V-twin powered motorcycles were prevalent prior to WWII but fell out of favor with brands other than Harley-Davidson until the 1980s. Yamaha Motors was the first Japanese motorcycle manufacturer to ...
We often associate V-twin engines with cruiser bikes. This is because this configuration naturally offers more torque at lower RPMs, along with the iconic "potato-potato" exhaust note. However, ...
Charles has been in the industry for 19 years now, and has worked with brands such as Autocar India, Overdrive, Motoring World, CarWale, BikeWale and Powerdrift. He has more experience reviewing cars, ...
With experience of handling leading global sites like ZigWheels, Punya is an avid motorcyclist who has been in the industry for over half a decade. He is always up for a ride to the canyons or the ...
Nowadays, the V-twin engine is ubiquitous in the motorcycle world. Powering everything from speedy sport bikes to massive touring machines — and even wedged sideways on some rides — the still-striking ...
Indian Motorcycles has unveiled the brand-new PowerPlus 112, a 1,834cc v-twin engine. It gets four valves per cylinder, overhead cams plus liquid cooling, and it achieves peak power higher in the rev ...
This fall, motorcycle engines are going to roar to life all over the U.S. They won’t be headed to Sturgis, Daytona Beach or Laconia, though; they’ll be logging miles to raise money for the families of ...