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Harley decided the engine should also be used in a sport-cruiser, then took over development, making it "too big, too heavy, too expensive and too late" for Buell. [ 11 ] Harley-Davidson forced Buell to follow the rigid product planning and distribution process beginning in the 1990s, with the philosophy that Buell was the starter brand, and ...
The company manufactures extraordinarily large displacement motorcycles and motorized tricycles with 376 to 496 cu in (6,160 to 8,130 cm 3) Chevrolet V8 engines, and semi-automatic transmissions.
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.
1999 Buell M2 Cyclone 1203cc sportster motor. Buell started with water-cooled two-stroke square-fours and ended with a water cooled four-stroke V-Twin, but the vast majority of their bikes used reworked 883 and 1200 Sportster engines. With Buell-designed heads, barrels, and in 1999 fuel injection, these all led to an increase in horsepower.
The LS650 has remained unchanged except for minor cosmetic changes, receiving a 5 rather than 4 speed transmission in 1993. [15] With a weight of 381 lb (173 kg), Suzuki markets the S40 as "an entry-level model to the cruiser line." [16] [17] With a seat height of 28 inches and flatter handlebar, the bike is suitable for shorter riders. [3] [4 ...
A Kawasaki sport bike at a track day at Lakeside International Raceway. The groundbreaking inline four of the Honda CB750.. A sports motorcycle, sports bike, or sport bike is a motorcycle designed and optimized for speed, acceleration, braking, and cornering on asphalt concrete race tracks and roads.
The Daewoo FX212 Super Cruiser (hangul:대우 FX212 슈퍼 크루저) (later renamed in 2017 as the Daewoo FX212 Super Star (hangul:대우 FX212 슈퍼 스타)) [citation needed] is a heavy-duty luxury coach manufactured by the South Korean bus producer Daewoo. It was introduced in November 2007, part of the FX series of current coaches that ...
The Lider class (Russian: Лидер, lit. 'leader'), also referred to as Shkval class (Russian: шквал, lit. 'squall'), Russian designation Project 23560 Lider for domestic use and Project 23560E Shkval for export, is a combined stealth nuclear-powered guided missile destroyer [3] [4] and cruiser, under consideration for the Russian Navy.