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To those of you who may wonder. I have now permanently moved down to Baja California Sur in Mexico. My ambitions for a USA bike are done. With two children, helping my wife start her business, and getting ready to build our own house, I no longer have the drive to start something big. As well I beli...

Like the Enfield/Yanmar/Yanmar clone kit from Henry Price... I get it. Yeah that could be a good way to go. Not a bad idea with the side car or trike addition here. If that were the case it might be easier to make it 2 wheel drive. Lombardini, as I mentioned before, has a couple engines set up with ...

I did go through the thought process of designing a motor which could fit a bike that exists. Less than designing a mass produced bike from the ground up, but still expensive. China wants me to do it. They told me send them a Motorcycle motor and they would get their engineers on it and make a diese...

I love the confused dog looks. It means your doing things right :mrgreen: . Most people don't get genius 8) . Peoples lack of attention to detail these days just blows my mind. I mean, if your going to copy something, at least go through the trouble of grinding off the old name before casting a copy...

Nicely said Sean. Experience is key as is constantly improving the product. Another benefit to doing custom bikes. each one can be better than the last.

Rhynri, no worries, I don't feel stepped on. I set up this discussion to hear others ideas and that is what you gave me. :D Coachgeo, I hear you on the market. From what I am seeing here it is going to be a slow start. I think my best option is to start a biodiesel station, as no one is collecting u...

Motorcycle is all packed up in storage in CT and I can't wait to get it down to Mexico. I now have no motorcycle to ride, so it's either find a cheep one here or just power through finishing the bike as soon as it arrives so i have something to ride. Who knows when it will get here though/ Not much ...

OK, we are in Todos Santos Baja California Sur Mexico and are settling in. first order of business is to continue working on setting up a corporation, then second is start biodiesel manufacturing, and fueling facility. Then once up and running move into bike fabrication. Lots of locals here interest...

I understand I have had a brain ache for a while now.

I've been running similar ideas myself. I have a guy from china hounding me for work. He is eager to offer his services. I asked him: "if I [sent him] a gas engine could [he] copy that engine and re-engineer it to be a dies?" his reply was "send me the info on the engine and i will ha...

Never mind, a little more searching with my glasses on and I found it.

They don't seem to have it on their website. No search option on their site either. I wonder what the price tag is.

The VW idea may be a winer for bigger bikes as VW parts are the easiest to come by in México followed by Ford. Only problem is this: I was told by a jentleman here that the Mexicans like powerful bikes; funny thing is, I've seen nothing yet bigger than 250cc :lol: now being from the US that's where ...

All seems fine and I am able to communicate once again! :lol: does not surprise me, I don't even know what the heck the square thing on top of the house for the Internet is, a satellite or some other reciever :?: :roll: oh well it is better than no Internet at all. A young man named Carlos whom I me...

TEST POST/REPLY not by RoyalDragon lift back wheel off ground and block up the bike to not fall. DO NOT TRY TO START ENGINE: justt engage tranny,use rear wheel to spin engine "SLOWLY" to see if it is truely locked up or what. Listen close to sounds. Where to clunk sounds come from etc. Pul...

Moderator here- Trouble shooting RoyalD's login, posting etc.

glad you got on today James. Testing for you now and having no problems. Maybe spotty service for you jumping from lower quality (Im assuming here) communication equipment/servers from Mexico to overseas?

Coach George

Gilburton, Thank you for the heads up on the engine. ihadn't gotten to far into researching its reliability and it's good to hear from someone with experience. I think your on to something with an a adaptable engine for multiple bikes. As mentioned by another on the forum designing an engine would b...

Jason, You mentioned you notice that there are problems with your engines, I'm assuming based on people's comments. Are you offering to change the engines based on others comments to you? If so you may e a good business opportunity for your company as well as an ability to make many others who visit...

As I have said before Alexander from ANC seemed pretty confident that the LDW 442 could do a single tank veg system. I don't know about the 523 as all I have seen close to that on lombardinis' site is the 502.I'd be more inclined to stick with smaller and add a turbo if more umph was needed.

Very intereasting points on the CVTs. One benifit of the engine I chose is that Lombardini offers it with a cvt as an option. though I supose if using a CVT using one of the two cylinder engines would be more feasable. I think liquid cooled is better for biofuel applications though.

Stuart, I completely agree. It is my intention to make the bikes a simple as possible with encouragement on others to work on their own bikes.Especially since I have learned to love taking care of and fixing my own things, bikes included. I also agree with using an automotive engine, which is why I ...

Well I got a fair enough answer from him as he is very busy right now. Check out his website. anc.me and you will find there are descriptions of what is needed for modifications.

Cool stuff. It's interesting how patents must be worded. Had I know I could have skipped the gibberish and gone right to the description I might have saved myself a little reading.

This bike is beautiful! I can't wait to see how it turns out. I am very curious to know how it goes after doing away with the forced air cooling.

Coachgeo is right; everyone should be able to see this. What was I thinking

I have a website now. http://www.dragonmotors.net/ On another note my family and I are strongly considering moving to Baja California Sur Mexico. I only say this as I don't know how this will play out for the business. I dont want to be missleading and say I am a USA company if I may no longer be li...

Wilco, That is awesome. I was told there are still many out there in use today but you are the first person I now know of directly. 39% eh? :lol: What's your fuel economy? I would love to know more if you would care to share. Perhaps private message me so as not to deviate too far from this forums s...

I will question Alexander as I do not know enough to speak of his system without possibly misleading anyone. When I get some good information from him I will post it. With ANCs system you should be able to run veg without needing diesel and without ruining your engine. Diesel designed an engine to r...

Alexander of ANC in Germany has been very professional and helpful to me. He would be able to help any one find out how and if you can convert your bike to run on veggie oil safely. They specialize in using vegetable oils in diesels. I am working with him now for my bike. Their website is anc.me Whe...

I'm looking for all ideas on how to keep these bikes as close to being 100%the recyclable as possible. Im looking for strong material ideas, biodegradable or completely recyclable. Bust a fairing? Send it in and we'll send a new one and recycle the old one. Done with your bike? We'll buy it back and...