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  1. Ducati Superquadro Mono single-cylinder engine launched with 80bhp

    ... Specifically, Ducati has carried over the 116mm bore piston; the combustion chamber shape; the 46.8mm titanium intake valves; and ... technology, including the Diamond Like Carbon coating on the piston pin and ‘box in box’ layout of the piston itself that are used on ...

    Alex Whitworth - 26/10/2023 - 16:58 - 0 comments

  2. Ural Motorcycles launches new Gear Up sidecar model for 2023

    ... are also three different brakes. The front brake has a four piston fixed Brembo caliper with 295mm floating NG rotor, the rear brake has a two piston fixed Brembo caliper with a 265mm floating NG rotor with a standalone ...

    Luke Newman - 29/01/2023 - 06:25 - 0 comments

  3. D.I.Y: Brake Maintenance

    ... are two types of caliper found on bikes these days: opposed piston and sliding pin. Opposed piston calipers have hydraulically operated pistons in each side of the ...

    rgo - 23/09/2019 - 00:52 - 0 comments

  4. The Joy of Six... (cylinders)

    ... con rod from one side to the other, rather than moving the piston. In the upper part of the stroke, as the con rod goes up and over the crank, the “dwell” – time which the piston is stationary – is far less. The result is a secondary imbalance ...

    rgo - 22/09/2019 - 21:21 - 0 comments

  5. WATCH: Air-cooled, three-cylinder, inverted engine race bike

    ... required ten gears to get the most out of them and needed piston rings changes after every session. In the late seventies Honda took a loony pill and got to work building the NSR500 oval piston wonder, and it raced with some success but eventually was shelved in ...

    Simon Hancocks - 30/01/2019 - 16:10 - 0 comments

  6. XB12X Ulysses (2005 - 2008) review

    ... Brakes Front Single 375mm rim-mounted disc, six piston caliper Brakes Rear Single 240mm disc, single piston caliper Tank Capacity (litres) 16.7 Tank ...

    Ben Cope - 19/09/2018 - 03:49 - 0 comments

  7. Understanding Fueling

    ... can be further improved on a CV carb by fitting a weaker piston spring and tweaking the lift hole that pressurises the area above the piston, causing it to 'lift'. Confused? The throttle works like this - an ...

    rgo - 09/09/2019 - 03:05 - 0 comments

  8. GSX-R600 (2011 - onwards)

    ... Big Headlines for the K11 with 9kg in weight lost, Big Piston Forks and Mono block calipers. Suzuki MPG ... pretty good - very surprising for a 600. I find the Big Piston Forks only come into their own when you are really going for it, ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - 25/01/2011 - 00:00 - 2 comments

  9. New styling and electronics for 2024 Honda CBR500R

    ... power is provided by dual 296mm front discs with four-piston radial callipers and a single 240mm rear disc with single-piston calliper. Two-channel ABS also features. ...

    Alex Whitworth - 09/11/2023 - 14:59 - 0 comments

  10. Top 10 Wankel engined bikes

    ... effectively ended its challenge to conventional piston engines. We all know about Nortons and Suzuki RE5s, but there has ... necessarily bare direct comparison to those of piston engines), and despite being German its build quality was patchy at best. ... the rotary motor isn’t as aesthetically pleasing as a piston engine. Buyers weren’t convinced, and only 38 were made before the ...

    Visordown News - 23/09/2019 - 00:52 - 0 comments

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