80.
Checkout the build thread here
- it's VERY informative!
Ola's Suzuki Rat Bike
A 1982 Suzuki gsx 1100e chassis, with German Farymann 250cc single diesel motor, 5 liter plastic can as tank, dustpan primary cover, deckchair-style foam seat. It produces 6.5bhp which goes to the rear wheel via an old NSU OSL 250cc clutch and gearbox. The engine itself is extensively rubber mounted and rotates back and forward to a quite alarming degree. The cage on the back was for a dog and the blue tube provides heat whever the rider wishes to stick it!
A 250cc Farymann engine in a Suzuki frame. Save picture for a bigger image.
