Photo: http://drivenbybacon.com/
Diesel bikes are quite a rare thing in the two and three-wheeled world, and bikes powered by refined bacon fat are even rarer. In fact, there’s only one such machine that we know of, and it was conceived as a most creative way to advertise Black Label, anew bacon product from manufacturer Hormel Foods.
The bike was commissioned by BBDO to Charlie Smithson of CS Engineering, a guy who has also worked for F1 teams, including BMW, Red Bull, Williams and Ferrari. A true DIY master, Charlie handles pretty much everything when it comes to building a bike, from welding to machining and working with composite materials, as well.
If the bike looks familiar and maybe a tad too close to a KTM 950/990 Adventure, that is because it is based on the rare EVA Track T800CDI diesel machine, a motorcycle originating from the Netherlands and whose lines do indeed hark back to the edgy looks of the Austrian beasts.
The Track bike is powered by the same lump you can find inside the Smart ForTwo: a 3-cylinder, 799cc, turbocharged mill which can produce around 45 hp and a very useable 74 lb-ft (100.4Nm) torque (for a bike). CS Engineering performed some hack and saw action on the Track, to alter the stance and transform the dual-sport beast into a café-racer, though leaving the shaft transmission in place.
With the frame lowered by 3 inches (7.5cm) and fresh suspensions installed, the bike also received a café-racer-styled tuck-and-roll pig skin seat, retro leather-clad grips for the clip-on bars and a round retro headlight. A modern digital instrument cluster was however installed for an easily-accessible array of comprehensive data on the machine.
The edgy adventure tank was tossed and Charlie Smithson used carbon fiber and Kevlar to craft a rounded, bulbous new tank for the diesel café-racer. Now, for the actual fuel part, Charlie asked Dan Kaderabek ofBio-Blend Fuels, who used 250 pounds (113 kg) of bacon grease and transformed it in 200 gallons (757 liters) of B100 biodiesel. After tuning the ECU of the bike for the new fuel, the bacon café-racer is good for 75-100 mpg (2.35-3.1 l/100km). The machine is now en route to San Diego just in time for the 2nd Annual International Bacon Film Festival.
Via lanesplitter.
If the bike looks familiar and maybe a tad too close to a KTM 950/990 Adventure, that is because it is based on the rare EVA Track T800CDI diesel machine, a motorcycle originating from the Netherlands and whose lines do indeed hark back to the edgy looks of the Austrian beasts.
The Track bike is powered by the same lump you can find inside the Smart ForTwo: a 3-cylinder, 799cc, turbocharged mill which can produce around 45 hp and a very useable 74 lb-ft (100.4Nm) torque (for a bike). CS Engineering performed some hack and saw action on the Track, to alter the stance and transform the dual-sport beast into a café-racer, though leaving the shaft transmission in place.
With the frame lowered by 3 inches (7.5cm) and fresh suspensions installed, the bike also received a café-racer-styled tuck-and-roll pig skin seat, retro leather-clad grips for the clip-on bars and a round retro headlight. A modern digital instrument cluster was however installed for an easily-accessible array of comprehensive data on the machine.
The edgy adventure tank was tossed and Charlie Smithson used carbon fiber and Kevlar to craft a rounded, bulbous new tank for the diesel café-racer. Now, for the actual fuel part, Charlie asked Dan Kaderabek ofBio-Blend Fuels, who used 250 pounds (113 kg) of bacon grease and transformed it in 200 gallons (757 liters) of B100 biodiesel. After tuning the ECU of the bike for the new fuel, the bacon café-racer is good for 75-100 mpg (2.35-3.1 l/100km). The machine is now en route to San Diego just in time for the 2nd Annual International Bacon Film Festival.
Via lanesplitter.
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