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Motorcycles are not gasoline by whim. They are because diesel engines are unfeasible For the very nature of the behavior of a motorcycle, although there are those who have determined to resurrect a concept that, every time it has tried, has not managed to go beyond the anecdote.
Why my motorcycle is gasoline. There is a very long list for motorcycles to bet on gasoline and not by diesel: the first is that they are designed to have a relatively content size and weight that allows them to be driven. Diesel engines are heavier that gasoline engines due to their compression ratio (burn with much more pressure and inevitably need more resistant and heavy materials).
They also work in a very low range of revolutions, ideal to minimize consumption, but with much less response for a vehicle born to be agile and sportsto a greater or lesser extent.
An industry that seeks to be profitable. They are also more complex to manufacture and maintainan especially important cocktail in an industry that sells much less than that of the car and operates in reduced volumes.
In short, the motorcycle industry has focused on gasoline engines Because of its ease to extract power in low displacement, the advantage in weight-power relation, and the finely important performance in a vehicle in which, literally, we have the engine under the legs.
Diesel attempts. Attempts to create a diesel motorcycle are over a hundred years old. Already in 1904, Holland created a diesel engine with a single cylinder, 2 hp of power and turned to 700 rpm. It was basically a bicycle with the support of a small engine
Since then, there have been multiple attempts to make the diesel motorcycle profitable. The giant Royal Enfield He was one of them, with his 350cc diesel bullet. The conclusion they obtained was clear:
“Although the sales of our gasoline motorcycles grow with the market, diesel have not followed the pace. It was a niche product. Now I don’t think we continue with the motorcycle”
They are, everything is said.
Axiom diesel cycles wants to try again. Matthew Lach, creator of AXIOM DIESEL CYCLEShe continues to believe in the dream of diesel motorcycles, and has materialized his own concept. Your company has been manufacturing custom motorcycles with this type of engines since 2019. Real, for street and perfectly accessible … for anyone who wants to pay them.
And it is that the price of one of their custom diesel has a price that is around $ 50,000. There is not a single motorcycle in the generalist market that is around this figure, not even the supercar or The most enviable market trail.
What you take. Far from offering a competitive engine in features regarding Its Custom Competitorsthe vision of this company is particular. It offers a three -cylinder engine, a thousand cubic centimeters and … 24cv of power.
Exclusivity, an aesthetic achieved and, what noses, a diesel engine, is what this manufacturer offers that, for the moment, only sells in the United States.
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