What is a star three-cylinder engine? Simply put, it is an engine with three cylinder angles of 120 degrees each showing a surround layout. At the same time, the star arrangement is also the engine setting used by many previous aircraft, but their cylinders are far more than three, and the pistons drive not the crankshaft but the propeller.
Wouldn't it be crazy to put this kind of engine on a motorcycle? Recently, abroad, Ride Motion from Australia has come up with such a motorcycle called Low Flying Object, which is equipped with a star-shaped three-cylinder engine with a displacement of up to 2,100cc.
This 2,100cc displacement star-shaped three-cylinder engine can burst out 240 horsepower and provide speeds of up to 10,000 rpm. Based on the frame of the MV AGUSTA BRUTALE 800, the car was heavily modified with a star-type three-cylinder engine. In order to avoid uneven weight distribution and excessive gyroscope effect, the longitudinal installation method is adopted.
The car's front and rear suspensions, swingarms and other components are also from the BRUTALE 800. However, they did not build the car to mass-produce, but to team up with Kennedy Motorcycle to win the Bonneville Speedweek Speedweek Speed Challenge in November 2022.