[Vwdiesel] Diesel motorcycle

[William Longyard]

I know a guy who stuffed an Alfa-Romeo V6 into a Harley frame. The bike's 
gotten a lot of national attention.  He's now working on doing the same 
thing with a Ferrari engine.

Bill Longyard


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Area31 Research Facility" <stephensrw at stn.net>
To: "William Longyard" <longyard at ix.netcom.com>; "David Cook" 
<vwdieselbunny at yahoo.com>; <audi-vw-diesels at yahoogroups.com>; "diesel list" 
<vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2007 5:54 AM
Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] Diesel motorcycle


>I have thought it would be pretty awesome to put a 1.6 NA Jetta engine or 
>even a turbo version in a motorcycle frame.  The cost of junk bikes seems 
>to be through the roof now however so such a project would be costly.
>
> I recently acquired a 1974 Honda 360 twin with a siezed engine and am in 
> the process of turning it into an E-assisted bicycle so as to take 
> advantage of rules allowing use on the road without registration or 
> insurance.  I stretched the frame 12 inches in the engine bay which now 
> carries 400 lbs of AGM sealed lead acid batteries.
>
> Rob
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "William Longyard" <longyard at ix.netcom.com>
> To: "David Cook" <vwdieselbunny at yahoo.com>; 
> <audi-vw-diesels at yahoogroups.com>; "diesel list" <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
> Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2007 2:12 PM
> Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] Diesel motorcycle
>
>
>> Awesome!  Thanks for posting that.  I like old bikes, not the boy-racer
>> stuff they sell now.
>>
>> Bill Longyard
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "David Cook" <vwdieselbunny at yahoo.com>
>> To: <audi-vw-diesels at yahoogroups.com>; "diesel list" 
>> <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
>> Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2007 12:06 AM
>> Subject: [Vwdiesel] Diesel motorcycle
>>
>>
>>> Look towards the end of the description to see an
>>> english version.
>>>
>>> Looks pretty neat.
>>>
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