Originally Posted by mollydog (Post 129169)

I don't agree.
... But they don't make anything under 650cc
and until they do they really can't be serious in the super
economy/environmentally friendly arena.

Originally Posted by Skorpion660 (Post 129202)

The diesel engined KLR's you guys are on about were the prototypes. An English firm, and if memory serves me right, a university took some KLR rolling chassis's and developed the first ever bike specific DERV engine to go in it. Think it was 600 / 650cc? Top speed was stated at 90mph for US army and 80mph for NATO, with performance very similar to that of a petrol single of the same cc. The NATO bikes were to be more fuel efficient so that they got the required 400 miles to a fuel tank. Last I read the first batch of bikes were going to be assessed by the US Marine Corps, that must have been over a year ago.
I remember the article because it also rumoured that Ducati had been playing with a V twin turbo diesel :eek3:

These bikes will be very 'clean' as they may probably have to meet the pending 'EURO III' emissions regs.
I can't wait to get my hands on one when the MOD starts getting rid of them :thumbup1:

The future's bright, the future's DERV.

Just found this link HDT - Hayes Diversified Technologies - Technology

The future's even brighter, the future's BIO DERV !!!!!!