Diesel ... sportbike?!?

[unixronin]

Yup.  You better believe it.  Gizmag has the gen here, and drops hints about four other turbo-diesel motorcycles in development.  See another viewpoint here.  It's designed and built in Holland, uses a modified 1200cc VW 3-cylinder turbodiesel engine, weighs 445lb, and reportedly makes up to 120BHP and 200lb.ft of torque ... and gets 150mpg.  That's about 700 miles between fuel stops on a 5-gallon tank, or two weeks of your daily commute between fill-ups.

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[blackcoat.livejournal.com]

It also massivly depends on how you ride. If you're like alot of people on sport/supersports, then you're gonna get 30-40, because you're gonna keep it at 9-10Krpm all the time. Smarter riders, even on literbikes are gonna get 50sih on the highway. Yamaha YZF-R1, and I average 35 on my commute, but that's been an average of about 15mph since the Slide closed. I typically *cycle* in. It's faster.

Somedays, I miss my old XT-500. I'd easily get an average of 50mpg around town.