360° vs 180° vs 270° Crankshaft Angles in Parallel Twin Engine | Explained
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- 360° vs 180° vs 270° Parallel Twin: Crankshaft Angles | Explained
A straight-twin engine, also known as an inline-twin, vertical-twin, or parallel-twin, is a two-cylinder piston engine with cylinders arranged in a line along with a common crankshaft. Straight-twin engines are primarily used in motorcycles; other uses include marine vessels, snowmobiles, Jet Skis and all-terrain vehicles.
The term "parallel-twin", "vertical-twin," and "inline-twin" originally had specific meanings relating to the crankshaft angle or engine orientation; however, they are often also used interchangeably.
Various crankshaft configurations have been used for straight-twin engines, the most common being 360 degrees, 180 degrees, and 270 degrees.
In the United Kingdom, the term "parallel-twin" is traditionally used for engines with a crankshaft angle of 360 degrees since the two pistons are in the same direction (i.e., parallel to each other).
"Vertical-twin" was used to describe engines with a crankshaft angle of 180 degrees, which causes the pistons to travel in opposite directions.
The terms "straight-twin" and "inline-twin" were used more generically for any crankshaft angle.
So in this video, we are looking at different crankshaft configurations and how they are used in the automotive industry.
--- Time Stamp --
00:00 - Introduction
01:19 - How does a 4-Stroke Engine work?
02:10 - Difference between Inline & Parallel Twin
03:02 - 360° Crankshaft Angle
04:52 - 180° Crankshaft Angle
07:35 - 270° Crankshaft Angle
10:59 - Wrap Up
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I’m a fan of 270 degree crank. Sounds best
For me it's the 315 degree twin in the Husqvarna nuda. Second would be the 285 degree KTM Duke 890
I had a mt07 n a mt03, cb500x ( both 180°), stock pipes, the sound i liked the least was the mt07
@@mongerrr 315 is an equivalent of harley davidson's 45°vtwin.
Yes royal Enfield interceptor 650 has it
@@mongerrrthe Duke 285 degree is my favorite
The 270 is a nice lumpy twin but with that distinctive 'vee' voice ... then,there's the staccato rasp of the 360...or the manic howl of the 180. Bloody hell,spoiled for choice here!
Enlightening. Nothing sounds better than a 360 degree vertical twin, though.
Thank God
Sounds like a bmw boxer engine.
Very good explained. Thanx a bunch. I prefer the 270°, best sound, similar to a V2 and it has good torque from down below.
Torque and power will be almost the same in all of them. The only way the cylinders can affect each other at all is exhaust pulse scavenging through the header collector. The 360 is the only one that can really make good use of that, but most of those bikes had independent twin exhausts. However since the 270 is most popular today, there are a lot of great torquey engines in that configuration. The Yamaha MT-07 would have had equally awesome torque even if it was in a different configuration. I agree 270 does sound the best.
I might sound stupid. But INLINE, as in IN LINE, it has its own pistons in the same row. V engines, coming up to its name, It forms a V shape like V5, V6, V7, V8, V9, V10, etc. So that is why it is called INLINE as its pistons form a vertical line. Have a nice day!
"Well" explained. "Good" is not an adverb.
Nothing will ever sound as good as an old Triumph Bonny with 360 degree crank . Lots of torque .
It's been a great experience, listening to Kermit The Frog explain motorcycle engines
Would have been nice to have heard the differences!
My Triumph Street Scrambler (2019) has a liquid cooled parallel twin, 270 degree firing angle. The low-end torque is phenomenal, smooth as silk transmission, and the stock exhaust sounds great.
Loved every second of your explanations, including your perfect diction and pleasurable, professor like voice. Thank you!
Love the CP2 engine in my XSR. Sounds great and love the smooth and linear power delivery.
Great explanation. Of differences between the 3 types. It explains similarity well between 270°and 90°V twin
correction: the Yamaha XS650 has no balance shaft. You get the full shake n' bake, builds strong character 9 ways.
For me the sound of a motorcycle is more important then anything else, and the 270’ is so much better.
than anything else? really?
Sound is more important...
My fav is 360°
Excellent Feature On The Different Types of Cranks. 👍
Wow, I have ridden GT650 twin, and engine feed back is too good. Thanks a ton
I have speed twin. 270 degree crank angle... The pulse you get is indescribable
That Triumph twin sure looks sweet.
Having been involved with a couple of T500 triumph classic racebikes that could shake so hard that the springs in the rear shocks would vibrate in sympathy and let the back of the bike squat when you revved it. I am completely on board with the 180 or 270 cranks.
my cm 450 Honda was smooth as butter with a 360. It just sounded horrible, like a box of farts
Actually that come be overcome by having a one piece crank & a few other mods.
270 degree 650 Interceptor sounds & feels lovely
Excellent video, thank you for the explanations.
Conocía esto, pero no había encontrado ningún video que hable de esto, muy bueno, pero hubiese gustado que muestres la diferencia de sonido entre cada motor, que es muy notable y suenan bien los 3!
Great video! At last I understand how it works!
A great question I never asked myself, thank you.
Explained thoroughly and understood, thank you very much. 🙏🙏🙏
Great explanatory video!
I owned a Triumph 360 degree (1973 Bonneville 750) and a Triumph 270 degree ( 2015 Speed twin 900) and the 270 was much more pleasant on the road.
Might also have had something to do with 42 years of technical advancement...but yeah I dig the 270° crank too!
Great info. I've been confused about this as the "parallel twin" is all the rage these days. I'm in the market for a new bike, so thanks.
They misname them .Calling 270 parallel
The cylinder lines are parallel. Therefor a parallel twin regardles of 360˚, 180˚ or 270˚?
In line twin was generally used for a twin with the crank in line along rather than across the frame. Sunbeam S7 and S8 are examples.
I had 3 Trx850s from 2000 to 2010 epic bike unloved at that time you could buy them for pennies.... Barn corner at Cadwell park is the place to understand the genius of the 270degree crank, it used to drive and slide beautifully & made a average rider look good.....
Really? It effects handling?
@@HegelsOwl For power slides it does!
Thank You.
APPRECIATED.
The terminology is often used interchangeably, if not correctly. Parallel just means that the cylinders are bored in the same plane, and nothing to do with how the pistons are moving within. All crank arrangements for twins are parallel unless it's a boxer or V-twin. I prefer the traditional sound of a 360 degree - the even firing pulses. This is the classic sound of the British twins I grew up with. A Boxer sounds the same, with even firing pulses. V-twins always sound off beat, which is charismatic. 180 twins are raspy and harsh, 270s just sound like a V-twin - a nice sound but detracts from the uniqueness of a parallel twin.
Personally, I think the 360 best sounding, but you really can't beat the smoothness of the 270. Though I find the 270 to be rather generic sounding
You come up to motorcycle becuase of the sound? Dude engineering of motorcycle is not about sound. If the engineer playing the position of the piston and its firing order it just because many dumb men like rumbling sounds and not care about durability,this is what company wants a dumb men just enjoying sound.
@@dvdh4937 the 800 bmw engine is as smooth as a 4 cylinder below 4k. But it gets really buzzy after 5k. It's the trade off with the balancer rod dummy weight. It's actually a lot smoother than the 850 replacement with 270° crankshaft. The vibration is just spread out more across the rpm range with the 850cc
@@thirdiii171 bro he liked the sound of the engine and ya made a rant about it... Like wtf. Dude didn't talk about how 360 performance or anything, he just gave a innocent answer saying he prefers the 360 sound because he likes it. Like damn bro when you made this comment were you in a bad mood? Like damn bro.
@@thirdiii171 Yo! Why you so upset?
Explained in detail , 👌. Thank you
very informative .. thanks
Very good job to explain.
So nicely explained parallel twin engine ❤️
Yeah, very helpful.
I used to have a Honda CX500, but it's a different animal entirely. If I were to buy a new bike, I think I would get one of the Moto Guzzi twins.
270 is best due to one piston moving at its fastest halfway point, as the other has to change direction. This keeps & helps it do that. Giving momentum!
But, I still like the sound of the 360°.
Most of all, I liked your clear pronunciation.
Remember. Honda Africa Twin had a V 52°engine !!!!! with cranks staggered at 72°. Fantastic technical stunt and practically no vibrations.
Very intersting video,thanks.
super good information
Perfect Analisis 👉👍
Laverda made their Topped with 180 degree and 120 degree cranks. I have wondered if 90 degrees might have been way to go. The first mention I read of 90 degrees cranks was I bored out 872 cc Laverda twins.
The Yamaha XS 650 did not have balance shafts, they vibrated a lot!
I am a proud owner of the motorcycle showcased at 0:14.
Proud Yamaha RX100 owner.
This is why Suzuki's Crossplane Twin has Double Cross Balancer in their GSX-8S and V-Strom 800DE to reduce vibration, a first in the motorcycle industry to put such Double Balancer.
Good video 😎👍 I'll take the 180. I wish boxers were used as an example too.
Boxer is a 360° crank
I have a lifan straight twin it sounds sick🔥
i am tied of the 270 craze even BMW motorad is in on the game. 360 is where it is at for me.
Same thoughts about the 270 degree, especially when a 360 degree engine can be made to rev, they sound great
Which Beemer has a 270 degree crank? Their parallel twins have 360 degree cranks with an unusual counter balancer, as seen in one of the pics.
@@PrimoStracciatella the 850 and 900 twins that replaced the 800 rotax engine are 270° crankshaft and made in China by loncin
have a couple of xs650 yams , 1 rephased to 277 and 1 original , the difference in vibration is amazing , havent ridden 270 conversion as a lot more expensive and complicated ,cant compare performance as the rephased motor has a lot done to it .. eg.. now 750cc
My 1968 Honda cd175 Sloper twin has a 360 degree crank but there is only a little tingling that resonates through the handlebars. It does mean that only one set of contact breaker points is required so there is always a dead spark at TDC of the exhaust stroke.
My 2022 Triumph Scrambler 1200xc has the 270 degree configuration and sounds good and delivers plenty of power, but I prefer the high revving smooth inline fours.
Excellent! 😀
I love ❤ Mechanical Engineering.
I have a 180 degree twin engine bike. It sounds like a sewing machine but I love it to bits. :)
Is it fair to say that 180* crank lay out seems like bicycle pedals but 270* lay out is like a horses running pattern (consider front legs as one unit and back ones another) ?
Nice 270° ! Excelent.
Was the Yamaha trx 850 the first mass produced 270?
So, which engine should I choose?
Can't go wrong with the sound of a 270 on the yamaha mt-07 such a sweat sound
The Trixie TRX850 better in every way than a 90 degree v! honestly. The 5 five head revs out in a way a duke never could and its not just the timing pulses that make it sound great, those 5 valve heads make a unique induction sound. It is addictive.
Por eso yo amo mi TDM 850 4tx
Both BMW and Moto Guzzi solved all these issues by making an "opposed" two cyl engine configuration. The pistons move in opposite directions as does the crank journals, thereby balancing the forces on the crankshaft. They can be fired at 360 or 180 degrees with very little vibration issues. These are the smoothest sounding and feeling twin cyl engines.
BMW uses Boxer flat twins meaning both pistons go 'up' or 'down' the cylinder at the same time while Moto Guzzi uses a simple 90deg V. Very different engines.
The other possible version of a flat twin would be a 180deg V. The difference being that in a Boxer configuration each piston has its own crank pin while in a 180deg V the pistons share a crank pin ie one piston goes 'up' while the other goes 'down'.
Still have both pistons stopping at the same time plus it makes a super wide engine. Boxer twins are great motors but are not perfect,pick your poison.
I love mechanical+power+automobile + aerospace engineering
Love the 270°s too, but... the 360° 800cc Rotax of my 2012 F800R screams in sync with my heart... 😂
A crossplane crank was so named because viewed from the end the crank pin formed a plus sign, or cross. I don't know how a 270 degree twin can be a "crossplane", unless of course its just marketing BS. My old 96 Yamaha TRX 850 had the same 270 crank as the modern twins and no mention of "crossplane" was mentioned. Same goes for the CP-3 triple, it should be a "Starplane" crank, because it forms a star shape, like a Mercedes emblem, not a "cross".
Tbf to Yamaha, they call the 270 twins "crossplane philosophy" which imo is fair enough as they exhibit the same benefits as a true crossplane 4. I had a TRX back in the day and it was a funky fun engine just like the 689 motor is now. Totally agree about the triples though, they are not crossplane at all.
Yes starplane or y plane. Not crossplane
I figure it is because one of the crank pins crosses the plane of the other rather than lying in the same plane.
The inventor of the 270˚ crank, Phillip Irving called it “staggered crank”.
my bike is 360 and it doesnt have that much powet or top speed.. the sound is awesome though... it can go as fast as 120km/hr and it vibrating like crazy and also, there is no more room left to pull the throttle... the ride at normal speed is super smooth and comfy...
i wonder how to make the 360 combust at the same time so it will be just like single cylinder bike? if there is a way i would like to try on my bike
A bullet purchase is made from the heart not the head. It really is not a rational decision. 😅
Can't say the same about the continental GT twin though. Its 270° crankshaft angle means no dead centers or a seamless firing order.😍
The best as learner
Power vs torque I rode Norton for many years, now I ride Harley, both produce good amounts of torque, while I miss the power and handling of the Norton the comfort of the Harley makes it worth the trade,
like the 270 engine sounds
270 degree crank is essentially half-crossplane design. Which makes me think;
Is it possible to have inline four with 270 degree crank by putting two parallel twin with 270 crank alongside each other in the same arrangement?
At 7:28 the Honda 650 Africa Twin has a V-twin engine
The 270 degree Twin has the best power characteristics and sound. Also it's compactness is perfect for any application. Even in large capacity twins with a long strokes. The future of this format looks awesome. For the introduction of camless ultra compact head design. From Freevalve technology. Imagine a Super Tenere short stroke 1500 with ultimate computerised valve control. 190 HP @ 9000 RPM & 170 NM @ 5000 RPM conservatively achieverble. Programmable with any lift,duration and timing desired in conjunction with totally adjustable ignition and fuel timing and mapping? The BMW 1250 GS Adventurer and the Ducati V4 Multistrada along with the KTM 1290 Super Adventurer S would be put into prehistoric obsolescence overnight. One of these manufacturers will have to make this move sooner than later. Will it be the Europeans or the Japanese? 😊
Oha - your technical explanations are wrong, surely the consequence of missing knowledge in engine construction. Except in a side-valve-design NO brand (neither European nor Japanese nor Martian... 🤣) would ever introduce freevalve-technology in a series engine. For racing oK, but for all over purposes impracticable - same situation as with electrically operated brake systems.
I have a Honda CB 500 from 1993. Anybody knows which configuration is using ? Probably 180 °.
Both cylinders moving ??
180° is great. Well for 2-strokes :D
Are there engine with both pistons firing at the same time on 360 crank?
They fire at different times, on the 360 crank, every second stroke
Buon giorno
Come posso avere la traduzione in italiano della spiegazione.
Grazie
Could you theoretically covert for example an 180 into a 360?
Might be a dumb question but…
Hondas Big bang death trap!! Rode many years & well riding the big bang flat out is indescribably exhilarating. It is also flat out dangerous for newbies. The problem was cornering on throttle, the tire would lose traction from the torque. Which was unsettling running carbs you would get use to it then atmosphere would change day 2 day n you'd get a lil surprise 😅. If it was fuel injected i would like to see if it helps. I remember one specific time I took it out after a lil 🌧 yea you can forget that. #Deathtrap
that mean 2 piston engine can be many profile sound. can be sound like 1 piston,2 piston,4 piston and v twin engine that why i love 2 piston motorcycle engine
Interesting. Largely, if I twist the throttle and the bike goes vrooooom, I don't think about it too much!
@JensAddictions - sure, you twist and it goes vroom - but if you are a racer, understand the vid - you can extend the idea to 4cylinders and will choose a V-four to win your races (rather than an old-style flat 4 - which have problems balancing out the secondary forces).
@1:49... why could you not work in the term "blows the exhaust out" to complete suck, squeeze, bang, blow?!?
My question is not directly associated with this topic. I hope you’ll bear with me. In order to remove some of the disadvantages of large right angle compared to the For centerline would there be any possible advantage to moving the cylinder bore off the centerline of the crankshaft?
It should be “ large ROD angle”
BORE centerline
Yamaha have done this for yrs. It helps a little with efficiency as the piston is at TDC for a couple more degrees
what I think is that I didn't understand a sht, but the video was very entertaining
270 NICE SOUND!!!
I like the boxer engine @ 3:54 :-)
The Honda CB450 was available in two versions with 180° and 360° crankshaft angles.
It seems that 180° was for export and 360° was for JDM.
Also the Honda 305, differences type 1 and type2 ?
Your correct. The 180 was for export. The 360 was for domestic use. Ran into the 360s as they were imported by US mitary. Caused us probs for some repairs. Spark advancers were different in the two versions. Your the 1st person I recall to mention this. Good post.
Not the CB450 but the 400. My first bike was a CB360, after that I had a 450 Nighthawk. Both had 180° cranks.
Then I moved up to a XS650 and really liked the vibration of the engine.
Do you know a motorbike equipped with a 250 cm3 engine at 270° ?
What about L Twin in my opinion at higher rpm the smother twin
What about a 90 degree firing order? Should be a bit like a "Twingle" and work like a "Big Bang", which may be a torquer and give good traction...
V-twin if 2 cilinder, or boxer.
The inline design is best for 4.
Inline means front to back so in line with the wheels. The crankshaft orientation is your way of knowing the difference. Front to back = inline. Left to right = transverse. TRANSVERSE is what a parallel twin is. Same as the straight 4 cylinder bikes all are TRANSVERSE not inline. Everyone gets that wrong these days. FWD cars have transverse engines and RWD cars have inline configuration...most of the time. Anyway inline means front to back not in a row!!!
When I heard that, I thought that's not right and stopped the video to check to see if anyone else saw the error. I'm not much of a fan of these machine generated narrations
good info, thank you
Inline refers to how the cylinders are aligned to each other. There is no orientation of an engine before it is installed. Transverse refers to how the engine is installed within a chassis. A Honda straight 4cyl is the same as a Nissan straight 4cyl, just that one is oriented differently in the chassis for FWD.
Wrong sound for the Vtwin. The picture is a harley, the sound is more ducati or similar. Harleys have both rods sharing a single crank pin, making the uneven sound.
Tedious but effective, I think I’ve sat too long in an Open University lecture……
Don't write off 180 deg cranks just yet. Of course all my two stroke twins are thusly set up. I'm assuming fans of two-seventies are running their engines mostly below ten grand rpm. My 2020 VersysX 300 however howls up to 13,000 and up above 8-9 rpm, the exhaust note is quite racy. The video neglects to mention that two seventies have more pumping loss vs. 180s. Perhaps an important factor in a motor that only squeezes out 16 ft/lbs of torque at 10k.
i love grunt of 180s :D
Excellent explanation but rather long winded with same facts repeated.
You forgot my Super Tenere 😤