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A transverse engine is an engine mounted in a vehicle so that the engine's crankshaft axis is perpendicular to the direction of travel. In a longitudinal engine configuration, the engine's crankshaft axis is parallel with the direction of travel. However, the description of the orientation of "V" and "flat" motorcycle engines differs from this ...
Harley-Davidson Twin Cam engine at the Harley-Davidson Museum. The Harley-Davidson Twin Cam are motorcycle engines made by Harley-Davidson from 1998 to 2017. Although these engines differed significantly from the Evolution engine, which in turn was derived from the series of single camshaft, overhead valve motors that were first released in 1936, they share a number of characteristics with ...
The AMA Grand National Championship Class C rules, introduced in 1933 and revised in 1954, had an equivalency formula limiting flathead, or sidevalve, engines to 750 cc (46 cu in) displacement, while more modern overhead valve (OHV) engines could be a maximum of only 500 cc (31 cu in). [8]
Motorcycle engine manufacturers (18 P) T. Two-stroke engine technology (3 C, 28 P) Pages in category "Motorcycle engines" The following 43 pages are in this category ...
Rescue 1 Members have been quoted as saying "the best thing about the new rig is that old fashioned siren that all other trucks have, it really gets your blood pumping hearing that. It's great that we sound like a fire engine again, not a cop car or an EMS unit". [2] [failed verification] The E-Q2B became standard for FDNY units being delivered ...
The Honda NR (New Racing) was a V-four motorcycle series started by Honda in 1979 with the 500cc NR500 Grand Prix racer which used oval pistons. [1] This was followed during the 1980s by a 750cc endurance racer version known as the NR750.
Motorcycle engines range from less than 50 cc (cubic centimetres), commonly found in many small scooters, to 5735 cc, a Chevrolet V8 engine, currently used by Boss Hoss in its cruiser style motorcycle. Motorcycles have mostly, but not exclusively, been produced with one to four cylinders, and designers have tried virtually every imaginable layout.
Harley-Davidson used IOE engines with atmospheric inlet valves until 1912, [12] and with mechanically driven inlet valves from 1911 to 1929. [13] Indian used IOE valvetrains on all of their four-cylinder bikes except those built in 1936 and 1937. [14] [15] Other American motorcycle manufacturers that used IOE engines included Excelsior ...