Neander 1400 Turbo Diesel Motorcycle Test & Review September 25, 2006
German Neander turbo diesel cruiser motorcycle offers 115 horsepower on kerosene. By Alan Cathcart
Let’s face it—we motorcyclists have a pretty dismal opinion of diesel engines, usually derived from the painful consequences of encountering a road surface coated with oil carelessly dropped by a truck or even one of the increasing numbers of cars powered by Rudolf Diesel’s compression-ignition motor invented back in the 1890s. Since then, the diesel engine has become a mainstay of marine, locomotive, urban transport, road haulage and stationary use—indeed, any application where its inherent benefits of 30 percent lower fuel consumption, cleaner emissions and longer life, …