MotoGP Engine configurations is a very interesting subject! Why do some manufacturers go for a Big bang fire pattern? Why would you ever want to have an Inline 4 engine in a MotoGP bike? Aren't V4s superior?
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0:00 Introduction
0:04 Yamaha YZR-M1 Inline 4, Crossplane crank, Irregular fire pattern
0:10 Honda RC213V V4, 180 Crank Big bang fire pattern
0:27 MotoGP Engines Scream loud?
0:49 Spark plug Exhaust Intake
0:53 4-Stroke Piston completes four separate strokes while turning the crankshaft
0:58 Intake Piston pulls an air-fuel mixture into the cylinder
1:05 Compression Piston compresses the air-fuel mixture
1:10 Combustion Spark plug ignites the cluel mixture
1:41 Inline 4, 180 crank Traditional Screamer' fire pattern
2:18 Masao Furusawa Yamaha Engineer
2:49 Crankshaft does not rotate at a constant rate Creates something called: inertia torque
3:26 Inline 4, Crossplane crank Irregular fire pattern
5:31 CROSSPLANE IRREGULAR FIRE
5:42 V4.90 deg, 360 Crank 'Twin pulse' Fire pattern Ducati GP7-9 (2007-2009 MotoGP bike) Also Ducati Panigale street bike
6:07 V4.90 deg, 180 Crank 'Big bang' Fire pattern Likely what Honda, KTM, Ducati & Aprilia runs