http://indianautosblog.com/2009/07/yamaha-diesel-motorcycle-turbodiesel Indian Car News, Indian Bike news, Previews, Reviews, Scoops and much more. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:07:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://indianautosblog.com/2009/07/yamaha-diesel-motorcycle-turbodiesel/comment-page-1#comment-18571 Sven Tue, 06 Jul 2010 21:25:00 +0000 http://indianautosblog.com/?p=14067#comment-18571 If this isn't an April Fool it does seem a interesting development. Bikes often use MORE fuel than a car today, and that bodes ill for motorbikes, sometime, somewhere, the major industrial countries will ban them. However, I am wary that Yamaha deem to make a 'muscle-bike' as their flagship diesel. I like the 460cc Hatz diesel used by several firms in Germany, they are tip-top up-to-date designs, but I feel they lack power, only driving the bikes they are installed in to about 60mph (100kph). Ok, this isn't so bad, I would not hesitate to buy and ride one, but I do feel a bike should be able to match the pace of the trafic, and this is 70mph (110kph) in Britain and some other places and around 80mph (140kph ) on the continent. A V-twin or parallel-twin Hatz of 2x460cc, or 920cc, giving 22bhp should be able to manage this without incurring to much weight penalty. Maybe Hatz make one, I don't know. Then wrap a purpose-designed bike around it, with ditto gearbox, and there is what we need to get out on the roads. The day of the rip-snortin' superbikes is over, it is just to accept it. If this isn’t an April Fool it does seem a interesting development. Bikes often use MORE fuel than a car today, and that bodes ill for motorbikes, sometime, somewhere, the major industrial countries will ban them. However, I am wary that Yamaha deem to make a ‘muscle-bike’ as their flagship diesel. I like the 460cc Hatz diesel used by several firms in Germany, they are tip-top up-to-date designs, but I feel they lack power, only driving the bikes they are installed in to about 60mph (100kph). Ok, this isn’t so bad, I would not hesitate to buy and ride one, but I do feel a bike should be able to match the pace of the trafic, and this is 70mph (110kph) in Britain and some other places and around 80mph (140kph ) on the continent. A V-twin or parallel-twin Hatz of 2x460cc, or 920cc, giving 22bhp should be able to manage this without incurring to much weight penalty. Maybe Hatz make one, I don’t know. Then wrap a purpose-designed bike around it, with ditto gearbox, and there is what we need to get out on the roads. The day of the rip-snortin’ superbikes is over, it is just to accept it.

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