By DK Publishing
Filled with greater than 100 impressive motorbikes, this revved-up assortment will pride the motorbike fanatic. specialist writer Hugo Wilson has loaded the ebook with the main extraordinary machines ever to rule the roads. marvelous, museum-quality images and a fresh and vintage DK format showcases each one laptop, whereas the textual content celebrates the charm of every and each amazing motorbike within the ebook. try force this crucial visible historical past of the motorcycle and you'll are looking to take it domestic.
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The Square-Four was essentially two parallel-twins sharing a common crankcase, cylinder block, and cylinder head with the overhung crankshafts geared together by central coupling gears. In the original design the coupling gear of the rear crankshaft also drove the three-speed gearbox, which was built into the unit with the engine. The engine was put into a frame very similar to that used on Ariel’s 500cc single-cylinder model. The Square-Four caused a sensation when it was launched at London’s Olympia Motorcycle Show in 1930 Fishtail exhaust Space in the extended and horizontally split crankcases, which had presumably been intended for the gearbox, was used as an integral oil reservoir Ariel Square-Four 1931 31 SPECIFICATIONS MODEL Ariel Square-Four 1931 CAPACITY 597cc POWER OUTPUT 24 bhp @ 6000 rpm WEIGHT 413 lb (187 kg) TOP SPEED 85 mph (137 km/h) COUNTRY OF ORIGIN UK SHAFT DRIVE The overhead camshaft, magdyno, and double-gear oil pump were all driven via a half-speed shaft driven from the front crankshaft, and the end of the camshaft carried a distributor for the ignition system.
The disadvantages included high production costs and inadequate cooling. The Square-Four was essentially two parallel-twins sharing a common crankcase, cylinder block, and cylinder head with the overhung crankshafts geared together by central coupling gears. In the original design the coupling gear of the rear crankshaft also drove the three-speed gearbox, which was built into the unit with the engine. The engine was put into a frame very similar to that used on Ariel’s 500cc single-cylinder model.
For high-speed touring the R69/S was the benchmark motorcycle of the late 1950s and early 1960s, and for some enthusiasts it represents the best BMW ever built. 54 BMW R90/S BMW R90/S HAVING SUCCESSFULLY REVISED its machines with the introduction of the /5 Series in 1969, BMW sought to improve the bikes further and change its conservative image with the /6 series, launched in 1973. Flagship of the new line was the 900cc R90/S. This was the fastest and most powerful road bike the company had ever built and, when finished in the smoke orange paint scheme shown here, the most colorful.