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Old 10-07-2009, 01:56 PM
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A 1981, BMW motorcycle with a John Deere lawn tractor diesel engine.
 
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Old 10-07-2009, 01:58 PM
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How does it drive down the road, get good mileage with it??
 
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Old 10-07-2009, 02:07 PM
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that freakin
 
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Old 10-07-2009, 02:15 PM
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The best mileage I've gotten so far is 85 miles per gallon. Its top speed is 60 mph with a tail wind, and not going uphill. It loves B100 biodiesel. When I take it to bike week in Daytona, I get a lot of questions most people when they first see it think it's a Wankel engine.
 
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Old 03-11-2012, 08:02 PM
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Originally Posted by dave1shere
A 1981, BMW motorcycle with a John Deere lawn tractor diesel engine.
Real nice looking conversion.... is there a build thread?
 
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Old 03-12-2012, 08:23 AM
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How you get the idea to do the conversion
 
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Old 03-12-2012, 02:18 PM
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Now that's something you dont see everyday! very cool
 
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Old 03-12-2012, 05:07 PM
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Now that's something you dont see everyday! very cool
True dat..... but there are more than you think world wide.

for build reports etc on diesel bikes see my sig. line.
 
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Old 05-04-2013, 08:28 PM
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thats an awesome bike you got.
 
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Old 05-12-2013, 10:09 PM
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I think this is the first diesel motorbike ive seen and i love it
 
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