Diesel Bikes

I can see that the development will go the same way as car engines have. Lots of similarly-powered-to-petrol diesel equivalents on the road now. Problem is, the UK has such an imbalance on fuel prices with diesel being much more expensive than petrol. Still, it opens the door for vegetable oil derivatives, perhaps this is the way forward?

https://vegburner.co.uk/index.html has some interesting stuff.

Diesel bikes website has a recipe that’s interesting for making your own fuel:

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Simple formula for removing the fatty deposits left in rape seed oil after cooking

1: Filter used vegetable oil (I used rapeseed) using good quality tissue paper folded twice and inserted into a funnel.

2: Add a small amount of White Spirit (an inch or two if that, provided you are using old mineral water bottles) and shake it up.

3: It should go cloudy with white particles. This is the heavy fat beginning to bind together. You want this out of the oil.

4: Leave it at room temperature and this will settle over the next week or two.

5: Pipe off the clean oil on top and discard the white fat on the bottom. Filter again if the white fat has not settled. Filters will catch it easier now it is bigger.

6: The finished article should be more like the original oil.

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They go on to say: “Bio-diesel manufacturers say all vehicles can run at least 50/50 on it”.

Get your disclaimers at the ready……