Kawasaki was originally founded as a shipyard in Tokyo, Japan in 1878, built its first motorcycle engine, the KE-1, in 1953, and followed it up four years later with the company's first general ...

Nowadays, the V-twin engine is ubiquitous in the motorcycle world. Powering everything from speedy sport bikes to massive touring machines — and even wedged sideways on some rides — the still-striking ...

While you may be able to name a dozen prominent American manufacturers, few produce a product as legendary and iconic as Harley-Davidson, Inc. With more than a century of motorcycle building history, ...

Ever since their inception, American bikemakers have heavily relied on the V-twin layout. As a result, if there’s one engine that defines American motorcycling, it is the V-twin. With the layout’s ...