The five-cylinder motorcycle is rarer than getting a great deal on a vacation during the holiday season. Here are some that ...

You might know the Yamaha name from iconic sports bikes like the YZF-R1 or the R6, both screaming four-cylinder performance bikes that are focused on racetrack performance — and rightfully so. The ...

The Industrial Revolution's strides produced many miracles. Advancements in metallurgy and improved technological practices made the mass production of precision parts possible and, with time, ...

Five is a very unusual number of cylinders for a motorcycle engine, and the most familiar examples graced track-only prototypes that brought world championships in two eras to Honda. If storied ...

Between the immense cost of R&D and the added complexity and expense of production, you’ll find that most motorcycle brands tend to field one or two engine configurations (i.e., V-twin, inline-four, ...

Motorcycle engines come in all shapes and sizes. Single-cylinder thumpers, parallel twins, inline-threes, high-revving fours, burly V4s and V-twins, even the occasional flat-eight. But one layout ...

Motorcycles are typically powered by small engines. Some small entry-level motorcycles and dirt bikes are powered by single-cylinder engines. On other bikes, you'll find two-cylinder V-twins providing ...