International News - Yamaha Diesel bike!

greenhorn · 18th July 2009, 23:52

Hold your horses! Its not been launched yet, but at least they've been granted a patent.
Yamaha patents turbodiesel motorcycle engine - Hell For Leather
It has an inline 4 TCIC diesel engine - and looks good too!

PatienceWins · 19th July 2009, 00:22

Great news!! But I doubt whether this will come to india in the near future. It may make sense for indian market if it gives some good fuel efficiency.

abhinav.gupta88 · 19th July 2009, 00:49

Damn. I was thinking about manufacturing a diesel bike while reading the new reva thread.
Ideas do travel very fast

Still. It would be really good. A good market could be captured with this.

jkdas · 19th July 2009, 23:53

Why not a CRDi one?

And no pix, just some cross section of whole thing. No numbers even!

pgsagar · 20th July 2009, 12:02

More than speed, acceleration or looks, inline-four cylinder bikes are all about the screaming/howling sound. And diesels, CRDi or no-CRDi, sound pathetic. So, personally, I think it defeats the very purpose of an inline four.

MumBiker · 20th July 2009, 13:11

hmm. reminds me of the bone rattler Sooraj & Enfield Taurus.

BioDiesel should be the way forward for these upcoming yam(soo)raj

18th July 2009, 23:52	#1
greenhorn Senior - BHPian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: KL-01 Posts: 7,745 Thanked: 4,397 Times View My Garage	International News - Yamaha Diesel bike! Hold your horses! Its not been launched yet, but at least they've been granted a patent. Yamaha patents turbodiesel motorcycle engine - Hell For Leather It has an inline 4 TCIC diesel engine - and looks good too!
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19th July 2009, 00:22	#2
PatienceWins Senior - BHPian Join Date: May 2007 Location: Bangalore Posts: 2,416 Thanked: 807 Times View My Garage	Great news!! But I doubt whether this will come to india in the near future. It may make sense for indian market if it gives some good fuel efficiency.
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19th July 2009, 00:49	#3
abhinav.gupta88 Senior - BHPian Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Delhi , India Posts: 4,092 Thanked: 325 Times View My Garage	Damn. I was thinking about manufacturing a diesel bike while reading the new reva thread. Ideas do travel very fast Still. It would be really good. A good market could be captured with this. Last edited by abhinav.gupta88 : 19th July 2009 at 00:50.
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19th July 2009, 23:53	#4
jkdas Senior - BHPian Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Thiruvananthapu Posts: 9,687 Thanked: 1,492 Times View My Garage	Why not a CRDi one? And no pix, just some cross section of whole thing. No numbers even!
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20th July 2009, 12:02	#5
pgsagar Senior - BHPian Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Vizag Posts: 2,628 Thanked: 3,563 Times View My Garage	More than speed, acceleration or looks, inline-four cylinder bikes are all about the screaming/howling sound. And diesels, CRDi or no-CRDi, sound pathetic. So, personally, I think it defeats the very purpose of an inline four.
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20th July 2009, 13:11	#6
MumBiker BHPian Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Mumbai Posts: 89 Thanked: 12 Times View My Garage	hmm. reminds me of the bone rattler Sooraj & Enfield Taurus. BioDiesel should be the way forward for these upcoming yam(soo)raj
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