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• Mondonico
  ...But the family knows that they were always mad about bicycles, cycling and cycle racing. The pictures of Binda and Girardengo in the opening credits of OLN' ...Giuseppe's shop and would visit the Mondonico home. In Italy, the cycling world is one big family.
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• Motorcycle Trials
  ...1970s), [[Spain]]'s [[Jordi Tarres]] (1980s and '90s). The current outdoor world champion is [[Antonio Bou]] from Spain who is also the current indoor champ In addition to the world championship events, there are other major events, such as the Scottish Six
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• Radial engine
  ...der 4-bank radial engine used in many large aircraft designs in the post-[[World War II]] period. USSR also built a limited number of '''Zvezda''' 42-cylind ...ith the cylinders being fired in consecutive order. The engines were a two-cycle design and were also available in a dual-fuel gas/diesel model. A number of
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• Scooter
  ...ingly have four stroke engines to meet stricter emissions controls. Trends world-wide have seen new variations on the classic scooter. A common variation, t ...he United States military as ground vehicles for [[paratrooper]]s during [[World War II]]. The Vespa, originally manufactured by Piaggio in post-WWII [[Ital
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• Borrani
  ...cking mechanism was licensed from the [[Coventry]]-based [[Rudge Whitworth Cycle Company]], which had developed the patents since 1908. ...racers winning eight F1 Driver World Championships and two F1 Manufacturer World Championships ([[Vanwall]] and [[Ferrari]]). Borrani rims contributed to co
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• Maserati A6
  To compete in the [[World Sportscar Championship]], the '''A6GCS/53''' (1953-55) was developed (170&n ...ilt with this flared fender. By 1953, sports regulations barred the use of cycle wings. [http://www.velocetoday.com <small>Source</small>]
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• Giro d'Italia
  ...f the three [[Grand Tour (cycling)|Grand Tours]], and is part of the [[UCI World Ranking]] calendar. The most recent winner (2009) is [[Denis Menchov]]. Along with the Tour de France and the [[World Cycling Championship]], the Giro d'Italia makes up the [[Triple Crown of Cy
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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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• Motorcycle Racing
  ...l obeying road traffic laws (not to be confused with car rallies such as [[World Rally Championship|WRC]]). [[Image:Stefan Merriman.jpg|thumb|right|Former World Enduro Champion [[Stefan Merriman]]]]
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• Rotary engine
  ...[[aircraft engine]], used mostly in the years shortly before and during [[World War I]]. It was also used in a few [[motorcycle]]s and [[automobile|cars]] In concept, a rotary engine is simple. It is a standard [[Otto cycle]] engine, but instead of having an orthodox fixed [[cylinder block]] with r
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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 displacement
  [[Image:Displacement.gif|thumb|350px|[[Displacement]], One complete cycle of a four cylinder, four stroke engine. The volume displaced is marked in r ...] of air/fuel mixture an [[engine]] can draw in during one complete engine cycle; it is normally stated in [[cubic centimetre]]s, [[litre]]s or [[cubic inch
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• Garelli
  In [[1912]] [[Adalberto Garelli]] patented a [[two-stroke cycle]] cylinder sdoppiato. This engine, 350cc motorcycle equipaggerà the protot ...espa]] and '[[Innocenti]] [[Lambretta|Lambretta]], Garelli returned in the world of two wheels in [[1953]] with [[Garelli Mosquito|Mosquito 38-A]], an innov
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• Enduro
  [[Image:Stefan Merriman.jpg|thumb|[[Stefan Merriman]], 2004 World Enduro Champion on a [[Yamaha Motor Company|Yamaha]]]] ...y [[off-road]]. The main type of enduro event, and the format to which the world enduro championship is run, is a time-card enduro, whereby a number of stag
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• Economy car
  ...led to economical cars that reflected the needs of their creators. The [[cycle car]] was devised in the period before [[1922]] as a form of "four-wheeled ...Germany]]. The [[Nazi]] "KdF-Wagen" program ground to a halt because of [[World War II]], but after the war, [[Volkswagen]] would be founded to produce the
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• Motocross
  ...ross sidecars are purpose built frames that resemble an ordinary motocross-cycle with a flat platform to stand on attached to either side and a handlebar at The sport is governed world wide by the [[Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme|FIM]], with feder
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• Anzani
  From his native Italy, Anzani moved to France where he became involved in cycle racing. He moved on to motor cycles and designed and built a record breakin ...ntil then standards had been set by the police, or by the track promoters. World championships were held annually, except during wars, for 100 years, often
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• Dirt track racing
  ...ormed on [[Oval racing|oval tracks]]. It began in the United States before World War I and became widespread during the 1920s and 30s. Two different types o *[[World of Outlaws]] Sprint cars
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• MV Agusta
  ...e MV stood for Meccanica Verghera) at the end of the [[World War II|Second World War]] as a means to save the jobs of employees of the Agusta firm and also ...ing motorcycles ever created and the 2008 F4 312R model is known to be the world's fastest production motorcycle. Claimed power of the new F4 312R model is
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• Kart racing
  ...fuel options. [[Gasoline]] [[Two-stroke cycle|2-stroke]] or [[Four-stroke cycle|4-stroke]] engines are the most common type, but other types of propulsion ...nvolvement, instead the IKF ([[International Kart Federation]]) and WKA ([[World Karting Association]]) regulate racing.
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• Diesel engine
  ...n the 1900 [[Exposition Universelle (1900)|''Exposition Universelle'']] ([[World's Fair]]) using peanut oil (see [[biodiesel]]). ...our-stroke cycle]], with some larger diesels operating on the [[two-stroke cycle]].
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• OSCA
  ...ains beating the [[Gordini]] team. The change in the regulations for the [[World Championship]] in 1954 rendered the cars obsolete and it was not until a ne In the [[World Sportscar Championship]] OSCA vehicles ranked 10 (1953), 4 (1954), 6 (1957)
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• Sleeve valve
  ...ed its widespread adoption to date. Sleeve valves were used in some pre-[[World War II]] [[luxury car|luxury]], [[sports car]]s and the [[Willys-Knight]] c ...ngine typically wants larger ports that remain open longer in terms of one cycle, something that is fairly easy to arrange with a sleeve at the cost of a mo
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• Trento
  ...staff of a local newspaper in 1908. The nationalist cause led Italy into [[World War I]]. Fabio Filzi and [[Cesare Battisti]] were two well-known local [[ir After [[World War I]] Trento, and its Italian-speaking province, along with [[Bozen-Bolza
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• Fuel injection
  ...since the early 1990s, almost all gasoline passenger cars sold in [[first world]] markets like the United States, Europe, Japan, and Australia have come eq ...tional to the amount of fuel desired. The pulse is applied once per engine cycle, which permits pressurized fuel to flow from the fuel supply line, through
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• V8
  ...use the 90° angle as well, but with more complex cranks to even the firing cycle. ...me arrangement, there are practically no large engines in the US of post-[[World War II]] design that have not been of this type.
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• Automobile
  ...sometimes abbreviated "ICE" today). He subsequently used it to develop the world's first vehicle to run on such an engine that used a mixture of [[hydrogen] ...ats, steering, or brakes, but it was remarkable for one reason: it was the world's first vehicle using an internal combustion engine fueled by [[gasoline]].
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• Bimota
  ...55lbs lighter than the TL1000R. 150 units were required to be made under World Superbike homogation rules. This is the last model sold as Bimota filed fo ...minum]] became a box Bimota standard. Its also YB4''R''which won the TT F1 World with Virginio Ferrari.
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• Compression ratio
  ...Compression engine|SAAB SVC]] is an advanced and workable addition to the world of VCR engines, the first being built and tested by [[Harry Ricardo]] in th ...stroke ultimately altered the compression ratio at different stages of the cycle.
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• Gilco
  ...petitions Columbus gaining brand recognition in the international sporting world. Among these, the first victory of the World Cup awarded in 1980 by [[Antonio Gorostegui]] hull with a Star of Fools.
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• Jonghi
  ...designed by [[Remondini]] and driven by [[George Monneret]], achieved the world record speed with a performance of 170,840km/h that was added to the previo ...that '''Prester-Jonghi''' could finally surf in calm waters, but then came World War II . During the [[Nazism|Nazi]] occupation of France, the brothers were
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• Motorcycle
  ...Arms Company|BSA Group]] became the largest producer of motorcycles in the world. The German [[NSU Motorenwerke AG|NSU]] was the largest manufacturer from 1 [[Cabin cycle]] solved the problem of aerodynamics by isolating driver from outside air.
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• Sanremo
  ...of the [[UCI ProTour]], and is considered to be one of the five '[[Classic cycle races|Monuments]]' of the cycling season. Milan-Sanremo is traditionally he The [[Sanremo conference]] (19-26 April 1920) of the post-World War I Allied Supreme Council determined the allocation of Class "A" League
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• Supercharger
  ...nit)|mbar]]) and is referred to as the ''critical altitude''. Throughout [[World War II|WWII]] [[United Kingdom|British]] superchargers generally had higher ...e to a compressor will not only increase the overall pressure ratio of the cycle, but induce more airflow into the unit, by supercharging the entry plane of
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• Dirt speedway racing
  ...ormed on [[Oval racing|oval tracks]]. It began in the United States before World War I and became widespread during the 1920s and 30s. Two different types o *[[World of Outlaws]] Sprint cars
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• Flat-6
  ...-4]] because the power strokes of the cylinders overlap in a [[four-stroke cycle]] engine. In these four-cylinder configurations, pistons are 180 degrees ap ...laced the historically more popular radial engines in small aircraft after World War II because the radials, although they had good cooling, added large fro
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• Bugatti Veyron
  ...e [[list of automotive superlatives|most powerful and expensive car in the world.]] It reached full production in September 2005. The car is built by [[Vol ...however, using 40.4 l/100 km in city driving and 24.1 l/100 km in combined cycle. At full-throttle, it uses up to 100 l/100 km. [http://www.drive.com.au/ed
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• Formula One engines
  ...pacity had been used in Grand Prix racing on a regular basis since after [[World War I]]. The engine formulae are divided according to era. ...he mean speed (approx. 40 m/s) then back to zero, and then another similar cycle to terminate the circle. Maximum piston acceleration occur at TDC and is in
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• Turbo
  ...ced during the intake cycle and both are compressed during the compression cycle. The higher intake charge temperatures of forced-induction engines reduces Turbochargers were first used on aircraft in the 1930s prior to [[World War II]]. The primary purpose behind most aircraft-based applications was
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• Grand Prix motorcycles
  ...with the various production categories of racing, such as the [[Superbike World Championship]], that feature modified versions of road-going motorcycles av A World Championship for motorcycle racing was first organized by the [[Fédératio
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• Auto rickshaw
  ...tos'' are generally fitted with a [[motorcycle]] version of a [[Two-stroke cycle|two-stroke engine]] with a handlebar for control (again like motorcycles) i ...filled. Certain other local governments are also pushing for [[Four-stroke cycle|four-stroke engine]]s instead of the current two-stroke versions.
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• Bandini 750 sport siluro
  ...sports torpedo'' could participate in "750 race" class, simply dismounting cycle fenders. ...world "[[MIlle Miglia]]". Round of [[World Championships sportprototipi | "World Championship Sports"]].
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• Lambretta
  |Company logo || The World's Finest Scooter ...ucing seamless steel tubing and employing about 6,000. During the [[Second World War]] the factory was heavily bombed and destroyed. It is said that surveyi
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• Vuelta a España
  ...ree "[[Grand Tour (cycling)|Grand Tours]]" of Europe and part of the [[UCI World Ranking]] calendar. [[Category:Cycle racing in Spain]]
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• Fiat Stilo
  The launch of the Stilo has also meant that Fiat has returned to the [[World Rally Championship]]. The 187&nbsp;[[Horsepower#Brake horsepower (bhp)|bhp] ...bonnet, side bumpers and to the taillights, in order to end its production cycle, which is expected to happen in 2010.
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• Prototype
  ...oad equipment, motor trucks, motorcycles, airplanes, and space-ships (real-world such as Apollo/Saturn Vs, or the ISS). * User interaction available in during development cycle of prototype
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• Bicycle
  ...[[military]] and local [[police]] applications, [[courier]] services, and cycle [[sports]]. ...n relegated to the role of children's toys. However, in other parts of the world, such as China, India, and European countries such as Germany, Denmark, and
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• History of the automobile
  [[Image:MW1 signiert.jpg|thumb|left|1870, Vienna, Austria: world's gasoline-run vehicle #1, the First Marcus Car]] ...in France where, in 1903, 30,204 cars were produced, representing 48.8% of world automobile production that year.
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• Ducati
  From their first post-[[World War II|Second World War]] bicycle-like low-displacement motorbikes Ducati has gained prominence ..., making an impression at an early-1952 Milan show, introducing their 65TS cycle and Cruiser (a four-stroke [[motor scooter]]). Despite being described as t
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• Hydrogen vehicle
  ...tional internal combustion engines if emissions throughout the entire fuel cycle are compared and thus would contribute less to atmospheric [[radiative forc ...ogen-powered vehicles were produced in [[Germany]] before the end of the [[World War II]] prompted by the acute shortage of oil. {{verify source}}
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