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Twins Have Teeth?


johnnyrod

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I was thinking more about this... these engines:

inline 4 ("normal" crank)

parallel twin

single cylinder

opposed twin

all should have the same characterstic in that all the pistons are either at BDC or TDC at the same time, but the V-twin is the only one that doesn't (ignoring 6-cyl etc.) in that one piston is at TDC or BDC while the other is part-way through the stroke. So is the same true when comparing e.g a BMW to an SV? Also what was the crank configuration used on the "big bang" 500cc 2-strokes, and the "normal" ones come to think of it?

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