List of motorcycles by type of engine

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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.

There are thousands, perhaps tens of thousands of some types of motorcycles and as such this list is only covers a set of examples of that type. However, where possible a full listing is given which for the more rare types is not unreasonable

Single cylinder

Split-single (aka Twingle)

aka Split-single, twingle, U-cylinder, or doppelkolben[3]

Two cylinder

V-Twin engines

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Further information: V-twin engine § V angles

Flat-twin engine

Straight twin

Straight-twin engine, aka parallel-twin, straight-two, inline-twin, vertical-twin, or parallel-twin

Three cylinder

Four cylinder

This is a partial list of some of the many four-cylinder motorcycle designs.

V-fours

Five cylinder

Six-cylinder

8-cylinders

Ten cylinders

12-cylinder

48-cylinder

  • Simon Whitlock's 48-cylinder motorycle[30]

Turbocharged and supercharged

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Main article: Forced induction in motorcycles

Wankel

aka rotary engine

Radial-engine

Turbine

Steam

Electric

Typically a battery and a electric motor

Diesel

  • Sommer Diesel 462[51]
  • Track T-800CDI[51]
  • Neander Turbo Diesel[51]
  • Star Twin Thunder Star 1200 TDI[51]
  • Hero MotoCorp RNT[51]

Multi-engine

See also

References

  1. ↑ [1]
  2. ↑ [2]
  3. ↑ SPLIT/SINGLES and what they are!
  4. ↑ Old Bike Australasia: Splitting the single - EMC 350cc
  5. ↑ [3]
  6. ↑ [4]
  7. ↑ SPLIT/SINGLES and what they are!
  8. ↑ [5]
  9. ↑ [6]
  10. ↑ Motor Cycling, November 12th, 1902
  11. ↑ "The Evolution of the Motor Cycle", Motor Cycle magazine, June 1st, 1922, pp700-706
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 2014 Triple-Cylinder Street Bike Shootout Adam Waheed January 6, 2014
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 The History Of Four-Cylinder Motorcycle Engines In America
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 [7]
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 Beginner's Guide to Motorcycling Section Six: The Soul of a Bike - The Engine - In-Line Four Cylinder Motorcycle Engines
  16. ↑ [8]
  17. ↑ Beginner's Guide to Motorcycling Section Six: The Soul of a Bike - The Engine
  18. ↑ [9]
  19. ↑ [10]
  20. ↑ Motorcycle Classics - 6-Cylinder Motorcycle Shootout Benelli vs. Honda vs. Kawasaki By Doug Mitchel September/October 2009
  21. ↑ [11]
  22. ↑ Aurora Motorcycles V8 has more shove than an H2R Published: 13 November 2015
  23. ↑ The Aussie-built 2-liter, 334-horsepower PGM V8 motorcycle Loz Blain May 13, 2015
  24. ↑ [12]
  25. ↑ Carscoop Rapom V8: Road legal drag-machine equipped with a 1.200Hp 8.2 V8 Mopar engine
  26. ↑ [13]
  27. ↑ [14]
  28. ↑ Lincoln Zephyr V-12
  29. ↑ Honda CBX V-12
  30. ↑ 48-Cylinder Kawasaki Pushes Boundaries Of Sanity
  31. ↑ 31.0 31.1 31.2 Top 10 Wankel engined bikes
  32. ↑ [15]
  33. ↑ [16]
  34. ↑ [17]
  35. ↑ [18]
  36. ↑ dWRENCHED When brilliant minds don't think alike...
  37. ↑ [19]
  38. ↑ [20]
  39. ↑ [21]
  40. ↑ [22]
  41. ↑ [23]
  42. ↑ Road legal turbine motorcycle breaks three world records Spiros Tsantilas June 9, 2015
  43. ↑ [24]
  44. ↑ [25]
  45. ↑ [26]
  46. ↑ [27]
  47. ↑ F Black Pearl, A Custom Motorcycle Powered by a Steam Engine by E.D.W. Lynch at 8:10 pm on April 9, 2015
  48. ↑ [28]
  49. ↑ [29]
  50. ↑ http://www.polaris.com/en-us/company/news-item.aspx?articleID=315
  51. ↑ 51.0 51.1 51.2 51.3 51.4 Gear Patrol - Smoke and Mirrors: 5 Best Diesel Motorcycles Buying Guides By Matt Neundorf
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