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In 1934 the Moto Guzzi S series launched with the head / side valve engine of the Sport 15 and the four- speed gearbox from the Moto Guzzi V-Series. Since the drive now appeared to be that of the S-series. the vehicle was named "Motocarro S".
Until the mid-1940s, the traditional horizontal four-stroke single-cylinder 500 cc engines were fitted with one overhead and one side valve but contrary to the usual practice of having inlet over exhaust (IOE), this employed the side valve for induction and the overhead valve for exhaust. Also unusual was the adoption of only one hairspring ...
In 1920 Carlo Guzzi constructed the G.P. 500 prototype with unit-construction. This was followed in 1921by the first Moto Guzzi production model, the "Normale", also a 500cc unit-construction motorcycle. [citation needed] In 1921, an expanding Bianchi (Italy) showed its first unit-construction side-valve 600 cc V-twin. [7]
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.
During World War II, the US Army requested experimental motorcycle designs suitable for desert fighting [1] and offered Indian $350,000 in exchange for 1,000 shaft-drive, side-valve, twin-cylinder test motorcycles. In response to this request, Indian designed and built the 841 (8 for the new engine design and 41 for the year).
This version differed in the small wheels (18″ front and 16″ rear), double flashing blue light and fixed side panniers. [ 10 ] The 350 was created for the Italian domestic market, but NTX wasn't exported the on UK because it was in effect at the time a ban for plastic fuel tank motorcycle (which was also one of the motorcycle's particular ...
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During 2010 Moto Guzzi presents the new model [6] equipped with a new fairing, the new version is equipped with a new exhaust system covered in aluminum and the ground clearance is increased; The engine is new, now with 4 valves per cylinder and approved to Euro 3 anti-pollution legislation with increased power and driving torque.