Engine Technologies

This custom-made Yamaha Mt-07 is an all-wheel-drive model, thanks to an additional electric motor on the front wheel. You get an axial flux design, with coils, a magnet, and two discs. The end result? Close to 221 lb-ft on the front wheel!

Horse Powertrain is looking into the future, showing an early concept version of a next-generation hybrid engine system powered by 100% renewable fuel. It says the prototype can boost fuel economy by 40% while slashing literal tons of CO2 emissions.

Despite its critics and moves toward electrification, the internal combustion engine is not yet dead. Though its design for passenger vehicles may have begun to reach its apex with Mazda’s Skyactiv designs.

We’ve talked about Benda a few times, and it seems every time there’s a new bike from the Chinese brand, there’s some radical approach behind it. This time, it’s the engine that seeks all the attention – a hybrid boxer engine concept.

Yamaha recently declared that it was formally retiring its iconic inline-four M1 – the same platform that has helped Yamaha secure eight MotoGP riders' titles since its introduction in 2002. Replacing the setup would be a new V4 engine.

The new Aviator's Ember from Aerohart applies aerospace-grade materials to an age-old design, providing powerful fire-starting performance that carries lightly in a pocket. Like an engine piston, it compresses air for fast, furious combustion.

Honda has sent motorcycle enthusiasts into a state of frenzy by revealing the CB500 Super Four retro standard and CBR500R Four sportbike at this year's CIMAMotor show in Chongqing, China. Both models are scheduled to launch in early 2026.

Horse Powertrain continues to push the next generation of plug-and-play hybrid solutions. Sized "no larger than a briefcase," the new C15 engine-generator is designed to slide into all-electric vehicles for an immediate high-efficiency range boost.

With Mercedes in advanced talks about adopting BMW's four-cylinder petrol engine in a variety of its future cars, the two companies may soon share more than just a place in German motoring history: engines.

While auto engines shrink, marine outboards are packing on cylinders. A year after introducing "world's first V12 outboard," Mercury followed up with what it called the industry's first V10. Now it's updating the V10 lineup with a new flagship.

Honda’s e-clutch tech is a nifty piece of tech that was first introduced in 2023. While it already comes as standard on the current CBR650R and CB650R models in the US, Honda is set to bring the tech to its entry-level motorcycles. And rightly so.

The name Wärtsilä has a definite glow around it in the motorhead community. That's largely because of the RTA96-C, a 14-cylinder, two-stroke turbo diesel behemoth that our own Mike Hanlon endorsed as one of the Seven Wonders of the World back in 2004.