motoring.co.za - Bio-diesel bike sets World speed record

motoring.co.za - Bio-diesel bike sets World speed record: "BIO-DIESEL RECORD-BREAKER: This one-off bike with a BMW diesel engine clocked 210km/h in speed trials on the Bonneville salt flats in Utah in the US and its builders are hoping for 265km/h next time out. Bio-diesel bike sets World speed record September 16, 2007 A specially built bio-diesel bike has set a world speed record for diesel motorcycles at the 2007 Bonneville Salt Flats speed trials in Utah with a two–way average speed of 210.203km/h. The bike started life as a BMW R1150 RT but was fitted with a two-litre turbodiesel engine from a BMW 3 Series car and ran on Greenline Industries' B100 biodiesel. It was designed and built at 'The Crucible', an industrial art school in Oakland, California, and ridden by founder Michael Sturtz."