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Gunner
 
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Default homebuilt diesel motorcycles

On Tue, 21 Feb 2006 01:16:46 GMT, Bruce L. Bergman
wrote:

On Mon, 20 Feb 2006 09:27:30 GMT, Gunner
wrote:

On Sun, 19 Feb 2006 20:31:38 GMT, "John Emmons"
wrote:

It's not homebuilt but Kawasaki already builds a diesel version of it's KLR
dual/purpose bike. They're supposedly releasing a civilian version of it
some time soon. Modify one of those to run on vegetable oil and you've got a
pretty cool motorcycle.

John E.


Enfield motorcycles, now made in India, have a diesel powered one
lunger


Yeah, but would you want to stake your life on it's reliability?

Thought not. ;-)

-- Bruce --


Actually..Ive ridden one. Its not a bad bike, and has a fairly decent
reputation.

Gunner



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