We need a full tank road trip to see how far it really goes before running out of fuel! Come on Shawn you can do it

It made me irrationally upset seeing it half sunk in the creek after watching everything that went into getting it running.

You drove it into a creek and let it idle until it got bogged down by water. Brilliant.

when you cross a creek you go though in one continuous motion keeping revs steady ,you dont stop in the middle and rev it up and down as it draws in water through the exhaust with every open/close of the accelerator , had you not done that it would have not had any problem crossing.

One thing you don't mention till later -- the tank says "JP8/Diesel". JP8 is jet fuel. It's not that you can jet-power the bike, but that you can find this on any military base! If they don't have diesel, they will definitely have JP8. So you will always have something to fuel the bike with.

Definitely worth putting a lithium battery in for the extra juice needed to spin the starter.

Pretty cool to see both of your videos. Craig trying to get bikes running/fixing them, and Sean doing extensive testing/performance. Great video and I wish there were more diesel bikes available in the U.S.

I can’t wait to buy my first bike from you guys, I’ve been watching you since I was around 13 maybe younger and now I’m turning 18 getting the funds for my bike. Love the entire team may god bless you!

That bike gets incredible mileage. Looks like Tennessee is doing well for you. Keep up the great work! God bless.

The deputy let Sean go because: 1 - Sean was wearing his SHERF shirt 2 - The deputy was a cyclist himself. 3 - After Sean presented himself to the deputy while wearing the SHERF shirt, the deputy, being involved in the Special Olympics, understood Sean is "On the Spectrum, and let him have his fun. 4 - All of the above.

Presently in INDIA also there is one legendary DIESEL bike Called ROYAL ENFIELD DIESEL ... riding by both civilian n military persons an average @ 70kmpl with turbo..

My buddy used to work for Hayes , designing, building and testing to M1030. They would do races for best MPG. Pretty cool to see it pop up on my feed❤

Craig spends a whole show fixing it… you kill it halfway through your show- I see why you guys broke up. You guy should just say sorry and get back together

I can't believe you stalled this bike in water, knowing it's a no-no. You have too much experience to do this.

18:23 Gives me flashbacks to almost 2 months ago where me and my buddy Nick went out and hit some trails. I was testing out my new dual sport (CRF250L) and I ended up getting it stuck in mud. It took what felt like hours before help arrived meanwhile we both were exhausted and dehydrated. Finally a group of people on 4-wheelers arrived and tugged my bike out but it wouldn’t start. Eventually, we roll started the thing a good handful of times and got it running. During this time, my other friend Tucker arrived on his street bike and took it down the trails to help us. Wild time.😅

Definitely need more adventures on this bike. Maybe a full on off road camping trip using military spec equipment & food rations etc.

I loved Craig's reaction when they got it running. I would love to have seen his reaction as you flooded the bike. Hahaha

I was a USMC motorcycle messenger trained communications Marine. Lots of good times! Great video

In Europe our Diesel gas pumps, have Black handle and petrol ones have green handles. Seeing you pour fuel from green handle gas pump into diesel tank made me squeeze my bum cheeks hard :D

Any time you run anything under water you must keep the RPMs fever up to keep the water from getting into the engine. Love your videos. KEEP ON KEEPIN ON

I had my rear shock fixed at Traxxion Dynamics in Woodstock GA for my diesel KLR. Also don’t trust that the tank is actually 6 gallons. I think it’s closer to 5. You don’t want to run it dry and deal with priming the system. The oddessey batteries came with something like 225 cold cranking amps, so you need a lithium battery close to that rating.

I remember my 98 klr 650 gas bike would idle up inclines, super low geared, and really quiet in the woods, just a lil thump thump. Great ol bike, kinda want to get another one

I made my own Dash Riser and windshield for full dresser comfort. Throttle Lock, Ram XL drink holder, Ram X phone holder. I custom built up the seat. It's the Dirtwing.

I live in Mt. Pleasant and I'm a truck driver. It's cool seeing some of the areas I drive on your videos! I love that Savannah area.

Good camera work at the best time of doing something dumb, like attempting hydro-locking a rare and expensive motorcycle. I liked watching the sky and bushes.

Your helmet liner is the same as a pilot's helmet liner. They are actually custom molded to an individual's head. It gets heated up, placed on your head with a round weight placed on top to mold it to your head. Then you can swap it into a new helmet shell when needed. It's Mil-Spec bubble wrap so you know it's expensive. Probably not DOT.

Im kinda speed running through all of your vids MR.Beards so far so good and much love from Egypt

Watching it try to tow made me think of the Trail 90. It lost to the Trail 90! Now that I think about it, the Trail 90 is also immune to EMP and it's carbureted so you could fuel it with moonshine...

This is another great twist on this bike. I just got done watching the Bearded Mechanics troubleshooting of his diesel bike and see'ing another take on it is awesome! I would totally grab one of these if it came up at a local auction.

At the Ironman GNCC years ago there was a display of a former military bike that was a diesel. I have never seen another. But it exist.

God bless you Sean. For your love of our beautiful Country and the verses you always share. Had a new 2008 KLR 650. Would love a diesel version. Pure Classis

I would definitely check the oil after that, for potential of water in that motor after it stalled in the creek. Mainly through the pipe or even the air box. I did just that 3 days ago in only 10 inches of water with the motor stopped to wash the mud off the bike it fell over on the right side and water quickly ran up the exhaust into the motor before I could lift it up, but the air box was dry. Lucky it did not have hydrolic lock as it has no kick starter to feel it, only electric start which can bend the rod I believe, however it turned over but was reluctant to start for about a minute with the wet plug. I checked the oil level window was cloudy but had not added to its oil level height, so a little water got inside. I rode it home and dumped the milkshake color motor oil including the filter oil, then filled it with a cheap oil and reused the old oil filter, then heated the motor up running to steam off any milkshake residue moisture stuck inside the motor, then I dumped that oil and filter and checked it was all clear color, finally a new oil filter and new oil. Years of deep water crossings and I've never had a problem because the golden rule I never stopped the motor running. But this time it was a Big drama for a puddle of water.

This thing is pretty cool my dads Massey Ferguson tractor is diesel ofc and a while back it capsized into a 16ft deep pond and we got it out and with a little bit of water shooting the thing started right up so thats why he’s never letting go of that thing 😂

I'm really digging the content with the M1030. Krang's video of resurrection process of this things was great.

Funny that I knew more about the motorcycle than you😂because I had already watched The bearded mechanic video about the repair😂 Thank you Sean. God bless you and your family🙏

I remember when these popped on the scene and as a diesel truck guy I REALLY thought "So cool I want one too". Fascinating to learn about the outcome both for the military and for your experience.

As a PA native, I wish Sean would expand on his gripes with the state. Genuinely curious what sent him over the edge.

Your videos are very entertaining. Thanks for all the hard work In making them.

Craig has done a Spectacular job!

You don't use starter fluid with diesel. You put gas on a rag and hold it over the intake. It will zap air pockets out of the priming system too.

Rokon maid here in New Hampshire, has done military versions for the Jordanian army and others and they float across water. It has a small, gas engine, very low horsepower, but with the gearing in 2 Wheel drive it should pull heavy weight.

Sean come do a challenge in the UK with Craig. I guess Dan can come too...

The bubble wrap* inside liner of that helmet is custom heat formed to the individuals head.

WARNING Bikes and Beards. There is someone going around impersonating you. I got scammed by him. His handle is like yours but with a _

The real question is..... Can it do a wheelie?

Watching right now and nice score. Only B&B would end up getting the guy who designed the bike in the resurrection process. It's the power of the beard. God those bikes chug and lug. I can't believe you were trying to pull that van and trailer. It reminds me of the bike Steve McQueen jumped in... I think it was called the great escape. That movie was kick ass. I can't believe you have 2 models from 2 different manufacturers. Keep 'em coming.

I rode one of these in the Marines in 2009. I didn't realize they were that rare. never took it out of the country though. Only near camp lejeune.

Great video! Thanks, Sean.

Bikes and beards Any time a exhaust is under water you need to keep the revs high enough to stop the water reaching the inside of the motor so half throttle at least at Al times

@0:59 every time I see this bike, either new out of the box gas version one, or the diesel version I immediately think I'm about to watch a cheesy 80s Charlie Sheen Navy seals movie 🎥🍿 every time!! 🇺🇸🌎🏍️ 🚢 ⚙️🎖️🌎🇺🇲

IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS VIDEO FOR SO LONG!!!

Maybe next time take it out of the water before you try to crank it again? 😂

If you want to see how good it is taking it up a hill without any throttle. Take it to some of the mountains in Colorado. Maybe try going up Pikes Peak. Or The Great Smokey Mountains.

You can also have a manual transmission diesel running and stall it without enough fuel to clutch ratio and it will almost quit but fire up backwards. Had an old guy on our fire department do it. Backed the tanker truck out of a driveway, "semi stalled" so it was running backwards. Every time he tried putting it in 1st gear forward it would actually back up, dead serious. The exhaust was coming out the intake. I ran up to him and told him to shut it down and restart it.

using this value system then a runnig Yugo, a running 1976 Chevy 350 Diesel, a 1957 Goliath is a gem... and it is a 750cc two stroke fuel injected german car . Others would say we are in new age idolatry. The uphill idle test was impressive

I can’t believe how good that starter is 👍🏻

Good ol' Sean, asking a sheriff what county it is, when it says the county in big letters on the side of the sheriff's car.

I remember watching on another KZfaq channel where they were testing small engines and were using a little diesel. I watched this video and was thinking about that one and I seem to recall this channel with a couple of nutty guys that put a Harbor Freight engine in a Harley and thought... What would happen if you took a dirt bike and stuck one of those little diesel engines in it to make your own knock-off of this one? If only there was a channel that liked doing crazy stuff with bikes like that. 👍 Keep it up.

love it man got to get Craig to tennessee you two are awesome together i love both channels but you guys are magic together

Oh snap you guys were in Hickman! Glad you had fun!

@2:52 the vibration would smooth out if it was turbocharged like all ⛽ diesels should be. That bike would be so awesome with a compound turbo setup, nothing big maybe something found on a stock VW TDI Jetta from 2001-2005...

It would be cool to see how it would perform in a competitive hill climb.

Gave a whole new meaning to the engine being flooded!

Sean, can you please do the public a great service and put one of them tiny turbo on the thing. It would mend the mistake the military made when they didn’t specify it needed a turbo. For efficiency of course😉 love your channel!

Sean as a Tennessee resident, born and raised it makes me so happy that you are happy here in our great state. Ive alway told myself this is the only state I'd ever live and so far it is. If you need anything we are here to help.

Glad to see this bike being used be people who love bikes and not sitting around for people to look at. I got a KLR 650 in alaska years ago and while learning about it i learned about the diesel KLR. I looked into getting one but it wasnt financially viable. I would buy a diesel bike if there was one available. I dont need speed, i want capability.

Mine had adjustable suspension and it was one of the best bikes I've ever had

Love this. Great content. I do miss the chemistry between you and Craig

You should definetly turbo it. It's running a bit rich because it shouldn't smoke while idling but it's normal to smoke a bit when accelerating hard.

It’s that Dave always has a smile on his face playing with motorcycles. What an awesome guy doing what he loves.

What I do with my diesels on my ranch that don't want to start instead of using starter fluid because its to combustible. I put diesel in a spray bottle and spray it directly into the intake with the air cleaner off. Hope to see you at the Honda tent at Daytona again this coming year.

That KLR starter noise... brings back memories of ALL the batteries I've toasted because that thing wouldn't start right up 🤣🤣

I'm sure Craig is loving every minute of this and wishes he could have been there. Sean putting the bike though test to see what it can do I'd the best! What would be the point of fixing it if he wasn't going to do that??? Craig would be doing the same thing, no question of that. We can all learn from Sean's mistakes, that's what makes the videos fun and educational. Sometimes I don't think that people get that Sean is clowning around on purpose, even Craig knows that. Sean made a discussion to move, he tried to get everyone to move with him, it just didn't work out and now we get more content from the both of them, we win 😊 as for my self I'm not complaining, also I'm sure they will continue to make videos together in the future, they are friends, stop trying to put them against each other. ❤🙏😊

So it's very similar to buying a 22+ KLR minus the diesel. Sweet

I mention this on Craig's video before... I saw one of these bikes on Dave Sparks Channel, video entitled "The Truth Behind My Wild Purchases" video about a month ago. It was sitting in a surplus sales warehouse store, some guy owns... So if you're interested in another one maybe you can figure out where it's at, and get a hold of the guy. Then Sean, you and Craig can ride in military diesel style together! 😎👍

thank you Rudolph Diesel for your invention that revolutionized mechanical power.....beats the hell out of EV.

Love how Craig gets to spend his time making things work while you get to make ridiculous videos trying to break his hard work.

need this in my life shawn.

Hickman.. LOL... That place has not fallen into the river yet? We used to go sand bar "camping" around Hickman and Columbus TN. Lots of great spots to disappear out there.

1:50 over here in Europe, green pistols like that means unleaded fuel. I panicked a little when I saw it. I own a motorcycle and a diesel car, so I will check and double check what I am with and what type of fuel I am putting in.

NEVER let a bike die underwater, it could’ve hydro locked up....but keep up the good work,love ya Shawn

You might want to look at SulNOx diesel fuel emulsifier and conditioner from Steele Environmental. From looking at larger diesel car engines trial results, SulNOx helps minimize vibration and provide more responsive acceleration. Maybe that would help the bikes vibration issues.

I used to own a 1982 XR500R. Kick-start, compression release, dual exhaust on a single cylinder, first year of the mono-shock, drum brakes and everything 1980's. That bike was a 500 pound beast that would've eaten that diesel bike for breakfast, assuming you didn't break your leg trying to Kick-start the thing. I sure do miss that bike.

These were used for messenger bikes during my Marine Corps days in the 90's. The only Marine Corps "SF" back in the day of this bike was force recon, which were basically quick reaction force for the Seals, Recon never used these that I ever saw.

I love you (philos) Sean. Keep doing the Lord’s work! It does not go unnoticed.

Tennessee is a beautiful state full of mostly friendly people. Welcome to the South!

Turbo the beast 👍 and get a PTO output shaft so you can go farm it

Obviously I don't think you want to modify it but I think putting a turbo on it will help out a lot.

I was so surprised to see you run across the Hickman county Sheriff! I've got a buddy that's a deputy there, sadly it wasn't him you ran across! They're a good department. Had no idea you rode around our neck of the woods, hopefully i'll bump into you sometime!

Can you do a review of the xr150l? Love the videos man.

My Enfield Himalayan often does 100mpg (the bigger UK gallon that is), and my Honda NC750X has averaged 84mpg over the last 7000 miles. If either had a 6 gallon tank.........

The fording was cute. My f650GS does that stock

Another awesome video sir

"Someone started it the wrong way" Cut back to Craig and Sean starting it the "wrong way".... Also Sean obviously didn't watch the video of this thing getting fixed, because not only were the cams out of time, it didn't shear a woodruff key, there was no key, so the starter was spinning the flywheel but wasn't turning the engine over. Either someone was into the engine before they got it, or this thing left the factory poorly assembled and was a ticking time bomb.

660 miles on 1 tank. You would still have to stop for fuel going across Texas 😂

Stay strong! Your awesome!

Really have enjoyed watching what you have done to the Indian. Can't wait to see it when you're done . Excellent!

Great! We can now here a soldier coming from 5km away instead of 2km.

Milkshake 😮

this thing is so goofy that I love it, definitely take a good care of this thing as it will be pretty collectible