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bikersneverdie
16/09/2002 at 11:11
Anyone interested in BIG mpg should check this out. Kwak KLE 500 frame with a UK developed twin cyl diesel engine!!!


Check out this link and read / follow the links for more info!




www.drive.cranfield.ac.uk/news_1.htm
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Animal
16/09/2002 at 11:14
bikersneverdie wrote

Anyone interested in BIG boredom should check this out.
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futter
16/09/2002 at 11:32
Credit where credit is due that does look like it will do the business but commercial value?

Couriers and the flat cap brigade me thinks although for touring in harsh conditions where the fuel may be a bit suspect - spot on.

Not fair to call it boring though. I would guess at least 30bhp which means that as far as enduro bikes go it would not exactly be a slouch and I would assume it is reliable.
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DefTrap
16/09/2002 at 11:39
Ben - move this to workshop where it'll be appreciated!
bikersneverdie
16/09/2002 at 13:15
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16/09/2002 at 13:18
Make a Road Goer and I'd be interested with one as a Commuter/Winter bike
braindead
16/09/2002 at 13:21
Orginally developed for the army as they want everything to run on desiel under the single fuel policy. and bikes were the only petrol vehiccles left. I think some guys in the REME developed it at Shrivenham.

The Dead One

DOH pays to read the link before spouting off sorry.



bikersneverdie
16/09/2002 at 13:21
Me too!!!
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16/09/2002 at 13:23
braindead wrote

Orginally developed for the army as they want everything to run on desiel under the single fuel policy. and bikes were the only petrol vehiccles left. I think some guys in the REME developed it at Shrivenham.

The Dead One


Thats right mate it was a REME job as I recall. Enfield also may have had a hand in it as they are the only other folks that make a Diesel bike to my Knowledge.
tig-r
16/09/2002 at 13:43
milky82 wrote



Thats right mate it was a REME job as I recall. Enfield also may have had a hand in it as they are the only other folks that make a Diesel bike to my Knowledge.


The Enfield diesel was a complete disaster. Ok yes excellent MPG but it was officially the slowest accelerating road vehicle (private) in 1995 (I think) 0-60 in 18.1 Seconds
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GooKing
16/09/2002 at 13:48
I dont know what it would be like to ride (weren't expecting a sports bike, were you !), but I bet it sounds nice......

The bass rumble alone should warn drivers from 600 yards....

haydn
16/09/2002 at 13:49
tig-r wrote



The Enfield diesel was a complete disaster. Ok yes excellent MPG but it was officially the slowest accelerating road vehicle (private) in 1995 (I think) 0-60 in 18.1 Seconds


If they got an Enfield diesel up to 60mph then they must have had a good 'un

Saw some in India, thought 'My god , that Enfield sounds rough' then recognised the smell as it dub-dub-dub-dubbed its way past.
bikersneverdie
16/09/2002 at 13:49
Tig-r is right. The Royal Enfield was a pile of rubbish. At least this rolling chassis of this bike is Jap and the engine seems to have been a British sucess. If the article and its follow on pages is read you will see that this bike is being considered for commercial use. By all reports the marines gave it a real good appraisal.
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haydn
16/09/2002 at 13:50
GooKing wrote

I dont know what it would be like to ride (weren't expecting a sports bike, were you !), but I bet it sounds nice......

The bass rumble alone should warn drivers from 600 yards....



Nah, sounds more like a cement-mixer or dumper-truck. And about as quick
bikersneverdie
16/09/2002 at 13:52
LOL!
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16/09/2002 at 13:53
tig-r wrote



The Enfield diesel was a complete disaster. Ok yes excellent MPG but it was officially the slowest accelerating road vehicle (private) in 1995 (I think) 0-60 in 18.1 Seconds


Ever tried 0-60 . 2.3secs in Dehli I don't reckon you'd be on the bike long enough to find out
tig-r
16/09/2002 at 13:59
milky82 wrote



Ever tried 0-60 . 2.3secs in Dehli I don't reckon you'd be on the bike long enough to find out


LOL; not Dehli but Colombo in Sri Lanka was scary enough.
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