China prepares to join the big leagues with liter-class V4 engine

CFMoto’s engineers have had their hands full. Its booth at EICMA had quite a few new releases on display, but the star of the show was a brand new, state-of-the-art 1,000cc V4 and a ‘Master of Speed’ superbike concept signalling the company’s WSBK inte… Continue reading China prepares to join the big leagues with liter-class V4 engine

Already insane Ducati Diavel gets faster and lighter with 168-horse V4

It’s been a decade now since Ducati torched the rulebook and unleashed the iconoclastic Diavel on an unsuspecting cruiser market. There had been power cruisers before, but never one like this.Continue ReadingCategory: Motorcycles, TransportTags: Ducati… Continue reading Already insane Ducati Diavel gets faster and lighter with 168-horse V4

Solenoid Engine Adds Three “Pistons”

The earliest piston engines typically had only one cylinder, and at best, produced horsepower measured in single digits. But once you have a working engine, it’s a relatively short step to adding cylinders and increasing the power output. [Emiel] made a similar upgrade to one of his engines recently, upgrading …read more

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