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Arctic Cat is an American brand of snowmobiles and all-terrain vehicles manufactured in Thief River Falls, Minnesota.The company was formed in 1960 and is now part of Textron Inc. Arctic Cat designs, engineers, manufactures, and markets all-terrain vehicles, snowmobiles and related parts, garments (such as snowmobile suits), and accessories.
Choke valves are important for naturally-aspirated gasoline engines because small droplets of gasoline do not evaporate well within a cold engine. By restricting the flow of air into the throat of the carburetor, the choke valve reduces the pressure inside the throat, which causes a proportionally greater amount of fuel to be pushed from the ...
In 1965 the K2 was enlarged to 624 cc to become the Meguro X-650 prototype, which was displayed at the 1965 Tokyo Motor Show. The X-650 then became in turn the prototype for the Kawasaki W1. [ 2 ] For the new Kawasaki big bike, the traditional look of Meguro motorcycles was replaced with a sleeker fuel tank, sportier mudguards (fenders) and ...
The BSA Lightning was designed as the all-round sports machine of the 1960s, [5] planned largely for export to the US market [6] to complement the touring Thunderbolt and the later development, the supersports Spitfire.
The W650 had no connection to Triumphs. They directly descended, with modifications, from the BSA 650. [citation needed] The W650 has a long-stroke engine of 72 mm bore x 80 mm stroke with an anti-vibration balance shaft and modern electronics. In 2006 Kawasaki added a short-stroke W400 model, in Japan.
This is a list of Kawasaki motorcycles designed and/or manufactured by Kawasaki Heavy Industries Motorcycle & Engine and its predecessors. Special purpose [ edit ]
Notable new models included the Sach MadAss, the Sachs Roadster 125 (using a Yamaha virago 125 engine), Sachs Roadster 650 (using a Suzuki DR650 engine), a Sachs Roadster 800 (using a Suzuki VS800GL intruder engine) and it's derivative the Sach B-805, inspired by the Sachs Beast 1000 concept bike.
From 1971, T120 models used a new frame which contained the engine oil instead of using a separate tank (this became known as the oil in frame/'OIF' version). A five-speed gearbox finally was fully available by 1972, but competition from larger-capacity motorcycles led to the T120 being superseded by the 750 cc Bonneville T140 .