Date sent: Thu, 03 Jun 1999 13:47:42 -0400 To: dtlc@helios.net From: Prose & Contexts Subject: Re: [DTLC] Diesel motorcycles (was: Anyone in Bolivia? Send reply to: dtlc@helios.net At 16.07 03.06.99 +0100, Willem-Jan Markerink wrote: >> You probably will have as much chance finding Cruisers there, >> as I am going to have, when I fly to India on the 22nd........ >> still at least I was able to get a rental that runs >> on DIESEL......a Royal Enfield DIESEL motorcycle! > >Now THAT is something that could convince me to get my motor cycle >license....were are these made? I believe - though I'm not certain - that Enfields are still made in India - there are certainly lots of them around. I didn't see any diesels myself when I was there, but then I wasn't looking (it was before I got the cruiser bug). It is possible to buy an Enfield and drive it to you Europe... It's too bad India never bought a Cruiser factory, the way they did the old Vespa factory from Italy - the whole factory was moved, and Vespas are still made in India, exactly as before, only under the name Bajaj. cheers, damian ____________________________________________________________ damian lopes Toronto/Port Credit Canada 1982 BJ60 From: Mike Graham To: dtlc@helios.net Subject: Re: [DTLC] Diesel motorcycles (was: Anyone in Bolivia? Date sent: Thu, 3 Jun 1999 22:02:41 -0400 Send reply to: dtlc@helios.net On Thu, 03 Jun 1999, Prose & Contexts wrote: > >> still at least I was able to get a rental that runs > >> on DIESEL......a Royal Enfield DIESEL motorcycle! I remember one of the Italian bike manufacturers putting out a diesel motorcycle... can't remember the name of the manufacturer... started with 'B', I think... anyway, abysmal acceleration for a motorcycle. -- Mike Graham, mikegraham at sprint dot ca Caledon, Ontario, Canada (just NW of Toronto). Raiser of animals. Weldor of metals. Driver of off-road vehicles. Writer of FAQs. Keeper of the faith, and all around okay guy. < homepage currently off-line due to change of ISP; back soon > Date sent: Mon, 07 Jun 1999 10:05:52 -0400 To: dtlc@helios.net From: Prose & Contexts Subject: Re: [DTLC] Diesel motorcycles (was: Anyone in Bolivia? Send reply to: dtlc@helios.net At 22.02 03.06.99 -0400, Mike Graham wrote: > I remember one of the Italian bike manufacturers putting out a diesel >motorcycle... can't remember the name of the manufacturer... started with >'B', I think... anyway, abysmal acceleration for a motorcycle. Nothing a turbo wouldn't take care of ;-) cheers, damian ____________________________________________________________ damian lopes Toronto/Port Credit Canada 1982 BJ60