Genesis is Yamaha's marketing name for a range of high performance, multi-valve four-stroke engines first used in motorcycles. The design uses five valves per cylinder, three intake and two exhaust, with downdraft carburetors and a cylinder block slanted forward, 45 degrees on the 1985 FZ750. Slanting the engine let the airbox sit above it and be pressurised, and Yamaha offset the lost tank space with a lower tank and an electric fuel pump. The engine was built as parallel twins and as fours, including the YZF-R1 and YZF-R6, and was later also used in gyroplanes, marine engines and a Norwegian racing series.
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Yamaha's marketing name for a range of innovative, high-performance multi-valve four-stroke motorcycle engines
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The Genesis engine first appeared on the 1985 Yamaha FZ750
Applications, twins
The design was used for parallel-twins (such as the TDM and the TRX)
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as well as for four-cylinder models
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Yamaha's marketing name for a range of innovative, high-performance multi-valve four-stroke motorcycle engines
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Yamaha's marketing name for a range of innovative, high-performance multi-valve four-stroke motorcycle engines
Part Of: Yamaha YZF-R1, Applications, YZF-R1
The Genesis engine was also used in the Yamaha YZF-R1, FZX700, FZ750, and the USA-only FZ700.
Part Of: Yamaha YZF-R6, Applications, YZF-R6
the Supersport YZF-R6 and YZF-R1 models
Part Of: Yamaha FZ6, Applications, FZ6
the less extreme but still powerful Yamaha FZ6 (4 valve per cylinder) and FZ1 Fazer line
Part Of: Yamaha FZ1, Applications, FZ1
the less extreme but still powerful Yamaha FZ6 (4 valve per cylinder) and FZ1 Fazer line
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