![]() It was this design that was purchased, then re-designed to a larger bore and stroke engine-renamed to X-twin-to ultimately become the modern day Super X motorcycle engine, which the factory in Belle Plaine, MN tooled up and stepped into production. ![]() The Weslake company had a lot of fame for modern engine designs, and had previously designed a high-performance dual-overhead cam, four-valve V-twin, air-cooled motorcycle engine-that they had run very successfully on the race circuit, and then moth-balled it. ![]() The new engine was designed both in part as a clean slate, and as an update to an engine design that was purchased from the Weslake Engine Company of England in 1994. All this is typical in a manufacturing environment. In addition, during part number transitions, sometimes there are overlaps in part quantities so there may be a few bikes with part assembly and serial number variances.
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