Talk:East-west engine

Motorcycle usage
This page currently redirects to transverse engine, which is certainly the normal usage when talking about most vehicles, because of the orientation of the crankshaft.

However I've recently discovered that the motorcycle enthusiasts I know refer to the Honda CX series, Honda Goldwing and BMW R100 as being east-west, while the Ducati L-twin engine and Harley-Davidson V-twin engines are referred to as north-south, the exact opposite of automobile terminology. This seems to be born out by google searches, see here for example.

Not quite sure how to best handle this. Andrewa (talk) 13:15, 2 July 2018 (UTC)