Diesel motorcycle

[ChrisACT]

If someone was to build a motorcycle running on diesel, would there be a diesel class for it to run in or would it just run in the fuel class?

[internetscooter]

This was mentioned at the meeting - it would be fuel.

[ChrisACT]

Thanks Paul.

[59chev]

There was a diesel bike built by the S.A University running for a record down there during the week,

[OLDtimer]

The SA uni bike had a holden astra diesel running on cooking oil (fumes smelt great !) I assume it still runs that engine.
Pete Noy
DLRA #6
SATA #3

[ChrisACT]

Yep, that's the bike that Paul Carter wrote about near the end of his book "Is That Thing Diesel?"

Did he end up riding it?

[internetscooter]

It sounds like they were going to...

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-02-18/o ... section=sa

[Rob]

The SA Uni Bike with the Astra turbo diesel did run but "only" in the 90 odd mph on the GPS track. There was a second diesel bike running too, can not remember the # sorry.

[JonB]

Both of them ran Time Only as neither had a motorbike motor in them.

You can run a bike motor in a car but a bike must have a bike motor.

Cheers
Jon

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[OLDtimer]

They can run in "Special Construction " Class.
We have had 2 different Bikes with V8 engines run in the past.
Pete Noy
DLRA #6
SATA #3