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• Vi Vi
  ...nd assembly. The range, single-cylinder engines equipped with [[two-stroke motor|Two-stroke]], the models included "[[Touring]]", "[[Gran Turismo]]", "[[Spo ...motorcycles with engines [[Minarelli Engines|Minarelli]] over a [[bicycle|cycle]], under the name of Vi-Vi SaS.
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• Connecting rod
  ...e diagram.jpg|thumbnail|right|200px|Components of a typical, [[four stroke cycle]], DOHC piston engine. (E) Exhaust [[camshaft]], (I) Intake camshaft, (S) [ ...for high performance engines, or of [[cast iron]] for applications such as motor scooters. They are not rigidly fixed at either end, so that the angle betwe
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• Mopeds
  ...introduced in the early 1950s, were nothing but [[bicycle]]s with a helper motor in various locations, for example on top of the front wheel. These were com [[Image:Moped_old.jpg|thumb|210px|Moped's ancestor - a bike equipped with a motor]]
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• Microcar
  ...rope after [[World War I]] were often motorcycle based and referred to as "cycle cars". ...erpendicular, where other cars park parallel, or be lifted by hand, like a motor [[scooter]], to get into a tight spot. The Isetta and some others had forw
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• W engine
  ...is found in [[motorbike]]s of the [[MotoGP]] class. These are [[Two stroke cycle|2-stroke]], 500 [[Cubic centimetre|cc]] [[V engine]]s with two banks of two Examples of these type of W4 engines are the [[Yamaha Motor Corporation|Yamaha]] YZR500 and the [[Cagiva]] GP500 motorbikes.
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• Ducati Singles
  When [[Ducati Motor Holding|Ducati]] began manufacturing motorcycles, they were single cylinder ...the military, making the factory a target for Allied bombing. The [[Ducati Motor Holding|Ducati]] factory at Borgo Panigale was hit badly more than once, bu
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• Tourist Trophy
  Motor racing began on the Isle of Man in 1904 with the Gordon Bennett car trials. ...ous, undulating terrain made the TT race series the most significant motor-cycle road-racing competition in the world.
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• Anzani
  [[Image:Anzani 3W Motor Replika.jpg|thumb|'''Replica of an Anzani 3W Motor.''']] ...i moved to France where he became involved in cycle racing. He moved on to motor cycles and designed and built a record breaking lightweight engine. In 1907
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• Internal combustion engine
  [[Image:4-Stroke-Engine.gif|framed|right|[[Four-stroke cycle]] (or Otto cycle)<br />1. intake<br />2. compression<br />3. power<br />4. exhaust]] .... It was compression-less and based on what Hardenberg calls the "Leonardo cycle," which, as this name implies, was already out of date at that time. Just a
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• Engine Control Unit
  ...imply control the quantity of fuel injected into each cylinder each engine cycle. More advanced ECUs found on most modern cars also control the [[ignition t ...engine parameters were fixed. The quantity of fuel per cylinder per engine cycle was determined by a [[carburetor]] or injector pump.
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• Hybrid vehicle drivetrain
  ...ion engine and the transmission, replacing both the conventional [[starter motor]] and the [[alternator]]. To store power, a hybrid uses a large battery pac ...In some cases, the combustion engine is the dominant portion; the electric motor turns on only when a boost is needed. Others can run with just the electric
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• List of microcars by country of origin: U
  |{{flagiconUK}} [[United Kingdom]]||Allard Clipper||[[Allard]] Motor Co [[Private company limited by shares|Ltd]], [[Clapham]] ||[[Villiers Eng ...|[[Battery Manufacturing Association]], [[Hove]], [[Sussex]] ||[[electric motor]] 1.5 kW| ||2 ||1952-1957 ||
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• Engine tuning
  ...cars built by hobbyists never compete but are rather built for display at motor shows or the simple pleasure of owning and driving such a car. In this cont ...sually achieved by a differently profiled camshaft. See also [[Four-stroke cycle#Valve Timing]], [[variable valve timing]].
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• Grand Prix motorcycle racing
  ...whether the engine was a [[two stroke cycle|two-stroke]] or [[four stroke cycle|four-stroke]]. Consequently, all machines were two-strokes, due to the grea ...ct surface. Because of this difficulty, MotoGP is perhaps unique in modern motor sport in that teams will often deliberately detune their engines to allow t
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• Hand brake
  ...r actuated parking brakes. However, a decision was made late in the design cycle to broaden the cars' possible purchasing appeal by offering them with bench ...the transmission into gear. Worse still, many North American-market [[Ford Motor Company]] cars from the late [[1960s]] had a flaw in which, when the steeri
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• Dirt track racing
  ...Australia and Canada also. Many of the cars may also race on [[Short track motor racing|asphalt short tracks]] during the racing season. *[[International Motor Contest Association|IMCA]] (International Motor Contest Association)
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• Straight-5
  ...er|turbocharged]]. It has also recently found an application in the [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] [[Ford Focus#Focus ST|Focus ST]]. [[Volkswagen]] has used st ...considering ''power strokes'' and their frequency. A [[Four-stroke_cycle|4-cycle]] engine fires all its cylinders in every 720 degrees &mdash; the crankshaf
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• Garelli
  In [[1912]] [[Adalberto Garelli]] patented a [[two-stroke cycle]] cylinder sdoppiato. This engine, 350cc motorcycle equipaggerà the protot ...] the Garelli will be acquired by [[Agrati]] company that already produced motor scooter "Capri".
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• Ducati Supermono
  [[Image:Supermonomotor.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Supermono motor]] *Single cylinder, [[Four-stroke cycle|four stroke]], liquid cooled, fuel injected
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• Wankel engine
  [[Image:Wankel Cycle anim en.gif|right|thumb|The Wankel cycle. The "A" marks one of the three apexes of the rotor. The "B" marks the ecce ...l engine, the four [[stroke (disambiguation)|strokes]] of a typical [[Otto cycle]] engine are arranged sequentially around an [[Oval (geometry)|oval]], unli
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