Biobike

Adelaide Uni has built a biodeisel bike and it's on a roundAustralia
trip:
http://www.adelaide.edu.au/adelaidean/issues/23221/news23244.html
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/09/24/2694805.htm

It looks like a normal Jap 650 single trail-bike but anyone got any
ideas what the engine is?

 

According to an ABC news story a couple of years ago"
"The BioBike uses a Yanmar L48AE diesel engine fitted to a Husaberg frame."

http://fat.ly/bq92u

...so I'll let someone else say 'the big bit below the fuel tank'

 

My expert eye says it's a Yanmar air-cooled diesel. The sticker on the
tank also helped.

A quick search of Yanmar products suggests that it's not a current model
but probably somewhere around 10-15bhp.

Cheers,

 

According to an ABC news story a couple of years ago"
"The BioBike uses a Yanmar L48AE diesel engine fitted to a Husaberg frame.."

http://fat.ly/bq92u

..so I'll let someone else say 'the big bit below the fuel tank'
[/QUOTE]
Ahh; thanks folks.
From Yanmar:
MODEL
Cyl Cooling Continuous Rating (hp @ rpm)

L48AE 1 Air
RPM HP
2200 2.70
2400 2.88

2600 3.24
2800 3.60
3000 3.78
3300 4.05
3600 4.32

So 4.32 Hp max on Diesel (I'd expect less on Pauline-Hanson-
Juice)......
That'd be pretty tough-going when there's a road-train up your
clacker!
Bring on the blower.

 

Ahh; thanks folks.
From Yanmar:
MODEL
Cyl Cooling Continuous Rating (hp @ rpm)

L48AE 1 Air
RPM HP
2200 2.70
2400 2.88

2600 3.24
2800 3.60
3000 3.78
3300 4.05
3600 4.32

So 4.32 Hp max on Diesel (I'd expect less on Pauline-Hanson-
Juice)......
That'd be pretty tough-going when there's a road-train up your
clacker!
Bring on the blower.[/QUOTE]

There are a few interesting examples - interesting perhaps in the Chinese
sense - at http://www.dieselbike.net/SchoolandUniversityprojects.htm,
including some pics of bike(s) from Adelaide Uni. Oh, and
http://www.dieselbike.net/yanmar.htm. Love the John Deere and Zebee will
possibly (not) appreciate the Guzzi conversion

Oh, and for Clem there is a BMW conversion as well. Yuk, albeit reasonably
well done.



Cheers

 

Yank DoD was playing around with a KLR derived diesel bike a few years
ago. Not sure what this one is though.

 

Yep; as far as I'm aware the KLR-based Yank military bike has been the best
of the non-turbo diesels so far.

 

OK; that says the Adelaide Uni bike is using the 9hp LA100 engine. That
sounds a bit more attractive!

As for that webpage; the Guzzi looks good (for my weird-arsed values of
"good") and the BM looks good but the MZ is the winner!
If you're gonna' be weird you may as well be as weird-as-you-can-be!!