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Four Banger: How the inline-four was inevitable for motorcycles.

Podcast: Cycle World Podcast
Published: Feb 18, 2026
Duration seconds: 3471
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Summary

The inline-four has many qualities that made it the performance engine format of choice for decades. Ride with Kevin and Mark as they talk about the origins of the inline-four and how we have explored many other engine formats and firing orders/timings, and possibly a few side stories about other things!