What's the best street legal dirt bike to escape TSHTF? EMP proof.

no motorcycle is EMP proof. they all have some kind of electronic part that will be fried by a EMP..

charging systems would die from EMP.

mountain bike is your best bet or a horse if you want to travel faster than by foot.

Honda Rukus NP50

to be EMP proof it need a mechanical ignition and those ended in the mid 1970s so I would suggest a Honda XL250 or XL350 but it is not only the bikes capability to get arround obsticles, its more the riders and that is not a skill that is just picked up all the sudden.

>>no motorcycle is EMP proof. they all have some kind of electronic part that will be fried by a EMP..<<

this is incorrect.

your pick up coils would be dead from a EMP.

just look up the electrical systems even on the old dirt bikes, even the points models have electronics that will die from a EMP.

All you need is a diesel engine and a way to charge the glow plugs - which you can do with a hand crank to generate electricity and charge capacitors, then flip a switch to release current to the glow plugs... then turn the engine... and wala.

Diesel is the doomsday engine.

Why do you think all of the Volkswagen Passat, Jetta and Golf TDI engines cars are selling like hotcakes?

Great prepper cars. AND they will run on biodiesel too.

Perfect prepper car.

If a Volkswagen TDI car is too small, then get a GM 6.2L V8 Diesel or a Dodge Diesel truck.

Same thing applies.

Just get a hand crank to juice up capacitors, and a switch to release poewr from capacitors to glow plugs.

You can buy parts for under 100 bucks to have a working engine after an EMP attack. Easy.

wiring diagram XL250


[link to electricwiringdiagram.com]

The charging system has electronics but the ignition is a magneto with a points breaker plate.

The bike will still run after an EMP blast but you would have no lights.

i saw a great bike just recently yamaha tty 200 i think its road trail not emp proof per se but carry some basic electronics and you would be right.

store the thing well and you would not likely have any problems

emp is still an unknown science there is much unknown about what would and would not be disabled.

i also like the ROKON but its not street legal

ignition coil would die.

voltage regulator dies.

battery toasted by EMP.

any and all resistors.

FEARMONGER

from everything i know about EMP and electronics
chances are the ig coil would survive as would the battery
volt regs would be fried probably most resistors woul be fine.

>>ignition coil would die.

voltage regulator dies.

battery toasted by EMP.

any and all resistors.<<

off these components you have listed here only the ignition coil is needed for it to start/run. add to that list the ignition condensor so the coil and condenser are suspects and easy/small enough to get spares/backup to keep in a simple farraday cage until needed. problem soved, no?

Worksman bicycle.

Bultaco

wheelchair

Build a trike with a Chevy 6.2 diesel.

4.3 diesel would be better

royal enfield diesel... the downside is they only sell them in india as far as i know

wrong idiot, only sensitive electronics get fried not simple circuits/electrics

There are a lot of people that have this hollywood idea of EMP, but the reality is that it fries thin wires and complex circuitry, a bike with a simple magneto system would be fine, as would anything that does not have a electronic ignition for that matter. If a device is properly shielded, it should withstand an EMP burst anyway.

any motorcycle with points is basically emp proof. as far as voltage regulators for the charging system, if single phase (2 wire), then you just replace an electronic one with an early model (pre-79) points type reggy from a honda c90. if 3 phase (3 wires) then you use one from a k-model honda 750. many of the CDI ignition bikes are actually fairly emp proof as their ignition systems are designed to use a high excitation voltage for the iggy coils. placing harnesses within doubled conduit(metallic, not plastic), and iggy and reggy boxes inside 2 nested metal boxes that are grounded actually isolates the electronics (like a faraday cage). emp is actually vastly over-rated as doom worthy, the only real world experience with it was in the days of tubes as amplifiers.

2009 CRF 230L.

1980s technology. No computer. No valve shims, just adjust with a special wrench. 80+ mpg.

the yamaha 250 is a way better bike

....Or you could use propane, which is the ultimate starting fluid for a diesel engine - no need for glow plugs. Just get a Coleman or Worthington 1# propane bottle and the hose off any camping appliance that uses them - give the engine a shot, and presto, she fires over...

FFS people, instead of posting why dont you spend some time READING the site?

Wrong - most bikes through the late 80's had a magneto ignition that also provided electricity for the bike / battery charge. Nothing that would be fried with an EMP.

Op - I'm a Kawasaki fan myself, and I don't mind hunting parts, but for a newbie, I would get a mid '70s honda. I wouldn't worry so much about being street legal - if TSHTF, then law enforcement will have their hands full with other matters, they will probably leave you alone if you don't use your turn signals.