I suppose it had to happen eventually. Neander has also come up with a diesel outboard and ATV as well. The common factor is the twin counter rotating crankshafts.
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Probably sounds pretty good I reckon. The outboard really piqued my interest, it's a 55hp and revs at 4500rpm, that's pretty high revving for a diesel.
You're correct, not sure how Neander can make the claim of worlds first, I just found quite a few diesel bikes on googles but it's still pretty cool. The twin crankshafts certainly hasn't been done before that's for sure.
144ft/lb at 2600. The new 2014 softail fat boy puts out 97.4 @3000
That's a lot of torques! Potential to be a pretty handy cruiser. Probably handles like a bus though.
Yeah handling wouldn't be it's strong point nor are looks but I'd expect with some more refinement they will get it right. One thing it would have in it's favour is fuel economy.
There have been diesel bikes before, aimed particularly at militaries where they might just have either diesel or aviation fuel supply lines. I'm guessing this is specifically the first turbo diesel.
