"Shifters, foot rests, rear brake were all slightly modified. The engine is indestructible and weighs like it is. "The engine is heavier than the stock RE 500 gas motor. My next step was going to be new rear wheel sprocket and O-ring chain, but I got other bikes to feed. So ordered heavy duty plates and springs from Hitchcocks, and lowered the gearing, so now its very easy to pull away and ride around but the top speed is limited to a little over 50. It was just too tall to pull away and the torque of the diesel was way too much for stock plates. "About the gearing - I originally had very tall gearing for the bike to do 70, but within a week I burnt the clutch plates out. Original intent was to make it a scrambler, but after it was running and on the road kept it as it is."Īir cleaner and spin-on oil filter keep "Dirty Diesel" clean.įitting stock primary was the most challenging element of conversion. Bike with current gearing runs at 52 mph, and has tremendous torque down low. "Would need to change rear wheel sprocket to get highway speeds. "It will not go on highway geared as-is," Anthony wrote in the his ad. Its electric starter is integral to the diesel motor, not the Royal Enfield's original. The motorcycle has effectively two mufflers, retaining the Lombardini box muffler and the Enfield muffler "to keep exhaust tone reasonable. Overkill? Yes, maybe, but the bike was originally intended to be more of a scrambler with knobbier tires for some light off road and trekking, so slow moving - I wanted better cooling for longer life."īig plate on bottom of motor is extra-capacity oil sump with cooling fins. "That big plate on the bottom is a large capacity oil sump with cooling fins that I transplanted from a different engine more oil capacity and better cooling.
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Plus I had some extra engines laying around.
Fully mechanical, parts are cheap, and easily rebuildable. "I chose the Lombardini 6LD360 engine since I restore Italian tractors as a side gig, and have a lot of experience with that particular engine. "Engine has electric start and starts with the stock starter button on bars, and has the kick-start as well just in case, but the upgraded charging system on the engine maintains the battery well.įront disc brake is welcome as the diesel motor adds weight. In his ad he wrote: "I got the 2008 Enfield on a trade, took it for one ride with the stock 500 engine, came home and went 'meh.' The stock Enfield gave me no feeling."īut "the Enfield was the perfect platform for swapping in a diesel engine, with the separate five-speed transmission the main hurdle was making the adapter to mate the primary to the engine block - and about 100 smaller issues that were sorted out. Note right-shift conversion, done to improve shifting. "About three years ago I really wanted to import a Royal Enfield Taurus diesel from India, but it was just dead end after dead end, so eventually just did it here and was able to get past all the issues/shortcomings of the Taurus," Anthony wrote me.ĭiesel retained its own muffler and the stock Enfield muffler. I wrote the seller to ask for more information about the challenges he faced in making it.
The ad describes the largely stock Royal Enfield motorcycle and its rebuilt Lombardini 6LD360 air-cooled, single-cylinder diesel motor. Am I the only one? We will find out with this auction."ĭiesel cooling fan and shroud are distinctive. "If you ever dream about blasting into town on a tractor/rocket hybrid, this will fit that need. "This is a crude rough ride that will get attention and is a blast," the seller writes. It has electric start and kick start, a five-speed gearbox changed to shift on the right side, and a top speed of about 52 mph. "It is a Royal Enfield with a diesel engine shoehorned into it."Ī 2008 Royal Enfield Electra neatly converted to diesel power is for sale on eBay in New Jersey.