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Motorcycles with a V-twin engine mounted with its crankshaft mounted in line with the frame, e.g. the Honda CX series, are said to have "transverse" engines, [1] [2] while motorcycles with a V-twin mounted with its crankshaft mounted perpendicular to the frame, e.g. most Harley-Davidsons, are said to have "longitudinal" engines.
Honda Shadow VT 125 motorcycle engine. A V-twin engine, also called a V2 engine, is a two-cylinder piston engine where the cylinders are arranged in a V configuration and share a common crankshaft. The V-twin is widely associated with motorcycles, primarily installed longitudinally, though also transversely. They are also used in a variety of ...
Following the established Moto Guzzi pattern of a transverse V-twin engine and shaft drive, the 750 Strada used an enlarged version of the lightweight 1990s Guzzi 350/500 engine. The 750 Strada was an easy-to-ride motorcycle, suitable as a first "big bike" whose 48 bhp output was never intimidating (and which gave a top speed of only some 95 ...
The air-cooled, longitudinal crankshaft, transverse cylinder, pushrod V-twin began life with 700 cc displacement and 45 hp (34 kW) – designed to win a competition sponsored by the Italian government for a new police bike. The sturdy shaft-drive, air-cooled V-twin won, giving Moto Guzzi renewed competitiveness.
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The majority of motorcycle engines are configured as singles, parallel twins, triples, fours and sixes; and all these may be inline or transverse. Vee engines include V-twins and V-fours, and horizontally opposed engines include flat-twins, flat-fours and flat-sixes. Wankel engines are either single-rotor or twin-rotor.
For the first time ever, Moto Guzzi is joining the modern ranks with a liquid-cooled, clean sheet V-twin engine. The 2024 Moto Guzzi V100 Mandello S Is the V-Twin Champion Skip to main content
The Honda VFR1200F is the 7th generation Honda sport touring motorcycle from the VF and VFR line motorcycles powered by a transverse mounted V4 engine.The VFR1200F has several new technologies including the first dual clutch transmission offered on a motorcycle.