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Post by wheelbender6 on May 5, 2019 22:35:36 GMT -5
Suzuki has applied for a patent for a new single. It is basically a v-twin engine case with a single cylinder, with a balance shaft replacing the 2nd cylinder (see link). This is a first for production street engines. This should eliminate some buzz at freeway speeds. -This configuration has been used by Ducati in the 1990s in engines produced for racing only. More info and drawings at the link. advrider.com/spied-new-suzuki-single-cylinder-under-development/ |
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Post by oldchopperguy on May 10, 2019 23:41:02 GMT -5
Very interesting!
I've always liked big-displacement thumpers. This idea (already proven by Ducati) appears to be a good advancement. Wonder what (if) kind of bike it might show up in?
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Post by wheelbender6 on May 11, 2019 9:18:51 GMT -5
They are thinking that the new balance system will be used to build larger thumpers, like 700 or 800cc.
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Post by oldchopperguy on May 13, 2019 1:12:03 GMT -5
They are thinking that the new balance system will be used to build larger thumpers, like 700 or 800cc. I do live the stump-pulling torque of thumpers. One of my favorite features of the old Hogs was their V-Twin motors fired almost like a single... Just a few degrees apart on the two jugs. They'd fire (boom,boom… coast a rev and boom, boom again). That is what created the unique, erratic loping idle sound AND the monster torque. Of course, they also shook like a single... LOL! Didn't earn the nickname "Milwaukee Shakers" by accident! |
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