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Air-cooled Twin
Guzzi
Cutaway
V-Twin
engine.
Popular
Examples: Honda
CRF450, Husqvarna Svartpilen,
KTM690, Yamaha Grizzly 700.
Parallel twins: Two pistons going up and
down next to each other in a straight line.
Four and two stroke. Once again most
manufacturers have one or more parallel
twins in their catalogue,
ranging from 250 to 1200 cc, in both aircooled
and water cooled versions.
Popular examples: Yamaha’s T7 and
MT07 . BMW F850GS and XR900.
Kawasaki Z650. Polaris RZR. Triumph
Thruxton. Yamaha RD350.
Triple parallel engines: Three pistons
going up and down next to each other in
a straight line. Four and two strokes.
MV Agusta made the 3cylinder engine
famous in their grand prix bikes,
and the configuration is
well-known for producing
a very exotic exhaust
note. While the Italian
company was in one of
the many limbo periods
it has gone through over
the years, Triumph brought
out a 750 version which
kept them going and helped to
developed the current triple which
has revived the company and made
into a wonderful success.
Yamaha, in typical Japanese style,
have produced a brilliant triple cylinder
bike the MT09, aimed at the market
looking for something unique. We hope
to see this engine in an adventure bike
soon.
Triumph also produced the monster
Rocket - three cylinders fitted
longitudinally in a huge cruiser frame
which is surprisingly effective and
popular.
Popular examples: Triumph 800XC,
Yamaha MT09.
Significant is the fact that Suzuki
and Kawasaki put themselves on the
Superbike map with a selection of very
nice two stroke triple-cylinder bikes.
All of them were well known for great
performance, reliability and smoothness.
Only the move away from emissionemitting
two strokes saw them being
discontinued.
In Line four cylinders: Four pistons going
up and down next to each other.
Every Japanese factory followed Honda’s
lead with their original CB750 four that
was based (copied) on the earlier Benelli
4 and 6 Cyl bikes.
This is the engine that changed the world
of Superbiking forever. Honda made
history, but they only beat Kawasaki to
the punch by a very short time, as
the big K had their incredible (for
the time) Z900 almost ready to
launch. Had they brought it
out first, the motorcycle
industry may have
looked a
little different
today.
So popular
is the in-line four
that it has earned
the tag of UJM….
Universal Japanese
Motor, and it is still one
of the most popular big cylinder road
bike engine to this day. It took BMW a
while to make an inline four with their RR,
but when they did,
they were the first to give it just more
A cutaway
flat twin
as found
in lots of
BMW’s.
CanAm Rotax V-Twin
KTM’s 1290R LC8
V-Twin
Triumph 1200 triple
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19000KM
R300 000.00
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3251KM
R198950.00
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DEMO 2500KM
R 85 999.00
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23000KM
R175 000
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6800KM
R 169 999.00
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