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Biodiesel bike tries to circumnavigate Australia

Paul Carter, a best-selling author who previously spent 20 years as an off-shore oil driller, is smack dab in the middle of a 20,000-kilometer (12,240-mile) trip around Australia aboard a biodiesel-powered motorcycle built by students at the University of Adelaide. If Carter is successful, he plans to follow this trip up with a land-speed record attempt of 166 miles per hour aboard a second biodiesel-powered motorcycle. Carter hopes to average 53 miles per hour over the trip using 650 liters in used cooking oil and waste animal fats. A ... Read more →

Yamaha files patents for turbodiesel motorcycle Jeremy Korzeniewski

While a few small boutique motorcycle manufacturers have dipped a toe or two into diesel engines for motorcycles, the established brands have barely ever offered even a hint of interest in ...

MCN gets first ride on Evaproducts Track T800CDI, results mixed Jeremy Korzeniewski

- Curious what it's like to ride a diesel-powered adventure motorcycle equipped with a CVT transmission? So are we, but at least we can get a general idea from Motorcycle News in the UK, which is ...

EVA Track T-800CDI diesel motorcycle launched, equipped with fortwo engine from smart Jeremy Korzeniewski

Remember the EVA Track-T800CDI Diesel motorcycle? It turns out that the machine does not feature 2-wheel drive (it may be offered in the future) as we had previously believed, but that hasn't ...

EVA Track T800: a 2WD, biodiesel-powered adventure motorcycle Jeremy Korzeniewski

Adventure-style motorcycles are hot right now, and we can see why. The idea of traveling far and wide on a two-wheeler that's capable of traversing whatever comes its way is an intriguing ...

MotoCzysz working on new green motorcycle? 10 months ago on Autoblog Green

Michael Czysz has been working on a new American sportbike for the last few years, one that he hopes will someday compete with the best machines in the world. Oddly, despite being a huge market for motorcycles and for motorsports, America doesn't really have a competitive presence at the world's ...

Neander turbo diesel motorcycle now street legal 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The awesomeness that is the turbo diesel-powered Neander monster-cycle has now received the regulatory blessings of the proper authorities in the Bundesrepublik Deutschland and is finally heading for production this fall. If you'll notice in the photo above, the beast-in-question is completely ...

Too cool: Turbo diesel chopper with hydrostatic drive 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click above for more shots of the hydrostatic chopper The group that introduced the world to the hydrostatic motorcycle powered by a diesel engine has now made a chopper. Regardless of what you may think of the chopper culture that has proliferated the airwaves these last few years, this machine ...

The Gray Eagles create a turbo diesel Harley V-Twin conversion 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

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 ...

Neander Motors 1.4 liter diesel motorcycle with twin counter-rotating crankshafts 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Neander Motors has invested a great deal of time and money in order to "break new ground and to adapt engine power to the modern demands of reducing fuel consumption and emissions to a minimum." This is certainly a worthwhile cause to us here at AutoblogGreen, so I decided to bring you news of ...

Enterprising DIY'ers create their own diesel and biodiesel powered cycles 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

There are many believers in alternative fuels these days, be it biodiesel, ethanol or butanol, who wish to share their knowledge and passion about the energy potential of renewables to the masses. One way that some choose to do this is by creating high-powered vehicles and attempting to set land ...

First commercially available diesel motorcycle released 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Europe's love affair with all things diesel continues with the release of the Dutch-built Trackstar T-800CDI motorcycle. It uses the same DaimlerChrysler 800cc 3-cylinder diesel engine found in the Smart fortwo. The Trackstar is the first commercially available diesel motorcycle, and it can run on ...


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