Patent ID: 7753012

Claim:
A motor cycle with an internal combustion engine and a gearbox, the internal combustion engine comprising: at least two cylinder banks and a common crankshaft, wherein each of the cylinder banks comprise at least three cylinders, wherein the cylinders of each said cylinder bank are arranged in two cylinder rows which are pushed into one another and are offset, wherein two planes, which are defined by a cylinder axis of each cylinder row, constitute an acute V angle and intersect beneath a crankshaft axis, so that an offset crank mechanism is formed, wherein each cylinder of each said cylinder bank is assigned to a separate crank pin of the common crankshaft, wherein the cylinders of the two cylinder rows of each said cylinder bank comprise a common cylinder head, wherein each said cylinder bank, the crankshaft, and the gearbox are configured to fit within a common housing which includes a common oil reservoir, wherein the common cylinder head comprises a transverse current valve actuation with cup tappets, wherein the valves of four rows of valves of two cylinder rows are actuated by operation of three camshafts, and wherein the central axes of two rows of valves intersect the central axis of one camshaft.