Comments on: Updatey thing

By: do_not_lick

do_not_lick — Sat, 21 May 2005 17:04:06 +0000

I’m not sure it’s worth my time having this conversation with someone who clearly has never even seen a motorcycle up close, much less ridden one.

By: blueberries

blueberries — Sat, 21 May 2005 08:34:39 +0000

I am unaware of Ninjas being “well known” as being “very shitty”. The parallel-twin Ninjas (250 and 500) have a reputation as being excellent beginner bikes, and the higher-displacement liquid-cooled inline fours have proven performance on the track.

What classifies as “most decent motorcycles”? I can state authoritatively that a Suzuki GSXR or a Honda CBR won’t run well on diesel either, because they won’t even run well on 87. I don’t have personal experience with other motorcycles and sub-par fuel, but I’d imagine most inline fours and smaller displacement parallel twins are going to have trouble with diesel fuel.

Out of curiousity, what do you ride?

By: do_not_lick

do_not_lick — Sat, 21 May 2005 01:45:26 +0000

Well, I can’t say I’m surprised — Ninjas are well known to be very shitty.

When I said “most” I meant “most decent motocycles”.

By: blueberries

blueberries — Fri, 20 May 2005 23:25:49 +0000

My Ninja ZX-6 runs poorly enough on 87 ((R+N)/2) octane fuel. I can’t imagine how lousy it would be on biodiesel.

My Ninja 500 runs on 87, but I don’t see how it could run on diesel. It just isn’t going to provide enough compression to self-ignite the diesel fuel. It’s hard enough to start that thing if it’s been sitting over a day when I have 87 in the tank!

By: peculiah

peculiah — Wed, 18 May 2005 05:27:33 +0000

That was an exciting post… it could have been more exciting with the addition of more food description, though. Honestly.

By: Rich

Rich — Tue, 17 May 2005 22:53:24 +0000

As diesel conversions?

By: do_not_lick

do_not_lick — Tue, 17 May 2005 22:40:37 +0000

Did you know that most motorcycles can run on properly concentrated vegetable oil?