Motus, opinions - Motorcycle Forum Motus is of note mostly because there is finally a north-American motorcycle maker realizing that the age of big-bore, air cooled V-twins is over Their only chance of success lies in the wide acceptance of that philosophy by the domestic motorcycle market; which is why getting what's left of Victory would be peeing in the soup I wish them well
Motus Motorcycles Shuts Down Operations - Adventure Rider After a ten year run, it appears that Motus motorcycles have met its end Makers of the American built MST and MST R v-4 motorcycles have ceased operations Motus Motorcycles founders Lee Conn and Brian Case announced that Motus Motorcycles has been forced to shut down operations effective immediately Using the official Motus International Owners Group Facebook page, Conn and Case indicated
Gang activity on the BRP - Adventure Rider We ran up to Galax to the "Dairy Bar" where every thursday is "bike night," jumped in to the bike show, met some locals, had milkshakes, saw a Motus (look that up) and had a blast
2026 1390 Super Adventure | Adventure Rider "The existence of the 1390 engine inevitably has implications for other KTMs, too The 1290 Super Adventure is also likely to adopt the larger engine –
Janus Motos thread - Adventure Rider And we all know what happened to Motus anyway I'm hopeful that Janus is able to partner with somebody on an engine design in the future if they continue to be successful, but they consider themselves a custom motorcycle company, not an engine builder, and the requirements for the latter are a high bar indeed
Unicorn: a 4 Valve Head Pushrod Engine | Adventure Rider In the moto world the now-defunct Motus proved that a pushrod V4 bike engine could provide similar performance--the Motus V4, even with a 2 valve head, could put out 180 hp and 123 ft lbs in high tune Harley-Davidson's new M8 v-twin remains pushrodded, although the heads sport 4 valves each
MV Agusta Turismo Veloce - Adventure Rider And that will keep me away until somebody, (other than Motus which is too dear for me) brings out a basic bike with really good components, that is under 17K Now that would grab my attention and possibly my signature on the bottom line of a sales slip