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The Triumph Rocket III is a three-cylinder motorcycle made by Triumph Motorcycles Ltd. At 2,294 cc (140.0 cu in) it had the largest- displacement engine of any production motorcycle [ 4 ] until 2019 when Triumph released the Triumph Rocket 3 .
The Triumph Rocket 3 is a motorcycle by manufacturer Triumph Motorcycles Ltd. [2] Like its predecessor, the Rocket III , it is characterized by an engine that, at 2,458 cc (150.0 cu in), is much larger than any other production motorcycle and consequently has much higher torque. [ 3 ]
It is powered by twin destroked and turbocharged 1,485 cc (90.6 cu in) inline-3 engines sourced from the Triumph Rocket III, generating a claimed output greater than 1,000 horsepower (750 kW). [ 2 ] [ 6 ] The streamliner shell is a monocoque constructed from carbon fiber / kevlar .
A Suzuki GSX-R1000 at a drag strip – a 2006 model once recorded a 0 to 60 mph time of 2.35 seconds. This is a list of street legal production motorcycles ranked by acceleration from a standing start, limited to 0 to 60 mph times of under 3.5 seconds, and 1 ⁄ 4-mile times of under 12 seconds.
The Triumph TR5 is a sports car built by the Triumph Motor Company in Coventry, England, between August 1967 and September 1968. [1]Visually similar to the Michelotti-designed TR4 open two-seater it was derived from, [2] the TR5 replaced Triumph's 105 bhp (78 kW) SAE Standard inline-four engine with the much more powerful Lucas mechanical fuel-injected 150 bhp (110 kW) Triumph 2.5-litre ...
The engine was next used in the Triumph Vitesse, a sports saloon based on the Herald, in 1962. [1] [3] In this application, the engine had a 66.75 mm (2.6 in) bore, reducing displacement to 1596 cc. [1] [4] The Vitesse was given the two-litre engine with the 74.6 mm bore in 1966. [4]
The 2000 used the six-cylinder engine first seen in the Standard Vanguard at the end of 1960. [12] However, the last of the six cylinder Vanguards had applied a compression ratio of 8.0:1 which the increasing availability of higher octane fuels enabled the manufacturers to increase to 8.5:1 for the Triumph. [13]
List of motorcycles by type of engine is a list of motorcycles by the type of motorcycle engine used by the vehicle, such as by the number of cylinders or configuration.. A transverse engine is an engine mounted in a vehicle so that the engine's crankshaft axis is perpendicular to the direction of travel.