The Gray Eagles create a turbo diesel Harley V-Twin conversion
Just the other day we reminded you of a diesel motorcycle currently being built for military purposes, and before that we shared information on the Neander Motors' machine with its dual counter-rotating crankshafts. These products prove that there is significant interest in diesel motorcycles, a fact not lost on the Gray Eagles, an "informal collection of retired engineers and executives from Harley-Davidson and Outboard Marine." These engineers are working on converting the V-Twin engine powering numerous Harley-Davidson motorcycles to run on diesel and/or biodiesel fuel. Along they way, they've added fuel injection and a turbocharger for good measure. If produced, the Harley-diesel could do 100 miles per hour and return 80 miles per gallon. Potential customers for this proposed vehicle include Harley-Davidson themselves as well as the military ... oh yeah, and this writer.
[Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Motive and Autoblog]
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NickL 1:47AM (3/03/2008)
What would it take to modify an old air-cooled Shovelhead to have 19:1 compression and a centrally located injector port? How did you do this!? Genius!
I'd love to have a V-twin diesel air/oil cooled, turbocharged direct-injection 1.4L pushing about 45 hp for a kit car project.
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Tim Russell 5:17PM (3/03/2008)
Ever see a pic of a British 3 wheeled roadster reverse trike with a V-twin engine where the grill should be. The name escapes me but you could probably get over 100mpg on diesel.
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Tim Russell 5:17PM (3/03/2008)
Sorry they were made by Morgan
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Troy 7:18PM (3/15/2009)
So is this conversion available for purchase by the public? Or is it up for grabs to the highest bidder? I myself would love to have something like this in my bike.
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