SINGLE-CYLINDER

[zoltan]

Hmm...150kg, 75bhp a wet dream.

New Ducati Hypermotard hints at all-new single-cylinder platform

Spyshots have emerged showing a new Hypermotard featuring what looks like a single-cylinder engine, something that could spawn a whole new range of middleweight machines.

www.visordown.com

 

[Nice 'n' Fat]

I don't know why they are bothering

It's not as if KTM sell them by the lorry load

 

[MikeS]

What happened to Triumphs planned big move into the off road competition market?

 

[Nice 'n' Fat]

What happened to Triumphs planned big move into the off road competition market?

That's still happening

They have a 250 4T that will be launched in the very near future

 

[The Other PaulG]

I don't know why they are bothering

It's not as if KTM sell them by the lorry load

Unfortunately it also looks like a KTM rather than something a bit different... like a retro.

If it looked like this I might be tempted...

 

[longdog]

Unfortunately it also looks like a KTM rather than something a bit different... like a retro.

If it looked like this I might be tempted...

Now that is a proper Ducati!

 

[jonnie comet]

If it looked like this I might be tempted...

If it looked like that I would DEFINITELY be buying one...

 

[jonnie comet]

ANOTHER Ducati single - Does anyone remember the 'Supermono'?

From memory it was a single cylinder race bike (never made for the road) I seem to remember that it had a 2nd cylinder that didn't fire but was used to somehow cancel out vibration?

 

[Morety]

Anyone remember the single middleweight they trialled for a short while in the 1990's? It kept the L twin layout but one "cylinder" was retained for engine balance and wasn't a combustion chamber. There was a play about too with another L twin "single" which used the extra chamber for supercharging duties! The classic 350 above is one I remember from my youth and lusted after along with the 750 GTS round case.

 

[dean0n0]

https://www.ducati.com/ww/en/company/innovation/engines/superquadro-mono

 

[OnHellas]

ANOTHER Ducati single - Does anyone remember the 'Supermono'?

From memory it was a single cylinder race bike (never made for the road) I seem to remember that it had a 2nd cylinder that didn't fire but was used to somehow cancel out vibration?

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I do. I seem to remember Alan Cathcart racing one and a German female winning the European Super Mono championship on one…I think.

 

[Simon_100]

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Unfortunately it also looks like a KTM rather than something a bit different... like a retro.

If it looked like this I might be tempted...

I had a 450, also with the fabulous double drum brake rather than the disc on the front - oh if I could roll back the clock ...

 

[Schtum]

A bit more here... https://www.advrider.com/new-ducati-superquadro-mono-most-powerful-thumper-ever/

 

[MarkShelley]

They are going into MotoX in quite a serious way by the looks of it so I guess there will be mirensingle cylinder bikes to come

 

[dean0n0]

Not much good for off road with a high first.

I used to like singles for the same reason as I liked diesels in vehicles, for their simplicity and low end grunt. That all seems to have gone out the window these days.