Diesel engine in motorcycles

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  mechky

  bernard james

  Why don't we use diesel engine in motor bikes???

  It has been used in some old Indian bikes. The one I remember is 'Rajdoot'. Also some bikes from Royal Enfield had diesel engines.
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  zaveri

  I asked the same question to my automobile professor, a couple of years back.
  
  he said that diesel engines are heavier than petrol engines, and that would make the bike heavy and its handling difficult.
  
  However bikes like royal enfield have diesel engines, and that has made them so heavy, that their gear-boxes are provided with reverse gear for easy manuvoeurability during parking
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  ganesh kalkutaki

  What is average of royal enfild? Only due to heavy weight it can not used?
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  zaveri

  ganesh kalkutaki

  What is average of royal enfild? Only due to heavy weight it can not used?

  You do not have to be a hunk to use a royal enfield, but you should not be a weakling either.
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  Shyam Shankarvj

  Diesel engine capacity is more heavier than petrol engine. So in modern society likes less weight bike with more cc speed.
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  vivsk65

  we can convert a petrol engine to the diesel engine by changing cylinder head
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  zaveri

  vivsk65

  we can convert a petrol engine to the diesel engine by changing cylinder head

  
  No you can't. Because diesel engines and petrol engines are made up of different materials.
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  vivsk65

  zaveri

  No you can't. Because diesel engines and petrol engines are made up of different materials.

  yes but the material sterngth of material use in petrol engine is more than the diesel engine,so we can use
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  zaveri

  vivsk65

  yes but the material sterngth of material use in petrol engine is more than the diesel engine,so we can use

  No its the vice-versa
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  white_hat

  diesel engine motorcycles will be great use for the armed forces all around the world.
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  zaveri

  white_hat

  diesel engine motorcycles will be great use for the armed forces all around the world.

  
  I think they are already being used there.
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  white_hat

  zaveri

  I think they are already being used there.

  There is diesel engine bike developed in America,but don't know if they are part of their army.I don't think diesel bikes are used in Indian army.
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  zaveri

  white_hat

  There is diesel engine bike developed in America,but don't know if they are part of their army.I don't think diesel bikes are used in Indian army.

  I think they are being used.
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  gohm

  US Marines use a diesel motorcycle, a variant of the KLr650. (all USMC vehicles need to run on avgas) I think it might be available in Canada.