Wow! a high performance, lighter, Harley! Merry Christmas, Doug
On Tue, 23 Dec 2003 03:52 am, Neoteric Biofuels Inc wrote: > http://www.americanprofile.com/issues/20010930/20010930ne_1354.asp > > See link above, ask this chap for plans, maybe. Perkins in a Harley, on > biodiesel. > > On Monday, December 22, 2003, at 07:39 AM, Dan Maker wrote: > > Alan Petrillo said: > >> If you ever do figure that out please let me know. I'd pay a dollar > >> to > >> see that! ;-) > > > > If I ever figure that one out, I'll take it on the road and make a > > fortune, > > or at least a buck or two. :) > > > >> Well, if you don't mind going through the headaches of building a > >> custom > >> bike you could either buy a basket case and rebuild it, or you could > >> get > >> rolling stock from an off the shelf manufacturer and build your own > >> from > >> scratch. > > > > That's kind of what I'm thinking at this point. Time to research what > > conversions have been done with which engine/transmission/frame > > combinations. > > > >> From what I've seen, Harleys have been used as host bikes for some > >> diesel customs because of their separate engine and transmission. > >> Buy a > >> Harley with a dead engine, yank the dead petrol engine, and replace it > >> with a diesel of your choice, with the appropriate modifications. > >> Most > >> other motorcycles today have the engine and transmission in a common > >> case, which makes conversion highly nontrivial. > > > > Yeah. That'd make the Harley a good choice. > > > >> It makes for some good thinking and dreaming, anyway. > > > > It's fun to research, not something I'd want to start building, too > > many > > other projects already in progress. > > > > Dan > > -- > > Jack of all trades, master of none. > > Fiber Artist - Genealogist - Kilt Maker - Linux Geek - Piper - > > Woodworker > > http://www.xmission.com/~redbeard > > > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > > > Biofuels list archives: > > http://archive.nnytech.net/index.php?list=biofuel > > > > Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. > > To unsubscribe, send an email to: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > To visit your group on the web, go to: > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: > > http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Biofuels list archives: > http://archive.nnytech.net/index.php?list=biofuel > > Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. > To unsubscribe, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > To visit your group on the web, go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: > http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/index.php?list=biofuel Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Buy Ink Cartridges or Refill Kits for your HP, Epson, Canon or Lexmark Printer at MyInks.com. Free s/h on orders $50 or more to the US & Canada. http://www.c1tracking.com/l.asp?cid=5511 http://us.click.yahoo.com/mOAaAA/3exGAA/qnsNAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/