The Yamaha FZ8 was the perfect middle ground, fusing the features of the smaller FZ6 and the liter-class FZ1.

With a Master's degree in English Literature and six years of writing experience, Aayush has been contributing to TopSpeed for over two years. Since 95% of his personality is motorcycles, he goes ...

Note: It’s purely MotoGP. Now that we have that clarified, here’s the big breaking news: Yamaha recently declared that it was formally retiring its iconic inline-four "big-bang" M1 – the same platform ...

The in-line four-cylinder is the most widely used car engine in the world. But it wasn't always the case. Following the 1970s and 1980s oil crisis, auto manufacturers began downsizing to smaller ...

With experience of handling leading global sites like ZigWheels, Punya is an avid motorcyclist who has been in the industry for over half a decade. He is always up for a ride to the canyons or the ...

From the 1800s to today, the technology of motorcycle engines is always evolving. Many middleweight bike manufacturers have started to shift toward producing parallel-twin engines in recent years to ...

It's no secret that CFMoto has been working on a four-cylinder sports bike for a while. It was always meant to build on the three-cylinder 675SS and 675NK models to up the ante. Now, the Chinese ...

What is an inline four cylinder? What are the advantages of an inline engine? What are the advantages of a four cylinder ...

The lightweight showdown: Has downsizing gone too far, or is the three-cylinder engine the future of entry-level motoring? Inline-fours offer smoother operation and reliability; three-cylinders are ...

If an engine has four cylinders, chances are they’re arranged in-line—unless that engine was made by Subaru, of course. A boxer-four is second only to all-wheel drive as a Subaru calling card. But the ...