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
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> >
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