Why This Military Bike Is DIESEL

[@shafferjoe1962]

Most KLR650 owners this bike is the holy grail of KLR's. I want one...

[@ShaunHensley]

Been hearing folks talking about it since about 2008 😂

[@ATomRileyA]

Would make a great apocalypse bike as you could run it on veg oil and such as well as diesel plus diesel does not go bad so quickly like gasoline. I bet that would respond well to turbocharging as its around 600cc and there are a lot of kei cars that are around that CC so could probably find a cheap correctly sized turbo to fit. Now i want one :)

[@SuperRede4u]

Or supercharged. The Japanese AMR 350 /500 series would be very easy to bolt on.

[@Xayuap]

of course

[@V8Lenny]

They did one turbocharged for Bonneville speed record.

[@alternator7893]

There’s 3 main reasons why companies don’t make diesel motorcycles. 1 They are heavier, 2 the heavier crankshaft and long powerstroke generates more gyroscopic thrust making them harder to lean into curves, and 3 the longer power stroke generates more vibration. But I would still love to own one ☝️

[@gertscheper9653]

and less power.

[@ItsDaJax]

They don't have to be heavier or have long strokes.

[@alternator7893]

@@ItsDaJax they don’t have to be heavier but since they can’t have an pcv valve, they need a sturdier crankcase. And, although it is the norm, they don’t necessarily need a longer power stroke. But they do need a heavier crankshaft and flywheel since they have higher compression ratios

[@terrytaylor4910]

How does egr = lighter crankcase? Wtf

[@alternator7893]

@@terrytaylor4910on a gasoline engine the pcv valve relieves pressure from the crankcase. Without it, that pressure builds up, thus the need for a sturdier crankcase. That pressure is also the primary reason why diesel engines tend to leak oil

[@Lazy_Tim]

Not sure why but I want one.

[@nikodemrak9867]

Me too

[@antonsamuelsson1317]

Anything on 2-wheels

[@ShadowOppsRC]

Open your wallet! Very cool but everybody wants one so in auction look at 15k or greater to win the bid.

[@CableWrestler]

They're not very reliable.

[@barnabasranch5415]

I have a KLR650, now I just need the diesel engine.

[@upsidedowndog1256]

I found an almost new 2001 regular version in 2021. While I can't burn jet fuel I must say Kawasaki got this bike right back in 1984. Tough as nails and will do almost anything a rider could want. The diesel version seems to be a study of frustration. Parts scarcity isn't the worst part, there is no maintenance manual on that version.

[@kodywalters9335]

Reminds me of a old hit and miss engine at idle

[@cyrildrewery6654]

You always find interesting topics in the engine world. Thank you for all the effort you every time put in creating this nice content.

[@henrik6727]

"It knocks like nothing else in the world" - VisioRacer (2017)

[@GUE5TPA55]

Miss the good ole days let's see some of your older ones re-done

[@Oddman1980]

Sweet, they made a KLR even MORE clanky. I wonder if they fixed the doohickey?

[@bobhill3941]

Very cool, I always wondered about these. Thanks for another great video. Just out of interest, because it's an N/A diesel, I found it makes 33 ft lbs @ 4,200 rpm.

[@Bitrichcashpoor]

Idle sounds like meshuggah

[@bingusmctingus4395]

Sounds like a Briggs lawn mower

[@TTTzzzz]

Petrol / gas goes bad after about 3 months. The injection system or carbs gets stuck by gum. Diesel keeps good for years.

[@gamtax]

Isn't biodiesel go bad after a month or two?

[@TTTzzzz]

@@gamtax If it's left for too long in a warm storage tank, it can grow mold. Conversely, if it is stored at temperatures that are too cold, it could thicken and become difficult to dispense. Biodiesel's high lubricity can create deposits in fuel lines, which in turn clogs filters and can lead to problems caused by poor fuel delivery. (I just asked google the question and got this answer).

[@rods6405]

Thats crap not in Australia my motor bikes lawnmowers and chain saws etc fire up every time after being left for 6months or more maybe the petrol in your area is crap

[@TTTzzzz]

@@rods6405 Thank you for your nicely worded reply. Perhaps you have not used your mower and bike enough. I does take a while before enough gum builds up to 'crap' your engines.

[@Terraceview]

@@rods6405 My old Merc still has 2 yr old 98 in the tank, starts up every week no issues.

[@dadgarage7966]

Another great story on obscure motive power technology.

[@morelanmn]

A large amount of these motorcycles was "dumped" on the government surplus sites over the last five years. They sold from $4,000 up to $20,000 for one still in the box. The biggest issue is the lack of parts of any kind for the bike. Even the government surplus sites had nothing in parts. Myself, Not being an engineer (smile) I did not see why a small mechanical supercharger wasn't mounted on the bike.

[@mitchwagner2693]

Corps is pronounced as "Core" when used in English. Love your videos Visio!

[@fidelcatsro6948]

Corpse😂😂

[@bharat1366]

Father of my friend had Royal Enfield Taurus (Diesel Bullet). It sounds so different and had fuel consumption of 80 km/litre.

[@ShaunHensley]

188 miles per gallon

[@jaredkennedy6576]

I've wanted one of these forever, but can't afford it. What I do have, though, is a GL1200, a Perkins/Cat C0.5, and machining skills

[@antonisantoniou5668]

Ease of access to diesel than gasoline

[@DamnItCarl-]

Rode these a few times at trials and development while serving many years ago. 👌

[@OhJeebers]

Now I want one too. That mph would be fantastic here in Australia

[@_Nobody_Special]

This thing would be a wheelie monster with that low down diesel grunt.

[@No_one_is_above_time]

That idle sound is killer

[@trainnerd3029]

Everything in the US military runs on the same fuel.

[@luxtempestas]

Eagle blood? Freedom sauce? Thoughts and prayers? 😂

[@audriusbaranauskas6227]

@@luxtempestas My buddy in the CIA told me it's actually barbecue sauce. Shhhh don't tell anyone.

[@zurielheros8872]

Freedom blood sounds better​@@luxtempestas

[@luxtempestas]

@@zurielheros8872 freedom farts!

[@honk5468]

so you watched the video and said exactly what he said?

[@Tom-wl9sx]

Have heard about this bike before but your video explain everything about it. Keep on with the good work 🙂

[@lqr824]

5:10 wow, it even has cup-holders!

[@grancitodos7318]

They are for the Burk to Burktown race.

[@Mach5Johnny]

I’d love to build a dakar bike out of one of those

[@ragbag46]

You would have the honour of starting a new class!

[@boery87]

Really like the 2 moto morini 3 1/2 in the clips😂

[@CarputingYT]

Love your channel interesting and good videos keep up the good work visioracer

[@segsfault]

The KLR650 is the Toyota Hilux of bikes

[@elektro3000]

I'd love to put a centrifugal supercharger on one of these. Still not going to be big power, but maybe 50 hp would probably make this fun for riding on the road.

[@joshfoley8862]

Great video! I would imagine having a quiet motorcycle that doesn't smoke would be a sticking point for military use. No?

[@PaulG.x]

Many militaries are looking at , or already using electric bikes. Military operations do not really need long range . Many of the other military vehicles only have modest ranges , except for the transporters that get them to the point of opreations.

[@uzzisalomon6230]

Also possible to use the Smart CDI engine. 799ccm, 100nm, 41Hp and runs easy 300.000+ km

[@DumbOrangeFrog]

The motorcycle is dropping a sick beat

[@mukundmolekule]

I think these versions are specially made for military usage not available to common civillins.the price tag $ 18500 quite expensive.but the improved version M10 model good with 162 mpg

[@paulreilly3904]

Performance Diesels are wonderful

[@thematrixwillfindyou]

I’d love to own that bike , it’s extremely cool just to imagine a off-road bike that runs on diesel !

[@imamsorong9]

Cocok untuk kendaraan sy ke sekolah ketika musim hujan jalanan becek dan berlumpur

[@dangarkishan-od3oz]

I have diesel engine motorcycle in India. Royal Enfield "Taurus" 325cc

[@rjung_ch]

I'd take one for sure, not at 18k, but think it is a good all rounder.

[@lqr824]

I think the price may include the R&D costs amortized across a very small production run? The cost for each additional unit might be far cheaper. Also, military goods (especially in the US) involve a lot of things that aren't that important for civilian usage. It probably needed to pass very specific tests for breakdowns, for instance, and be repairable with a certain minimal set of standard tools and skills that the military can guarantee all military mechanics will have on hand. They may have special requirements for recyclability, or American-sourced parts that are much more expensive than buying the part from China. It might also have dimension limits that are design difficulties, as the military will have military-standard shipping cases and military-standard cyclist size, require military-standardized freight dimensions and so on, where commonly-available civilian parts may be in most ways better but simply can't be used as laws state the pannier must be 2mm deeper or something. Civilians can simply be told, you're too small or too large for this model, get a different model, but in the military there is just the one model and it has to be operable by a specified range of soldiers. They probably require all military purchases to use inch-sized tools not metric. Looking at any given single program, such limits seem ridiculous, but when you consider that the US military, at least, has to deploy EVERYWHERE (NO wars on our own continent for 150 years) and the need to keep the logistics as simple and compatible as possible, it's the only way. You have to have just one fuel, as the narrator points out, just one set of tools, just one

[@EverydayBronco-dh8hs]

The Bearded Mechanic got one, I wonder how he feels about it?

[@ujmrider]

I'm a fan of the mpg's

[@joymajumdar807]

India needs these kinds of motorcycles. Our roads are just terrible.

[@rogerlafaille9938]

Awsome vid as always 💪

[@snowballsvlogs621]

Would be good here in Uk as the fuel price is high and the roads full of potholes and with 20 mph speed limits its performance wouldn’t be an issue.

[@DaveBegotka]

The KLR is rock solid but not for racing.....

[@Siva.P.S]

Greaves cotton in India manufacture wide variety of engines including diesel water pumps. Piaggio launched a three wheeled goods carrier with a 475cc single cylinder diesel engine which was an international success. Guess who makes the other half of a single cylinder diesel engine apart from drivetrain- Greaves cotton. Also a royal enfield diesel would be robbed in some remote parts of india to repurpose as an engine for water pumps, such is the simplicity and efficiency. Manufacturers if wanted could attach a gearbox like RE to these single cylinder diesels on a motorcycle. But they remind us its too hard to design crankcase and shafts, but in real world these engines are everywhere. Emission norms are the only thing which actually restricts these things on roads.

[@DanteTheAbyssalBeing]

Guessing no emissions equipment, being a military bike? It's cool to see stuff still being built that'll outlive humans, in a time when most vehicles are a throw away item.

[@TheSlowDude]

Awesome, thanks again

[@allencrider]

Uh-oh . . .British engineering.

[@fidelcatsro6948]

They should have consulted Allen Milyard!

[@rm25088]

I watched bikesandbeards try to get his going. What a mess.

[@RajeshRathor-hm1gn]

On long field they can take from any truck

[@Flies2FLL]

I want to build a minibike using a cheap frame/fork/wheels and centrifugal clutch, paired with a cheap 3.5 hp pull start diesel single from Amazon.....

[@fasullodavvero]

Un motore simile ha un futuro solo in india,pakistan e sud america (forse!),come altri hanno scritto,se nessuno produce motori simili c'è più di un motivo...

[@Xayuap]

¿ is it me or this sounds better than an F1 ?

[@dakshsharma4946]

Does it take b100 biodiesel?

[@ramishrambarran3998]

I bet that a home-install, using a all-purpose Yanmar or Kubota engine on a KLR would.end up better than the Hayes Diversified Technologies mod !!!

[@johnny_salmon]

make a video about diesel engine from smart in motorcycle

[@lenOwOo]

good thing you changed the thumbnail. . .

[@VisioRacer]

A/B testing 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@andykerr3803]

Kerosene is such an easy conversion, this makes little sense, but interesting.

[@debojyotidebnath338]

Sounds like Piaggio diesel autorickshaw

[@AH-mj1rd]

They could have easily just stuck a small diesel generator engine in

[@lqr824]

They could literally leave the generator in there and let you power or recharge electronics from it. You could run a deep patrol with say 1 diesel and 4 electric bikes, and the electrics meet up at the diesel to recharge.

[@AH-mj1rd]

@@lqr824 great idea, a hybrid diesel electric bike. Would work great in military as it can operate in silent mode pure electric.

[@lqr824]

@@AH-mj1rd hmmm, I wasn't thinking hybrid, but of course that's a great idea. I was just thinking to put the generator on it.

[@AH-mj1rd]

@@lqr824 for sure the military would be interested, keeping fast,quite and cool on the battle field is great advantage. And then able to use the generator to extend the range of the unit, would be a great tool

[@F14foreverF14]

Sounds like a Tuk-Tuk 🤣

[@apismellifera1000]

Diesel Braaaapp!

[@Stunna710]

needs big injectors & turbo, hypo ecu

[@at33williamson40]

They're pretty sweet

[@gamtax]

Wish they commercialize it...

[@HicVenariHicSalta]

Mechanic pump and small Turbo on it.. then is flys

[@MrDeuvel]

Every diesel engine rund on Jetfuel

[@josuemirandadeoliveira8324]

Ótima moto pra usar na fazenda com Diesel agrícola kkkk

[@RajeshRathor-hm1gn]

absence of spare parts or non supply can bemodifiedy easly

[@PetkoM78]

imagine turbo charged version... ;-)

[@xox945]

Owning a KLR, I'd love to know much much heavier this made it. Mine is at 455 pounds...

[@AimChamling]

i love that diesel bike

[@RajeshRathor-hm1gn]

Same alike chittor mp border

[@andremaertens5964]

😅😮i want one now please

[@HebrewHammerArmsCo]

Wow and it actually runs... The engines werent exactly reliable.....

[@oldschool8432]

I bet this bike would tow a tank, maybe 2

[@PaulG.x]

The diesel has a peak torque of 33 ft lbs @ 4,200 rpm The original KLR has 35.2 lb⋅ft (47.7 N⋅m) @ 4,600 rpm . You are better off using the original as a tow vehicle

[@lukasuton2433]

no elećtric neaded for emp or cme

[@froginasock8782]

The pronunciation is "Marine CORE", not "corpse". One of these silly English military words.

[@asharma9345]

Noice

[@bobbythompson3544]

Why reinvent the wheel!

[@RajeshRathor-hm1gn]

An robust bike

[@gianlucasoscia7539]

Da comprare🙆

[@01Autentic]

Diesel haven't computer it is not problem with emp it consume anything oil alimentar or not

[@RajeshRathor-hm1gn]

Easy storage of fuel

[@EXPLORADVEN]

👌👌👌

[@dispositivosdesalomao7874]

turbo it

[@dannytechminds423]

Bad loud exhaust pipe

[@thatonescrambler]

dont buy them if you want a headache, or are crazy like me

[@facesart]

Kamo jediná vec čo ma iritovala na tvojich videách bolo to “howhether” ale keď si sa to už naucil naporiadok už mi nereže uši. Dosť počuť že tvoja angličtina je bez prízvuku na rozdiel od iných. Drzim palce

[@VisioRacer]

To slovo neznášam, robí mi problém a dlho mi trvalo, kým som si uvedomil, že ho vravím zle, takže sa teraz preúčam. Vďaka za koment!

[@きこり太郎-e8f]

ほしい

[@mig_21bison]

Because diesel is more powerful...

[@MrAdmanwilliams]

needs propane then it will move

[@floydjay]

Never 4 me 😂😂😂

[@caturwin5195]

👍✨✨

[@francotirador7265]

Isn't it 2 storke engine, is it ?

[@teromanninen2776]

1 cyl 4-stroke dsl

[@francotirador7265]

@@teromanninen2776 It doesn't sound like it.

[@leandrorey4825]

Not like me ,sorry !!

[@kazuoa.4951]

I'd buy the Diesel run 600km for one tank but kinda challange for smoke and exhaust for the regulation today. It'shame.

[@demil3618]

Interestingly this is a short stroke. Un-typical for diesels.

[@marcinsmolinski903]

a bike need a wide range of rpms. Single cylinger 600cc engine with bore and stoke like car would rev under 3k. It would give even less hp

[@demil3618]

@@marcinsmolinski903 ...bu more torque. So yes, the transmission would need to accommodate this, perhaps with a wider gap between the gears or a higher transmission on the final drive.

[@marcinsmolinski903]

@@demil3618 Of course it would needed higher ratio. But single cylinder naturally aspirated regular diesel, cant rev high. Without rev, you ended up without power. Its not turbo, its need rev

[@demil3618]

@@marcinsmolinski903 You've got torque

[@marcinsmolinski903]

@@demil3618 torque is good for pulling, not for accelerating or speeding. N/A diesel sucks, only good thing it has is fuel efficiency