Nearly
all combustion engines work in the same way, and used motorcycle engines use
this technology. There is a small area known as the cylinder, which is shaped
something like a drinking glass. Within each cylinder is a piston, which moves
up and down in the cylinder. The piston is attached to the crankshaft, and as
the piston moves up and down, it turns the crankshaft. This causes the overall
structure to produce work. So, if a crankshaft is attached to a motorcycle
transmission with wheels on it, then it causes the wheels to spin.
Essentially,
the difference between two stroke vs. four stroke motorcycles has to do with
the number of steps involved in the overall process. Both of them must take gas
into the cylinder (intake), which is then compressed into a small space of the
cylinder above the piston (compression). This compressed mixture is ignited by
a spark plug (combustion) - causing the piston and crankshaft to move. Lastly,
the burnt leftovers must be expelled from the cylinder so that more explosions
can take place (exhaust).
Two
stroke engines perform the entire process in two steps, so that intake and
compression occur every time the piston moves up, and combustion and exhaust
occur every time they move down. Four stroke engines complete the process in
four steps: the piston moves down and pulls in the fuel/oil mixture (intake),
it moves up and compresses the mixture (compression), it then ignites and moves
down (combustion), and lastly moves up again, expelling what is left (exhaust).
Motorcycles
have used both two stroke and four stroke engines, and they both have different
qualities. Two stroke used motorcycle engines are typically cheaper to
manufacture because they have less moving parts. They also have a higher
power-to-weight ratio, which makes them attractive in sport bikes. The downside
is that they require a special mixture of fuel and oil which is usually more
expensive. Furthermore, the combination of this mixture with the two stroke
process yields pollution that has a greater toxicity than that produced by the
four stroke engines.
For
several reasons, two stroke motorcycles are being phased out. Despite typically
having worse power-to-weight ratios, more research has been put into four
stroke engines, and this has yielded better and lighter technology that enables
it to compete with the two stroke motorcycles. Furthermore, as gas prices and
environmental consciousness continue to rise, the downsides of two stroke
motorcycle engines are quickly beginning to make them an outdated technology.
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