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• Connecting rod
  ...gh performance engines, or of [[cast iron]] for applications such as motor scooters. They are not rigidly fixed at either end, so that the angle between the co ...the big end of the con rod so that pressurized [[lubricant|lubricating]] [[motor oil]] squirts out onto the [[thrust]] side of the [[cylinder (engine)|cylin
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• ISO
  The motor company '''Iso Rivolta''' (Iso Motors since 1973) was initially named '''Is ...o build [[motorcycles]], scooters and motocarries (three wheeled transport scooters/motorcycles). Among the most famous are the Furetto (1948), 'Isoscooter (19
  7 KB (1,007 words) - 10:08, 3 May 2010
• Malaguti
  ...war]] era of the 1960s and 1970s, Malaguti exported over 70% of its first scooters to Vietnam. The first 50cc Malaguti scooter was called the Saigon 50cc. ...t for promotional and marketing opportunities to its sister company Ducati Motor Spa.
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• Two stroke
  ...line engines are usually two-strokes. They are commonly used in [[outboard motor]]s, high-performance, small-capacity [[motorcycle]]s, [[moped]]s, [[scooter ...is in small displacement motorcycles, mostly in off-road "dirt-bikes", and scooters, where their higher power-to-weight ratio, and smaller size outweigh their
  15 KB (2,394 words) - 23:48, 11 September 2009
• MM
  * Italian Serie A Bicycle Motor [[1926]] and [[1927]] ...rket had changed and was calling for more economical [[motorcycles]] and [[scooters]], which range was not avaliable from MM. An attempt to respond to the dema
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• Electric vehicle
  ...] driven by rotary motors, or in the case of tracked vehicles, by [[linear motor]]s. In most systems the motion is provided by a rotary electric motor. However, some trains unroll their motors to drive directly against a spec
  18 KB (2,741 words) - 15:59, 24 June 2009
• Continuously variable transmission
  ...he cones can be computer-controlled and driven, for example by a [[servo]] motor. However, in the light-weight VDP transmissions used in automatic motorsco ...s are very expensive. However, they have the advantage that the hydraulic motor can be mounted directly to the wheel hub, allowing a more flexible suspensi
  12 KB (1,878 words) - 23:28, 3 July 2009
• Beta Motor
  ...he company launched the CIGNO, which was powered by a single-cylinder 48cc motor. Its double cradle frame, telescopic forks and shock absorbers gave it a ve * [[List of scooters]]
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• Two-stroke cycle
  ...ne]] engines are usually two-strokes. They are commonly used in [[outboard motor]]s, high-performance, small-capacity [[motorcycle]]s, [[moped]]s, [[scooter ...is in small displacement motorcycles, mostly in off-road "dirt-bikes", and scooters, where their higher power-to-weight ratio, and smaller size outweigh their
  19 KB (3,049 words) - 09:48, 2 August 2009
• Ducati Singles
  When [[Ducati Motor Holding|Ducati]] began manufacturing motorcycles, they were single cylinder ...the military, making the factory a target for Allied bombing. The [[Ducati Motor Holding|Ducati]] factory at Borgo Panigale was hit badly more than once, bu
  13 KB (2,018 words) - 22:22, 22 September 2009
• Laverda
  ...single, they eventually went on to produce different bikes ranging from [[scooters]], the ''Laverdino'' commuter and eventually to the 200cc twin. ...Strike''; the ''Lynx'', a small, naked roadster with a Suzuki 650cc V twin motor; and finally the ''800TTS'' trail/enduro, which aimed to take on the likes
  15 KB (2,351 words) - 15:31, 30 November 2010
• Aermacchi
  ...factories to civilian production had given the huge commercial success for scooters with wheels as tall as the [[Moto Guzzi Galletto]]. [[Aermacchi]] decided t ...a]] for the next scooter [[Linto Dama 160]] carried out on a [[Aermacchi]] motor and technical solutions with the highest level. Inexplicably, after the sec
  9 KB (1,265 words) - 08:58, 7 February 2011
• Isetta
  ...id that the stylists had arrived at the design of the Isetta by taking two scooters, placing them close together, adding a refrigerator and shaping the result ...Brakes and wheels are from [[Morris]] and the subsequent [[British Leyland Motor Corporation]] "'''[[Mini]]'''". Prices range from c. £2650 for the kit up
  19 KB (2,987 words) - 12:03, 30 April 2010
• Benelli
  ...conditions lead to the growth in popularity of [[Vespa]] and [[Lambretta]] scooters. Benelli is now part of motor Group Qianjiang, which is a corporation located in southeast China at Wenli
  10 KB (1,472 words) - 08:15, 10 November 2011
• Moto Guzzi
  ...ned creating a motorcycle company after the war. Guzzi would engineer the motor bikes, Parodi (scion of wealthy Genovese ship-owners) would finance the ven ...o the original articles of incorporation) "the manufacture and the sale of motor cycles and any other activity in relation to or connected to metallurgical
  53 KB (7,792 words) - 12:53, 9 December 2009
• Bicycle
  ...te 1890s, and then the ''[[Rover (car)|Rover]]'' auto maker. The [[Morris Motor Company]] (in [[Oxford]]) and [[Škoda Auto|Škoda]] also began in the bicy ...cities. Such dedicated paths often have to be shared with inline skaters, scooters, skateboarders, and pedestrians. Segregating bicycle and automobile traffic
  53 KB (8,173 words) - 09:32, 25 September 2009

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