Air Cooled V Twin Motorcycle Engines

This is better for detonation control and for emissions.

Air cooled v twin motorcycle engines.

Except for the different 103 badge on the air filter the twin cooled ultra limited and air cooled ultra classic look identical. In liquid cooled engines the circulating liquid evens out hot spots in the cylinder head. It s partial water cooling so that the aesthetics of the air cooled engine are largely left in tact. You can find air cooled motorcycles in a lot of the older bikes like a kawasaki eliminator as well as many new and older model cruisers and the standard or classic style rides like the honda rebel and royal enfield continental gt.

Basically the new engine is a bit like bmw s wasser boxer. In v twins the back cylinder could remain hotter than it otherwise would. The evolution engine popularly known as evo is an air cooled 45 degree v twin engine manufactured from 1984 by harley davidson for the company s motorcycles. You can easily tell an air cooled motorcycle by the fins built into the engine block.