Diesel Treffen - Hamm 2006

Best of the bunch - sidecar mounted 700cc Hatz single cylinder connected via a car front wheel drive shaft to a duplex sprocket driving a standard bike gearbox and drivetrain - that should stop the sidecar wheel coming up in sharp corners!

A Sunday morning trip to the Mohnesee Dam provided some spectacular scenery and a neat route through tiny single lane roads thanks to the trust Tom Tom sat nav setup.

So; if you have a custom diesel bike that has taken 8 years to get to the almost finished stage, how do you get the primary pump to function after all this time?

Simple - with a lot of ingenuity, a BMW car fuel pump and the magic of some diesel injector cleaner et voila- it lives!

Proud father after the new birth!

A great shot - can't even see the join in the repair after the Dambusters visit!