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• Remondini
  ...he cycle engine Remondini is considered one of the precursors of the motor cycle craze in the fifties.
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• Straight-twin
  ...position and move in same direction all the time. This leads to a working cycle every 360°. The mechanical [[engine balance|balance]] of this design is no [[Japan]]ese motorcycles, with the exception of [[Yamaha Motor Corporation|Yamaha]], use a crank angle of 180°. This leads to fewer vibra
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• Bridgestone
  ...to its rival motorcycle makers such as [[Honda]], [[Suzuki]] and [[Yamaha Motor Corporation|Yamaha]] and it was later decided to cease motorcycle manufactu The Bridgestone Cycle Co., Ltd. offers bicycles under its own brand and under the Anchor brand. T
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• 1907 Isle of Man TT
  ...nishment stop, [[Oliver Godfrey]] had to retire when his 5hp [[Rex]] motor-cycle caught fire. ...f 38.21 mph. His brother Harry Collier, also riding a Matchless motor-cycle, had problems with an engine seizure on lap 2 and eventually retired on lap
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• Classic Racing
  ...earlier era, including a Pre-1935 class, are raced by the [[Vintage Motor Cycle Club]] (VMCC)[http://vmcc-racing.pchweb.co.uk/]. The VMCC race classes are *[http://vmcc-racing.pchweb.co.uk/ Vintage Motor Cycle Club]
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• Straight-2
  ...position and move in same direction all the time. This leads to a working cycle every 360°. The mechanical [[engine balance|balance]] of this design is no [[Japan]]ese motorcycles, with the exception of [[Yamaha Motor Corporation|Yamaha]], use a crank angle of 180°. This leads to fewer vibra
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• V4 engine
  The [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] of Europe produced two totally different V4 engines with a [ ...on Outboards|Johnson]], [[Evinrude Outboard Motors|Evinrude]] and [[Yamaha Motor Company|Yamaha]]. This type of engines is popular because of their small si
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• SIAT
  ...placement of 75 cc, with a two-stroke cycle. It was the smallest auxiliary motor market in Italy in 1926.
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• Carlo Abarth
  ...[[motorbike]] and [[bicycle]] chassises. Back in Austria, he worked for [[Motor Thun]] and [[Joseph Opawsky]] (1927-34), and raced [[motorbikes]], winning his first race in a [[James Cycle Co|James cycle]] in [[Salzburg]] on [[July 29]], [[1928]]). He later was European champio
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• Controlled Combustion Engine
  ...uses fewer moving components. A [[four stroke cycle|four]] or [[two stroke cycle]] can be used and it can run on [[petrol]], [[diesel]], [[compressed natura ...which makes better use of the high cylinder pressures at this point in the cycle. In comparison a conventional engine reaches its maximum mechanical advant
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• Automobile self starter
  ...pistons to be moving before the [[ignition system|ignition]] phase of the cycle. This means that the engine must be set in motion by an external force bef ...id assembly pulls the pinion gear away from the ring gear, and the starter motor stops. Modern starter motors have a "bendix" — a gear and integ
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• Alexandre Darracq
  ...of manufacturing electric cars as well as acquiring an interest in Millet motor bicycles. He established [[Automobiles Darracq S.A.]] in [[Suresnes]], nea ...f all automobiles in France. His company became involved with [[Grand Prix motor racing]], winning a number of major races, including the [[Vanderbilt Cup]]
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• Single cylinder engine
  [[Image:4-Stroke-Engine.gif|framed|right|[[Four-stroke cycle]] (or Otto cycle)]] ...is used in working vehicles, motorsports, airplanes, and as an industrial motor.
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• 1939 Isle of Man TT
  ...H.B.Waddington and D.Whitworth both riding [[Norton (motorcycle)|Norton]] motor-cycles. ...broken googles. Also, J.W.Beaves and H.B.Myers both riding [[Velocette]] motor-cycles crash at the Quarterbridge on the same lap.
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• Racing
  ===Cycle racing === [[Machine]]s powered by [[motor]]s, on [[land]]:
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• Lambretta (company)
  The '''Lambretta''' was a line of motor [[scooter]]s manufactured in [[Milano]] (Milan), [[Italy]] from the late 19 ...een the 3 or 4 gears. They also have had [[two-stroke cycle|two stroke]] [[motor]]s, requiring a mixture of oil with the gasoline in order to lubricate the
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• Camshaft
  ...he camshaft rotates at the same rate as the crankshaft. In a [[four-stroke cycle|four-stroke engine]], the valves are opened only half as often; thus, two f ...re both [[surface hardening|surface hardened]], and modern [[lubricant]] [[motor oil]]s contain additives specifically to reduce sliding friction. The lobes
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• Bordeaux-Paris
  ...[[road bicycle racing|cycle race]] was one of mainland Europe's [[Classic cycle races]], and the longest in the professional calendar, covering a distance ...but the 1988 proved to be the last running of the event as a professional cycle race.
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• MR
  ...d with a 175 cc engine fitted with an auto [[transmission]]. They produced motor bikes with 98 cc and 123-cc ''Train'' engines. The plant actually came from the [[Cypselus]] cycle plant, which was founded in 1899 by [[Ippolito Raimondini]]. He produced "c
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• Reciprocating engine
  ...nal combustion piston engine''' <br>Components of a typical, [[four stroke cycle]], internal combustion piston engine. <br> ...The main types are the [[internal combustion engine]] used extensively in motor vehicles, the [[steam engine]] which was the mainstay of the [[industrial r
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