150 mpg diesel motorcycle

[Morphious]

I want one... . with the high prices of fuel, this would be an awsome bike to ride to work.



http://www.metaefficient.com/metaefficient/archives/news/efficient-diesel-motorcycle-created.html



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Morph.

 

[Jeff H]

Yea and can lay down and take a knap while driving it. Hope they come out with more styling. Does sound like an awsome idea!

 

[Gary - K7GLD]

I may be dense, and a unbeliever, but this seems totally out of whack in relation to reality and the bike pictured:



"Power output begins at 80bhp and 165 foot pounds of torque, but a bit of remapping of the engine controls increases this to 120bhp and 250 foot pounds at 5500rpm. The bike weighs 450 pounds. "



*NO* *WAY*!

 

[DBogo]

i want one

 

[Turbo Tim 1]

Gary, I don't understand what you don't believe????

 

[RAMINSPEED]

That thing is PHAT! I want one. Oo.

 

[GFritsch]

I may be dense, and a unbeliever, but this seems totally out of whack in relation to reality and the bike pictured:



"Power output begins at 80bhp and 165 foot pounds of torque, but a bit of remapping of the engine controls increases this to 120bhp and 250 foot pounds at 5500rpm. The bike weighs 450 pounds. "



*NO* *WAY*!

What is not to be believed. A Suzuki Hyabusa weighs 480lbs and makes 185hp. A turned up 3 cyl diesel should be capable of 120 hp.



Looks like fun, I wonder about reliabilty though.

 

[Morphious]

The disappointing thing about the bike is that it is just a prototype, they don't have a timeline as to when it would be commercialized or even if it will be put into production. I'd really like to see a full production tdi diesel engined bike out on the market. With something like this, I'd be able to drive to work all week for around 5 bucks, vs. 40 at the current fuel prices.



Morph.

 

[Gary - K7GLD]

Gary, I don't understand what you don't believe????

I might be out of touch with current bike technology, but I have trouble believing one like the one pictured is capable of the POWER they describe, yet is still tuned for the economy they claim - hasn't anyone else noticed that power and torque is about HALF of a Cummins of just several years back?



Maybe we should yank out our cummins, replace with a PAIR of those bike engines, and settle for a paltry 75 MPG!

 

[Dieselnut59]

The secret is lack of emission regulations. On a bike, you can still get a carburator and they don't have catylitic converters. Remember when you could have power and fuel economy? Then along came all the emission crap and clogged everything up! Only saving grace to achieve the power we have now is computer control, otherwise we would still have the more fuel efficient 12 valve mechanical pump engines and no catylitic converters or emission crap! On a bike, I would say it would be easy to achieve a tremendous balance of power and incredible fuel economy. I would be ALL FOR a diesel bike like that. Only reason I have not bought a bike yet is because nobody has a diesel. If someone makes a good one, count me in on it!

 

[Turbo Tim 1]

I might be out of touch with current bike technology, but I have trouble believing one like the one pictured is capable of the POWER they describe, yet is still tuned for the economy they claim - hasn't anyone else noticed that power and torque is about HALF of a Cummins of just several years back?



Maybe we should yank out our cummins, replace with a PAIR of those bike engines, and settle for a paltry 75 MPG!

You could put those engines in your truck but you'd probably get the 18-20 mpg you get now because your truck weighs 7,000 lbs not 450 lbs, and your truck has the aerodynamics of a waxed brick compared to that bike.



The normal 100+ horsepower gas powered bike like that in commercial production gets anywhere from 50 to 75 mpg and if I've learned anything it's that diesel is more efficient so 150 could be possible but 100-125 mpg would be more agreeable. I don't think it's that far fetched, the VW Jetta gets 50 mpg and weighs 3,000 lbs with about the same HP and torque specs.