Harley turbo diesel?!
Just when you thought you'd seen everythingThis is what happens when you cut loose some retired Harley engineers who've failed to do the dignified thing and take up golf: they band together, call themselves the Gray Eagles and start doing some very weird stuff in sheds.
Nick Hirsch, Dave Caruso and Karl Nilson, formerly of H-D, plus former Johnson (of outboard fame) tech head Don Kueny have banded together and developed a turbo diesel Harley-based big twin.
According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinal (JSOnline.com), the crew has unveiled their first attempt at the configuration, which was initially intended as a project to prove the worth of such a powerplant to the military.
However one thing has led to another, and the group is confident they can get it performing better than a standard petrol engine and believe there may just be a market for such a machine.
"There's going to be a niche for diesel bikes. I would be very surprised if the Japanese aren't working on them now," Nilson said.
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