Military’s Diesel KLR 650 will be produced for civillian use
Remember this?
Well, I received an email from the guys that make it, and 100 of them will be made avalable for civilian use, for around 120% of MSRP, which is about $8,00 Canadian dollars
Currently all diesel engines and M1030 diesel combat motorcycles are produced under a military contract for the USMC, they are not available to the general public.
However, to promote the civilian version of the diesel motorcycle we will shortly be offering a limited number of bikes to the public with serial numbers xxx-001 through xxx-100.
We will be requiring a substantial deposit that will go into an escrow account, in the event that something unforeseen happens to prevent us from producing a civilian version, this deposit will be fully refunded.
Full details will be on our website as we get further into the project.
When we do go public with the diesel motorcycle it will be available in the US, Canada, Europe and Australia, then the rest of the world.
Price has not been set yet but we are guessing at about 20% over the MSRP of the KLR 650.
The diesel engine itself will be available separately, for retrofit and for OEM and special project use.
Other projects that are in the development stages include a 1000cc, 4 overhead cam v-twin diesel engine designed for the US Army for ATV use, this engine will be offered in 90hp normally aspirated and 110hp turbocharged versions.
This will be a single unit engine (no transmission), so it will make a great engine for large cruiser motorcycles.
One other project is a 1500cc flat 4 (boxer) high performance diesel engine being designed for US Army and USMC low profile gunship platforms, again this engine will be in the normally aspirated and turbocharged configurations.
All of our family of high performance, small diesel engines are designed to start and run on multiple heavy fuel oil and kerosene based fuels, specifically JP8 jet fuel as well as all aviation kerosene, AVTR, NATO Mil Spec diesel, CARB low sulfur diesel and B20 and B100 Biodiesel fuels.
We have run sub zero start and run tests in Labrador, using #2 diesel fuel, JP8, B20 and B100.
The bikes started easily after being left outside all night and performed all functions of the test flawlessly.
Thanks for your interest,
Roger Flynn
F1 Engineering Inc.
I am looking for a diesel trial bike I live in Scotland UK can I buy KLR in UK?
Thanks
I think this is all a big con mate.I first heard about this bike 2 years ago and they were using the same excuse then about only being able to build for the army at the moment.If they were really serious about building civilian versions then IT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED BY NOW.It’s relatively easy to have someone else do extra work for a company,it’s called “contracting out”and i cant help but wonder why this hasn’t been done.A clue to the CON is the lame spiel about leaving a “substantial deposit” in an “escrow” account,just in case,heaven forbid,etc.etc.etc this turkey doesn’t fly.Lots of people are interested in this diesel bike,so the demand is obviously real,if this company was serious about building this bike then they have had ample time by now to have doubled or even tripled their workforce.Why haven’t they?Do they know something about the bike that they’re not telling us?It all reminds me of the “RUN YOUR CAR ON WATER”scam or the “FREE ENERGY DEVICE”scam or the “MILITARY INDUSTRIAL” scam(Uncle Sam always pays on time)that makes the rich richer.WHO KNOWS?.This company should either PUT UP or SHUT UP.
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The guy who own’s Haye’s is a strange charactor!! He has every family member working for him!! I own 2 KLRs ..The Brit is correct!! why haven’t they hired more people if there is such a great demand for the Diesel KLRs **100 miles plus to the gallon of Diesel!! WoW pretty good huh?? *Also I wanted to buy a Camoflauge seat for my KLR..spoke to Mr.Hayes’ himself and he said I could purchase the camo seat!!but to this day every time I call to order the seat!!they say they will call me back to set up the order!!they never call back!! I guess they like to lie!!they suck up to the US governmnent!!and care nothing for the general public!!
I am looking for a diesel klr650 for my brother, lives in Hungary. Does anybody is it available in Europe? And how much does it cost?