Hi, Good to be here... Now I need a diesel bike

[trailer_parks]

I am currently living in New Delhi, India (as opposed to New Delhi, Iowa?). Anyway, I am trying to have a diesel Enfield built, and surprisingly, most builders don't know anything about them. The Americans all want the 500cc Bullet.

My questions are easy enough: What modifications need to be made to the Royal Enfield itself? I have read about an extender shaft for the transmission? Are other modifications needed? What engines are people using, and have had good experience with?

So far, I'm planning on a 425 to 450 cc Greaves Lombardini engine, as they can be located fairly cheap, but you have no idea how difficult it is to get anything done here in Delhi. The simplest things take hours.

Anyway, glad to be on the board, and I hope to be of assistance in the future.

Jason

[andrewaust]

Hi Jason



Welcome to the group. If you do a forum search you'll find a lot of info regarding the Enfield bike conversions. Stuarts main website has a lot of Enfield stuff as well.

There is a place in India that was selling Diesel Enfields and parts. I think they were http://www.indiabikes.com/ . Some of us are using Yanmar clones, where others are using Yanmar, Lombardini, Hatz Engines.

Every bike has been set up a little different, so there's no real straight forward conversion, some going with the Taurus type setup with the Enfield gearbox transmission, some going CVT.

Taurus parts seem hard to get hold of now - especially the extended shaft and Taurus inner primary chain-case cover.

Hopefully the guy's from India Bikes might be able to help you out.




Cheers



Andrew

[trailer_parks]

Thanks for the reply. I'll be going into the middle of it Saturday, to round up parts and information. The middle of it is known as Karol Bagh, the center of Delhi's motorcycle world.

So, I'm looking for Taurus extender shafts and the inner primary chaincase cover? That's it? Do these Greaves engines bolt right in? Should be a good time, I'll let you guys know how it comes out.

jason

[Diesel Dave]

You will need the following to install the Lombardini 6LD series motor:

Front engine mount
Rear engine to gearbox mounting
Inner primary casing.
Extended gearbox input shaft
Extended clutch rod (or add some ball bearings instead)
Engine sprocket to match the motor output shaft
Longer footpeg mounting bar and spacers.
Air filter modified to clear the frame downtube
Exhaust pipe making up
Throttle cable
Engine stop cable to fit the decomp lever
Return line brazing into the tank
bend the rear brake lever to clear the wider primary case
Wiring loom modified to suit motor output (later Enfields have AC feed for the headlamp from seperate coils in the alternator).

BTW electric start motors need a different rear enging mounting and exhaust and a HUGE battery to turn it over.

Hope this helps
Dave