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This affects the performance, acceleration, power and torque. However, at low speed there is little to choice between 2, 3 and 4 cylinder-.. usually 2 cylinders provide more torque at low rpm. The fewer cylinders in the engine, the bike is suitable for Trail, off-road and MX conditions (extreme) because of the need for more torque at low rpm.
The more cylinders there are, the bike suitable for long distance in the streets because the machine 'fine'. Vibration generally decreases with an increase in the number of cylinders. It is important for long-distance touring. "
The following combinations are there on a motorcycle engine.
1 single cylinder / one
The most basic of the design of the motorcycle engine with 1 piston, 1 cylinder to move up and down and 1 spark plug. Easy to repair, lightweight, easy to care for and cheap.
Mainly used in small motorcycles where torque is more important than power and top speed. Because it uses a single carburetor, there is never a need to do a "carburetor synchronization" and thus save costs.
Single Cylinder Engine weaknesses are: the inability to have more. Because there is only one cylinder it is very difficult to make the engine feel smoother when running and therefore has a single high vibration.
2 The In-Line Motorcycle Engine:
Configuration where all the cylinders in a row. A Parallel-Twin is a machine that has two cylinders are placed parallel to each other and vertically. A triple is a motorcycle engine 3-cylinder. The layout of the engine where the cylinders are arranged in a line, and in-line with the machine wheels.
a. In-Line Parallel Twin
In-Line Parallel Twin engine two-cylinder motor design are parallel to each other. Currently, parallel Twin engine is not as popular as it once was, but torque as a single, yet light and produce almost double the RPM and horsepower and has a good topspeed. Motor that uses this design has the advantage of light weight, fast, and agile. Because they have almost twice the component and use the double-barrel carburetor maintenance is higher but not as high as in-line machine to another. Thanks to having two pistons and the use of counter balancers to counteract the effects of the power piston parallel twin engine is much more refined than the single.
The weakness of the In-line Parallel twin is more vibration, lower RPM and horsepower is lower than other in-line engine.
b. In-Line Triple Cylinder:
In machine-LineCylinder Triple increasingly hard to find nowadays. Advantages of Triple Inline is: They are able to produce much higher RPM and more torque as design In-line four. Lighter weight than In-line four and uses fewer parts. In addition, the vibration is reduced because the piston can be easily balanced.
Disadvantages of this configuration is the part that is more expensive due to "scarcity" of her.
c. In-Line Four Cylinder:
Engine speed king today for top horsepower, refinement and top speed. Many bikes offer these machines because features such as ZX1200R, CB900F, GSXR750. The In-line four was introduced in 1968 at the Honda CB750 and no other machine can match it at the drag strip. Most are found in greater than 500cc capacity because there is complexity and size of the piston required.
The downside of this style is the weight, complexity, lack of torque in the lower RPM range. Because most of the in-line four engine uses four banks carburetor highest maintenance costs for in-line engines. Smoothness very nice machine, though not as good as Boxer engine style.
d. In-Line Six Cylinder:
A very complex machine produced mainly in the late 70's and early 80's. The in-line six well designed in the horsepower wars, and multi-cylinder size and become the king of all the machines. Found only in the largest cc bike (like the Z1300, CBX1000) and offer a greater final speed, horsepower and smoothness of the in-line four.
Unfortunately most of the disadvantages exceed the advantages: Too many moving parts (moving parts), is too complicated for that time, too expensive and too heavy to treatment. While the carburetor is very difficult for its maintenance. . Unfortunately, the market was not ready for complex machines at the time.
3 The V-Twin Motorcycle Engine Cylinder:
The two-cylinder layout where cylinder forming a "V" at an angle with the transmission block.
a. Boxer Four Cylinder:
Since the 1950s, Boxer Boxer Twin Four is the successor in performance and smoothness are further enhanced. With a 2-cylinder opposed on both sides of the machine design is much more suited to touring than sport (because of the limits of cornering) but is used for both. Four Boxer offers many advantages of In-Line but the expense of higher RPM and the narrow design for smooth operation. More complex, difficult to find and expensive aftermarket parts for maintenance, so that their popularity diminished.
Mostly found in BMW motorcycles and Honda Goldwing touring motorcycle but it's hard to find a new bike today.
b. Six Cylinder Boxer:
It seems that history repeats itself with the introduction of other 6-cylinder engine 20 years ago (see Honda's Inline-Six) and a high level of complexity is still there in this machine. As Inline Six, this machine is intended for the Touring market (and power cruisers as well), whether consumers will be ready for it? So far after 4 years of production, it seems yes.
Currently the manufacturers who offer this engine is Honda. So parts are expensive and maintenance is also very heavy. But for a very long distance touring, you can not find a more refined engine in the market. Six Advantages of many Boxer, a high amount of torque and horsepower, good RPM range and subtlety as 'glass'. They are only made in VERY large size (1500cc) now.
In summary:
Here's a brief chart engine configurations:
Single Cylinder Engine:
simple
Torque is more important than power
lighter
Disadvantages:
RPM limited
difficult to achieve a smooth engine that
large vibrational
Inline engine:
Torque as a single, but higher RPM
Greater power
Much more subtle than single
Disadvantages:
complexity
weight
less torque at low RPM
Engine V:
smooth
No need to place large
High torque at that RPM range widely
Disadvantages:
complex
Vibration machine which is affected corner
Boxer engine:
smoothness and the best engine performance (touring)
compromise the high RPM and torque that good
Disadvantages:
cornering limited
Expense of high RPM
Complex and expensive.
This affects the performance, acceleration, power and torque. However, at low speed there is little to choice between 2, 3 and 4 cylinder-.. usually 2 cylinders provide more torque at low rpm. The fewer cylinders in the engine, the bike is suitable for Trail, off-road and MX conditions (extreme) because of the need for more torque at low rpm.
The more cylinders there are, the bike suitable for long distance in the streets because the machine 'fine'. Vibration generally decreases with an increase in the number of cylinders. It is important for long-distance touring. "
The following combinations are there on a motorcycle engine.
1 single cylinder / one
The most basic of the design of the motorcycle engine with 1 piston, 1 cylinder to move up and down and 1 spark plug. Easy to repair, lightweight, easy to care for and cheap.
Single Cylinder Engine weaknesses are: the inability to have more. Because there is only one cylinder it is very difficult to make the engine feel smoother when running and therefore has a single high vibration.
2 The In-Line Motorcycle Engine:
Configuration where all the cylinders in a row. A Parallel-Twin is a machine that has two cylinders are placed parallel to each other and vertically. A triple is a motorcycle engine 3-cylinder. The layout of the engine where the cylinders are arranged in a line, and in-line with the machine wheels.
In-Line Parallel Twin engine two-cylinder motor design are parallel to each other. Currently, parallel Twin engine is not as popular as it once was, but torque as a single, yet light and produce almost double the RPM and horsepower and has a good topspeed. Motor that uses this design has the advantage of light weight, fast, and agile. Because they have almost twice the component and use the double-barrel carburetor maintenance is higher but not as high as in-line machine to another. Thanks to having two pistons and the use of counter balancers to counteract the effects of the power piston parallel twin engine is much more refined than the single.
The weakness of the In-line Parallel twin is more vibration, lower RPM and horsepower is lower than other in-line engine.
b. In-Line Triple Cylinder:
In machine-LineCylinder Triple increasingly hard to find nowadays. Advantages of Triple Inline is: They are able to produce much higher RPM and more torque as design In-line four. Lighter weight than In-line four and uses fewer parts. In addition, the vibration is reduced because the piston can be easily balanced.
Disadvantages of this configuration is the part that is more expensive due to "scarcity" of her.
c. In-Line Four Cylinder:
Engine speed king today for top horsepower, refinement and top speed. Many bikes offer these machines because features such as ZX1200R, CB900F, GSXR750. The In-line four was introduced in 1968 at the Honda CB750 and no other machine can match it at the drag strip. Most are found in greater than 500cc capacity because there is complexity and size of the piston required.
The downside of this style is the weight, complexity, lack of torque in the lower RPM range. Because most of the in-line four engine uses four banks carburetor highest maintenance costs for in-line engines. Smoothness very nice machine, though not as good as Boxer engine style.
d. In-Line Six Cylinder:
A very complex machine produced mainly in the late 70's and early 80's. The in-line six well designed in the horsepower wars, and multi-cylinder size and become the king of all the machines. Found only in the largest cc bike (like the Z1300, CBX1000) and offer a greater final speed, horsepower and smoothness of the in-line four.
Unfortunately most of the disadvantages exceed the advantages: Too many moving parts (moving parts), is too complicated for that time, too expensive and too heavy to treatment. While the carburetor is very difficult for its maintenance. . Unfortunately, the market was not ready for complex machines at the time.
3 The V-Twin Motorcycle Engine Cylinder:
The two-cylinder layout where cylinder forming a "V" at an angle with the transmission block.
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V Twin engine is designed in a number of different degrees (measured from the center of each piston to the piston), the farther the angle integral increasingly refined engine than to be without losing the advantage on the design of a narrow V Twins. Of course, the greater the angle of the V-Twin getting longer (and larger) in size (but not widened).
V-Twin engine has many advantages such as: low weight, simplicity, high torque, and is capable of providing a good RPM range. V-Twin also has some disadvantages as well such as horsepower and top speed is lower than the multi-cylinder engine is more than 3, and at a certain angle V can have a high vibration. Angle of 90 degrees has the lowest vibration.
V4 (Four) Cylinder Motorcycle Engines:
A progress on the design of the V-Twin for removing the inherent deficiencies such as vibration, speed and horsepower. V-four engine is a newly developed (early 1980's) and the benefits offered himself as a smoother, more torque and horsepower, and less than the complexity of the In-Line 4/6 and Boxer engine.
Two 4 Cylinder Boxer:
Two Twin-cylinder Boxer engine offers a much better level of smoothness during engine 45o V-Twin and Twin Parallel, and compromise between the two in terms of high RPM and less torque.
The disadvantage is the second cylinder head protruding on either side of the engine, so the distance is reduced cornering and much more susceptible to damage.
V-Twin engine has many advantages such as: low weight, simplicity, high torque, and is capable of providing a good RPM range. V-Twin also has some disadvantages as well such as horsepower and top speed is lower than the multi-cylinder engine is more than 3, and at a certain angle V can have a high vibration. Angle of 90 degrees has the lowest vibration.
V4 (Four) Cylinder Motorcycle Engines:
A progress on the design of the V-Twin for removing the inherent deficiencies such as vibration, speed and horsepower. V-four engine is a newly developed (early 1980's) and the benefits offered himself as a smoother, more torque and horsepower, and less than the complexity of the In-Line 4/6 and Boxer engine.
Two 4 Cylinder Boxer:
Two Twin-cylinder Boxer engine offers a much better level of smoothness during engine 45o V-Twin and Twin Parallel, and compromise between the two in terms of high RPM and less torque.
The disadvantage is the second cylinder head protruding on either side of the engine, so the distance is reduced cornering and much more susceptible to damage.
×Since the 1950s, Boxer Boxer Twin Four is the successor in performance and smoothness are further enhanced. With a 2-cylinder opposed on both sides of the machine design is much more suited to touring than sport (because of the limits of cornering) but is used for both. Four Boxer offers many advantages of In-Line but the expense of higher RPM and the narrow design for smooth operation. More complex, difficult to find and expensive aftermarket parts for maintenance, so that their popularity diminished.
Mostly found in BMW motorcycles and Honda Goldwing touring motorcycle but it's hard to find a new bike today.
b. Six Cylinder Boxer:
It seems that history repeats itself with the introduction of other 6-cylinder engine 20 years ago (see Honda's Inline-Six) and a high level of complexity is still there in this machine. As Inline Six, this machine is intended for the Touring market (and power cruisers as well), whether consumers will be ready for it? So far after 4 years of production, it seems yes.
Currently the manufacturers who offer this engine is Honda. So parts are expensive and maintenance is also very heavy. But for a very long distance touring, you can not find a more refined engine in the market. Six Advantages of many Boxer, a high amount of torque and horsepower, good RPM range and subtlety as 'glass'. They are only made in VERY large size (1500cc) now.
In summary:
Here's a brief chart engine configurations:
Advantages and disadvantages of single and multi-engine cylinder:
simple
Torque is more important than power
lighter
Disadvantages:
RPM limited
difficult to achieve a smooth engine that
large vibrational
Inline engine:
Torque as a single, but higher RPM
Greater power
Much more subtle than single
Disadvantages:
complexity
weight
less torque at low RPM
Engine V:
smooth
No need to place large
High torque at that RPM range widely
Disadvantages:
complex
Vibration machine which is affected corner
Boxer engine:
smoothness and the best engine performance (touring)
compromise the high RPM and torque that good
Disadvantages:
cornering limited
Expense of high RPM
Complex and expensive.
