klr @ naples h-d charity ride

[Douglas Dick]

Diesel Bike Aims To Banish Petrol ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Diesel Bike Aims To Banish Petrol M1030M1 Diesel-powered Motorcycle In a world of diesel-fuelled military vehicles, planners may have found a means of banishing petrol from the battlefield once and for all. The motorcycle has long been a problem to military forces as it has always relied on simple, lightweight and high-powered petrol engines. The battlefield motorcycle is used as a means of communication and reconnaissance, but has created logistical problems for fighting forces as they still have store, transport and provide petrol. Now a-diesel-engined motorcycle prepares to challenge the status quo - and eliminate petrol from the military supply chain. The M1030M1 diesel-powered motorcyle is derived from a stock Kawasaki KLR650, used by the US Marine Corps. It is thought that UK forces will be forced to employ a similar system in the future. Click here to see the M1030M1 put through its paces at a recent demonstration in Chertsey organised by the UK Defence Procurement Agency. -------------------------------------------------------------------- You need to have realplayer installed on your machine to view this movie. Click below for download [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Douglas Dick]

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[dooden]

Has anybody managed to get that P.O.S. software called RealPlayer to actually connect or display the video ?? I cant get it to do much of anything, wish they would have just posted a AVI of it or something... Dem Boogerheads anyway.... Duden A15 Pilot

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[lbauer2]

Did I correctly hear the narrator say that the bike gets 170 mpg?! -Lujo

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[Richard Waite]

Saw a KLR 650 at the Naples H-D Charity ride, just curious if whoever was riding it is on the list.. Looks good.. Rich Waite BK KY III Riding my Drifter in FL because the KLR is still in the shop in KY ___________________________________ Sent via PRTC Webmail, http://www.prtcnet.org