Development of Touring Motorcycle with a 1,352 cm 3 Engine

2009-32-0109

11/03/2009

Event
Small Engine Technology Conference & Exposition
Authors Abstract
Content
The sport-tourer (i.e. touring motorcycle) powered by the 1,352 cm3 engine shown in Fig. 1 was launched by Kawasaki in July 2007. This worldwide model was introduced primarily in Europe and North America. This paper describes the development of the new tourer model whose concept was to create a sport-oriented touring motorcycle. Descriptions include a variable-valve timing mechanism adopted for improving engine performance, a parallel-link type swing-arm adopted for improving vehicle dynamics, as well as a tire pressure monitoring system adopted for the first time on a motorcycle.
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.4271/2009-32-0109
Pages
6
Citation
YOSHITAKE, H., HORIUCHI, Y., ARIMA, H., UTSUMI, Y. et al., "Development of Touring Motorcycle with a 1,352 cm 3 Engine," SAE Technical Paper 2009-32-0109, 2009, https://doi.org/10.4271/2009-32-0109.
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Published
Nov 3, 2009
Product Code
2009-32-0109
Content Type
Technical Paper
Language
English