Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Yamaha YZR-M1 is an inline-four motorcycle specifically developed by Yamaha Motor Company to race in the current MotoGP series. [1] It succeeded the 500 cc (31 cu in) YZR500 by the 2002 season and was originally developed with a 990 cc (60 cu in) engine.
ČZ 350 V4; Ducati 350 Desmo GP; Harley-Davidson RR350; Honda RC170; Honda RC171; Honda RC172; Honda 2RC172; Honda RC173; Honda RC174; Jawa 350 Twin; Jawa 350 V4; Kawasaki KR350; MV Agusta 350 Twin; MV Agusta 350 4C (1954–1964) MV Agusta 350 Six; MV Agusta 350 3C; MV Agusta 350 4C (1972–1976) MZ 350 Twin; Norton Kneeler; Yamaha 350 Triple ...
Yamaha YZR500. The RD500LC (Race Developed 500CC Liquid Cooled motorcycle) uses a 50-degree, twin-crankshaft V4 engine layout.Linked Yamaha YPVS exhaust power valves are controlled by a single electronic unit and servo motor and are designed to give a broader power band.
The new team quickly built their own 4-stroke MotoGP racer with an engine based on the Yamaha YZF-R1 engine. [5] After initially talking with Regis Laconi, Steve Hislop, Jose Luis Cardano and Jay Vincent, [6] the team eventually announced Chris Burns and Ralf Waldmann as their riders for the upcoming 2003 season. [7]
The YZR500 had two crankshafts like a U engine and the angle between each pair of cylinders was 90°, like a V4. In 1997 Mick Doohan wanted to run a 180° screamer engine. HRC crew chief Jerry Burgess explained "The 180 got back a direct relationship between the throttle and the rear wheel, When the tire spun I could roll off without losing drive.
The new R1 took engine technology from the M1 MotoGP bike with its crossplane crankshaft, making the 2009 R1 the first production sports bike to use a crossplane crankshaft. [11] Power delivery is the same as with a 90° V4 with a 180° crank (such as the Honda VFR800, and similar to the 65° V4 in the Yamaha V-Max [12]). Yamaha claimed the ...
0W54: Square-4 engine, rotary disc valve. 1982: 0W60 Updated square-4 machine 2nd 0W61: The first Japanese V4 engine in a 500cc Grand Prix motorcycle. Also had a new frame structure that was the basis for the Deltabox frame, which was developed by Spanish engineer Antonio Cobas. [1] 1983
A V4 engine is a four-cylinder piston engine where the cylinders share ... 2009 Yamaha V-Max ... The majority MotoGP manufacturers chose the V4 configuration for ...