ENGINE Liquid-cooled four-stroke 90-degree V4; gear-driven DOHC, eight valves per cylinder; 101.2 x 50.6mm = 75.3mm bore, 42mm stroke, for 747cc; 11.7:1 comp; PGM-FI fuel injection/engine management, four sets of two 30mm throttle-bodies; 8-4-2-1-2 e

ENGINE Air- and oil-cooled four-stroke vertical twin with 90/270-degree offset crank; SOHC, four valves per cylinder; 78 x 67.8mm for 648cc; 9.5:1 comp; EFI with Power Commander; custom exhausts by Rogue; wet clutch to six-speed gearbox; chain final

ENGINE Air-cooled four-stroke inline four; DOHC, two valves per cylinder; 83 x 66mm for 1428cc; 10.5:1 comp; wet sump; 4 x RS40 Mikuni flat-slides; Dyna/MSD ignition; Vance & Hines Sidewinder exhaust; gear primary to multi-plate clutch and five-speed

ENGINE Air-cooled four-stroke vertical twin; chain-driven SOHC, two valves per cylinder; 80 x 74mm for 750cc; 10:1 comp; wet sump with Hugh’s Handbuilt oil cooler; 2 x Mikuni VM34 round-slides with ram tubes; Hugh’s Handbuilt PMA/CDI ignition; owner-

ENGINE Air-cooled four-stroke 90-degree V-twin; belt-driven SOHC, two valves per cylinder; 94 x 71.5mm for 992cc; 10:1 comp; wet sump; Marelli ignition and EFI; 45mm throttle body; Zard exhaust; gear primary drive to wet clutch and six-speed gearbox;

COVER PHOTO Brandan Trudinger EDITOR Geoff Seddon ART DIRECTOR Martha Rubazewicz VALUED CONTRIBUTORS Alan Cathcart, Simon Davidson, John Downs, Kel Edge, Phil Masters, Jamie McIlwraith, Russ Murray, Nigel Petrie, Ben Pilatti, John Rooth, Brandan Trud

WHAT are the benefits of the oval-piston design compared to a conventional engine, other than a bit of rule-bending for racing? “When Mr Shoichiro lrimajiri and his staff were given the responsibility of designing a ‘New Engine’, which basically mean

ENGINE Liquid-cooled four-stroke single; SOHC, four valves; 57 x 58.7mm for 150cc; 10.4:1 comp; EFI with custom airbox and ECU; wet sump; electric start; custom exhaust with Yoshimura muffler; wet clutch to six-speed gearbox; chain final drive; 16hp

IT SEEMED nothing could kill the Sportster after an uninterrupted 65-year run. But all that changed with the advent of Euro 5 emission regulations, which has prompted Harley-Davidson to discontinue manufacturing our favourite Harley engine. The name

ENGINE Air-cooled four-stroke boxer twin; DOHC, four valves per cylinder; 103 x 73mm for 1170cc; 12:1 comp; 2 x 38mm SmartCarbs on titanium manifolds; Morris magneto ignition; titanium exhausts; dry clutch to six-speed hand-shift gearbox; shaft final

ENGINE Air-cooled four-stroke 360-degree vertical twin; OHV, two per cylinder; 74 x 72.6mm for 624cc; 9.0:1 comp; dry sump; 2 x 28mm Mikunis; 12V battery/coil ignition; duplex primary chain to wet clutch and four-speed gearbox; chain final drive; 50h

ENGINE Air-cooled four-stroke 45-degree V-twin; OHV, two per cylinder; 76.2 x 96.8mm for 883cc; dry sump; 9.0:1 comp; EFI with V&H Fuelpak, S&S air cleaner; custom exhausts; chain primary drive to five-speed gearbox; chain final drive CHASSIS Tubula

GIACOMO Agostini has been a semi-regular visitor to Australia, most recently as a guest at the International Festival of Speed at Sydney Motor Sport Park in 2017 and at Phillip Island for the Island Classic in 2018. Retrobike met Ago at the IFOS, al