QJMotor patents single-cylinder ‘V-Twin’ Engine

One of the biggest drawbacks of single-cylinder engines, especially higher displacement ones is widely agreed to be the vibrations. Until now, companies have mostly stuck to using counter balancer shafts as the preferred way to keep them under check but with QJMotor’s latest patent in the US, we might just have a more interesting and, potentially, more affordable way to deal with them.Uses a smaller ‘dummy’ cylinder as a counterweightMore cost-effective than gear operated counter balancer shafts...

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