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• Two-stroke cycle
  ...[[internal combustion engine]] differs from the more common [[four-stroke cycle]] by completing the same four operations (intake, compression, power, exhau The design types of the two-stroke cycle engine vary according to the method of intake of fresh air/fuel mixture fro
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• Ducati Singles
  ...impression at the early [[1952]] Milan Show, introducing the Ducati 65 TS cycle and the Cruiser, the world's first [[Four Stroke|four-stroke]] scooter. Des ...y, but cheap cars were entering the markets, and sales for many motorcycle manufacturers would decline.
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• Bartali
  ...l and a 125 cc two-stroke engine with horizontal cylinders was introduced. Cycle champ Gino did some branding and even put his name on wines and after shave [[Category:Motorcycle manufacturers of Italy]]
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• Briggs and Stratton
  ...ity of MILWAUKEE, WIS., U.S.A. below it; in the middle, it had the words 4 CYCLE on the top mast and the words GASOLINE ENGINE and phrase MADE IN U.S.A. on ...TTON in black letters on the white midsection of the masthead. The words 4 CYCLE ENGINE are on the red top portion of the mast and the city line MILWAUKEE,
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• San Cristoforo
  On [[Living the cycle and motorcycle]] of 1949, the St. Christopher presented a new version of Ki [[Category:Motorcycle manufacturers of Italy]]
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• Motocross
  ...ased in a ready-to-race condition at moderate prices from major motorcycle manufacturers. See also the [[List of motorcycle manufacturers]]
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• Engine tuning
  ...sually achieved by a differently profiled camshaft. See also [[Four-stroke cycle#Valve Timing]], [[variable valve timing]]. ...etermined solely by the engine management system software. This allows the manufacturers to sell cars in various markets with different tax and emissions regulation
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• Run flat tires
  ...ire rotation, slowing acceleration and increasing stopping distances. Some manufacturers by 2001 had mandated that run-flat tires provide low rolling-resistance for ...res generally cost more to replace than conventional radial tires, however manufacturers cite the various safety advantages of run flat tires as justification to co
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• Engine Control Unit
  ...imply control the quantity of fuel injected into each cylinder each engine cycle. More advanced ECUs found on most modern cars also control the [[ignition t ...engine parameters were fixed. The quantity of fuel per cylinder per engine cycle was determined by a [[carburetor]] or injector pump.
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• Microcar
  ...]] [[Europe]], particularly in [[Germany]], where former military aircraft manufacturers such as [[Messerschmitt]] and [[Heinkel]] were prominent microcar makers. T ...rope after [[World War I]] were often motorcycle based and referred to as "cycle cars".
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• Straight-5
  ...considering ''power strokes'' and their frequency. A [[Four-stroke_cycle|4-cycle]] engine fires all its cylinders in every 720 degrees — the crankshaf ...ore expensive to manufacture than a comparable 4-cylinder engine, but some manufacturers feel these costs are outweighed by the 5-cylinder engine's greater smoothne
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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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• Wankel engine
  Although many manufacturers licensed the design, and [[Mercedes-Benz]] used it for their [[Mercedes-Ben [[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
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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 ...rest in economical cars wax and wane. During this time, the American auto manufacturers would introduce smaller cars of their own, such as the [[Chevrolet Corvair]
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• Piston ring
  ...ings.jpg|thumb|250px|A pair of piston rings mounted on a 47mm [[two-stroke cycle]] [[Scooter (motorcycle)|scooter]] piston.]] ...following sentence is confusing and incoherent--> Newer modern motorcycle manufacturers have many single function but serrated ports to retain the ring. Typically,
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• Scooter
  Until recently, most modern motor scooters came with air cooled [[two-stroke cycle]] engines with automatic 2-stroke oil injection although some of the higher ...and remains the most popular and most imitated scooter design. Almost all manufacturers now carry both a classic/retro model and a sporty/modern model.
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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' ...azing requires that the tubes be heated twice, robbing the special, exotic cycle tubes of some of their special qualities. When the tubes are assembled on t
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• Motorcycle Trials
  ...untries such as Spain, Japan, Britain and Italy - see [[List of motorcycle manufacturers]]. * [http://www.lightweightclub.co.uk Lightweight Motor Cycle Club Trials Northern Ireland (UK)]
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• Turbo
  ...e help but there are cost increases and reliability disadvantages that car manufacturers are not happy about. Lag is also reduced by using a precision bearing rathe ...ced during the intake cycle and both are compressed during the compression cycle. The higher intake charge temperatures of forced-induction engines reduces
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