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In 1920, the motorcycle's weight increased from the addition of fenders, a larger fuel/oil tank, and in 1921 the seat was enlarged, along with a still larger fuel/oil tank, and a battery was added. The displacement was increased to 269 cc (16.4 cu in) to handle the increased weight of 195 lb (88 kg) from these changes.
2005 Gas Gas Wild HP240 Quad. The GasGas sport quads are sold under the Wild HP brand and come in two-stroke and fuel-injected four-stroke models. Before 2007, the Wild HP line of quads was available in a choice of blue or red regardless of displacement. Beginning in 2007 the Wild HP line standardized to black.
The history of the motorcycle begins in the second half of the 19th century. Motorcycles are descended from the " safety bicycle ," a bicycle with front and rear wheels of the same size and a pedal crank mechanism to drive the rear wheel. [ 1 ]
The Gas Gas EC, also known as Enducross, is a series enduro motorcycles manufactured by Gas Gas since 1989. It is currently marketed with two different engines: on the one hand, with the traditional engine of two-stroke in various displacements (from 80 to 300 cc) and the other, with a 250 cc four-stroke engine (in which case the bike is called EC FSE, or EC F).these bikes are well known for ...
The European models at this time included the Bradbury 3.5 hp (2.6 kW), the Brough HB, the Douglas 2.75 hp (2.05 kW) and 4 hp (3.0 kW) models, the Humber 3.5 hp and 6 hp (4.5 kW) models, the Matchless 6 hp, the Montgomery 6 hp, Williamson Flat Twin 8 hp (6.0 kW), and the Bayerische Flugzeugwerke Helios (the predecessor to BMW's first motorcycle).
The bought-in engine is a BMW 450cc 4-stroke single, detuned from 51hp to 41hp. [10] Originally used in the discontinued BMW GP450X, the 450cc engine is now built by Kymco in Taiwan. The CCM has received very favourable comments on its lightness, the engine's responsiveness, and the excellent handling both on- and off-road.
[3] [4] On 31 December 1879, German inventor Karl Benz produced a two-stroke gas engine, for which he received a patent in 1880 in Germany. The first truly practical two-stroke engine is attributed to Yorkshireman Alfred Angas Scott , who started producing twin-cylinder water-cooled motorcycles in 1908.
Two-stroke motorcycles are a type of internal combustion engine that completes a power cycle with two strokes of the piston during only one crankshaft revolution.