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KTM LC8 engine. By August 1998, the design team settled on a 75-degree V-twin design, with emphasis on light weight and compact build. To do so, KTM assumed the entire R&D process in-house, and hired Claus Holweg as Project Manager from their Austrian neighbors Rotax. Within a year, the new 'LC8' engine line had its first dyno run on August 11 ...
The KTM 1290 Super Duke R is a 1301 cc 75° V-twin engine, naked motorcycle from the Austrian manufacturer KTM. With the update in 2017 the motor is the most powerful LC8 engine ever built by KTM. With the update in 2017 the motor is the most powerful LC8 engine ever built by KTM.
KTM Adventure S. The KTM 990 Adventure is a dual-sport motorcycle produced in Austria by KTM. The bike is powered by the LC8 liquid cooled, four-stroke, DOHC 999 cc 75° V-twin engine, [1] producing around 78 kW (105 hp). It is capable of a top speed of around 123 mph (198 km/h). [2] The engine was evolved from the 950 Adventure.
The KTM 990 Super Duke has a naked body style and was designed by Gerald Kiska at the Kiska design studio in September 2003. [1] [2] It is built around a chromium-molybdenum trellis frame with powder-coated aluminum sub-frame and KTM LC8 engine used in several other KTM motorcycles.
KTM is an Austrian motorcycle, bicycle and motorsports brand which is co-owned by Indian manufacturer Bajaj Auto and Austrian manufacturer Pierer Mobility AG. It traces its foundation to 1934 as Kronreif & Trunkenpolz Mattighofen.
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 ...
Clutch slave: The KTM 950/990 LC8 series engine uses a hydraulically actuated clutch system with conventional master and slave cylinders. The OEM slave (manufactured by Magura) has a failure mode in which the piston starts to tilt in the bore, causing the slave to fail. The 950SE suffers the same problem.
The KTM 1290 Super Adventure is a high performance touring machine. The bike is powered by two-cylinder 1301 cc engine producing 160 hp and 140 Nm of torque with 108 Nm at 2500 rpm. [ 2 ] The Super Adventure features a motorcycle cruise control which is first from KTM.