Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having twin cylinders: as, a twin-cylinder engine.
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Examples
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The high-tech twin-cylinder 850 with electronic fuel injection puts out gobs of horsepower, as well as arm-ripping amounts of torque.
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(Full disclosure: This was not a formal test, just a couple of editors and Gabe Shenhar, an engineer from our test track, taking a brief cruise.) Harley-Davidson was kind enough to provide a new Night Rod Special, a 1250cc, water-cooled, twin-cylinder model that checks in at a hefty 676 pounds when loaded up with fuel and ready for a rider.
Hog tied: Consumer Reports rides the latest Harleys - Night Rod Special and XR 1200X 2010
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And the engine is a twin-cylinder, 23-horsepower Briggs Professional Series with overhead valves.
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Harley-Davidson was kind enough to provide a new Night Rod Special, a 1250cc, water-cooled, twin-cylinder model that checks in at a hefty 676 pounds when loaded up with fuel and ready for a rider.
Hog tied: Consumer Reports rides the latest Harleys - Night Rod Special and XR 1200X 2010
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And the engine is a twin-cylinder, 23-horsepower Briggs Professional Series with overhead valves.
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Read review Jonathan Welsh The HP2 costs around $25,000 and is powered by a 130 horsepower version of the twin-cylinder boxer engine.
BMW HP2 2008
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BMW Another racing version, the BMW HP2 Sport is a new take on the German motorcycle and auto maker's tradition twin-cylinder engine.
Big Buck Bikes 2008
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The black spot grew bigger, the buzz louder and louder, until she realized it was the throbbing of a twin-cylinder motorcycle.
That’s Amore Carol Grace 2003
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The motor cycles proved to be twin-cylinder, highpowered machines.
Frank Merriwell, Junior's, Golden Trail or, The Fugitive Professor Burt L. Standish 1905
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Kawasaki's twin-cylinder middleweight, the ER-6n, gets a makeover and subtle revisions that make it a much better bike.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Kevin Ash 2012
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