Variable Valve Timing isn’t a new concept in motorcycle engines. The likes of BMW and Yamaha have been using this setup in their motorcycles for a while now. Even Suzuki itself implemented it on the ...

Engineering patents often provide an insight into the future of the automobile, and if Nissan's latest is anything to go by, the Japanese brand might have found a way to squeeze a little extra life ...

Variable valve timing isn’t necessarily a new idea, but it is new to BMW motorcycles. With a freshly designed 1,254 cc two-cylinder flat engine, VVT is arriving in BMW bikes for the first time with an ...

NEW YORK, May 6, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- VVT and Start-Stop System Market by Camshaft Type (DOHC and SOHC), Starter Type (Belt-Driven Alternator Starter, Enhanced Starter, Direct Starter, and Integrated ...

We’ve just heard that Piaggio Group, parent company to Aprilia, is working on a mechanical variable valve timing (VVT) system – and the first to reap the benefits of the tech will be none other than ...

CHICAGO, Jan. 8, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- According to the new market research report "VVT & Start-Stop System Market by Technology (Cam-Phasing, Cam-Phasing Plus Changing, BAS, Enhanced Starter, Direct ...

Decades ago (OK, half a century or more), there was a product advertised in many of the performance magazines called the Varicam. The idea was a set of springs attached to a centrifugal device that ...

The tough guy in you says to stab that cam in retarded a few degrees for maximum top-end horsepower, while your more practical alter ego suggests advancing it a hair for improved low-end torque and ...