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The Rolls-Royce Merlin engine originally came with a direct carburettor, prone to cut-out due to fuel flooding in negative G. Beatrice Shilling Miss Shilling's orifice was a very simple technical device created to counter engine cut-outs experienced during negative G manoeuvres in early Spitfire and Hurricane fighter aeroplanes during the Battle of Britain.
Introduced in 2001, the Piaggio Beverly has been produced in engine sizes ranging from 125 to 500 cc. Early models were powered by Piaggio's water-cooled L.E.A.D.E.R. engine. In 2005 models with 250 cm 3 and 500 cm 3 displacement were also presented and the engine range was subsequently expanded to 300 cm 3, 350 cm 3 and 400 cm 3 displacement.
They rolled out two world firsts in 2004: a gas-electric hybrid scooter and a sophisticated tilting scooter with two wheels in front and one in back to grip the road better. One of Piaggio's problems Colaninno couldn't fix from the inside was its scale. Even though Piaggio was the European market leader, it was dwarfed by rivals Honda and Yamaha.
All models sport a single-cylinder, four-stroke, multi-valve engine that meets Euro 3 European emission standards, and have a continuously variable transmission (CVT) The 125 cc model has a carburetor 124 cc Lead engine, 11 kW (15 hp), the 250 cc has a liquid-cooled, fuel-injected 244 cc Quasar engine that delivers 16.5 kW (22.1 hp), and the 400 cc model's Master liquid-cooled, electronic fuel ...
The storm has already caused major travel problems in the Southern states and brought slippery conditions and travel delays in the Midwest o Northeast faces snowy start to weekend with slippery ...
Week 3: Missed pass interference on Kyle Pitts. The Chiefs got away with one late in a win at the Atlanta Falcons. Safety Bryan Cook clearly committed a pass inference penalty on Pitts in the end ...
Rare examples of the first series had the front suspension of the shackle type already used on the Piaggio Ciao (version B1M); but the vast majority of Boxers left the assembly line with the telescopic fork (B2V and B3M versions).
The Piaggio X8 is an Italian-made motor cycle, released in 2004 and available in 125 cc, 150 cc (Street Version), 250 cc, and 400 engine sizes by Piaggio. [1] It has now been replaced by the Piaggio Xevo .