From my home town of Milwaukee, home of Harley come this: http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=716897

Raw video of bike in action: http://video.ap.org/v/Default.aspx?g=a720a5b2-4d73-443c-bc3b-a7034c75398b&mk=en-ap&f=wimil

This is how Buell started. Eric Buell (himself a past Harley designer) created a bike in a beat up old garage in Mukwonago, WI then got bought out by Harley (I used to go and visit them to see how the Buells were hand built). I bet it wont be long for these guys to get the attention of Harley. Physically these guys are just miles away from the Harley Main offices (I used to ride cycles for Harley).

This has a TON of potential.

Sorry it is not a Benz Diesel story, but thought there might be interest.

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Fuquay-Varina, NC
1979 300D
1983 300D Turbo 260,000 Miles
1984 300D Turbo 345,000 Miles (sons car)
OBK #31
1998 Ford Expedition 5.4l (fer Haulin'!) 145,000
1973 19' SeaRay with 115 Mercury TOWER OF POWER!
Club Car Golf Cart 36V
Ex toys:
1967 Mustang 289 (First Car)
Fiat 124TC
1975 Honda CVCC
1980 Audi 5000 Turbo

That's an awesome bike! I wonder if the turbo whine and blow off would be annoying on longer drives ... you're right on top of it after all.

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Chad
2006 Nissan Pathfinder LE
1998 Acura 3.0 CL
OBK#44
"Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work." - Aristotle (384-322 B.C.)

SOLD
1985 300TD - Red Dragon
1986 300SDL - Coda
1991 - 300TE
1995 - E320
1985 300CD - Gladys

I like it...I like anything that approaches Carnot's Ideal Heat Motor........

Blasphemy!

Very cool.

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1980 300TD-China Blue/Blue MBTex-2nd Owner, 107K (Alt Blau) OBK #15
'06 Chevy Tahoe Z71 (for the wife & 4 kids, current mule) '03 Honda Odyssey (son #1's ride, reluctantly) '99 GMC Suburban (255K+ miles, semi-retired mule) 21' SeaRay Seville (summer escape pod)

just nothing like sitting at a long light breathing Diesel fumes... Im guessing thats part of the reason you dont see a lot of Diesel convertables either.

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1982 300CD Turbo (Otis, "ups & downs") parts for sale
2003 TJ with Hemi (to go anywhere, quickly) sold
2001 Excursion Powerstroke (to go dependably)
1970 Mustang 428SCJ (to go fast)
1962 Corvette LS1 (to go in style)
2001 Schwinn Grape Krate 10spd (if all else fails)

I'm an enduro guy, I want one of these!!

http://www.hdtusa.com/models.htm

but the military is buying ALL of them

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Cheers,
Robert

Sign me up.

I never thought about this before. I think I remember reading about cars and motorcycles in Japan around the time of WWII that were somehow running on charcoal. Anybody else ever hear of that?

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OBK #55

1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles

If they were able to bring this to market I'd be all over it. Right now the only choices seem to be to either build you own Frankenbeast, or go with an antiquated Russian model (Depnr or something?) HDT has been promising that Bulldog for years and still won't sell to the public..

I have wanted a Hatz diesel p[owered BMW for a long time, but they aren't being sold in this country!

Isnt that the Weber 2000?

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NC Benz
Fuquay-Varina, NC
1979 300D
1983 300D Turbo 260,000 Miles
1984 300D Turbo 345,000 Miles (sons car)
OBK #31
1998 Ford Expedition 5.4l (fer Haulin'!) 145,000
1973 19' SeaRay with 115 Mercury TOWER OF POWER!
Club Car Golf Cart 36V
Ex toys:
1967 Mustang 289 (First Car)
Fiat 124TC
1975 Honda CVCC
1980 Audi 5000 Turbo

I'm not a cruiser guy, but I'd ride that bike in a second!

I would have my bike painted Caterpillar yellow, with black and red accents, and complete with Cat decals. Yes, I'd also want a vertical exhaust and a rain cap on it just like Orange County Choppers' Caterpillar bike. (I actually put a rain cap on my old Rabbit's tailpipe for a while...but the annoying rattle overcame the comedic value.)

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Nothing cranks me like compression ignition.

- '95 Mercedes E300D "The Great White"
- '98.5 Dodge Cummins 24V 4x4 - "The Green Hammer" (Sold 12-08)
- '81 VW Rabbit diesel w/GTI suspension - "The JackRabbit"
- '00 Triumph Sprint ST for when I need speed

Awesome baffle-jake-brake sound as he flies by with the clutch pulled in before shifting I used to ride Harleys in the AF but I could never get that sound out. Put one of those in a cafe-mod frame with Vincent 5" speedo, a 7" Miller lamp, low-low rise bars, a corbin cafe seat and chop the rear fender, hot-cha-cha...

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1985 300D / 175k

WISH LIST
29' HackerCraft - Gentleman's Racer...
http://www.hackerboat.com/html/29__gentleman_s_5.html

I think they were actually running on smoke; primitive gasification setups. If charcoal wasn't available they would stop by the side of the road and fill the cooker with twigs.

Jim

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2005 C240 4matic wagon (daily driver)
87 190D - 225K (on loan)
85 190D - 312K (on loan)
2011 Subaru Legacy AWD (Wife's)

I have been looking at these for some time now. Here are a few sites I have found.

http://www.dieselbike.net/

http://www.startwin.com/

http://www.neander-motors.com/

happy surfing!

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Dean