American start-up, Motus Motorcycles, maker of the highly anticipated MST and MST-R sport-touring motorcycles powered by a unique V4 engine configuration announced yesterday that it has expanded its dealer network by adding four new dealers in the Western U.S. region.
The new authorized Motus dealers are in California, Washington, and two in Nevada.
A year after publicly unveiling its all-new American made sport touring models at Daytona Bike Week, Motus Motorcycles announced production plans and pricing for the 2013 Motus MST and MST-R. Perhaps the biggest news however is Motus has opted to use fuel injection for the MST and MST-R instead of its originally planned gasoline direct injection system.
The motorcycle industry-first implementation of GDI technology was one of the biggest attention-grabbing details about the MST so its exclusion is a bit of a surprise. Even without GDI, the MST’s KMV4 engine is still impressive. Developed by Katech, the 1,650cc 90-degree V4 engine is essentially a four-cylinder version of the Chevrolet Corvette‘s V8 engine. Motus claims an output of 165 hp for the MST and 185 hp for the MST-R.
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Motus has released a video of its new V4 gasoline direct injected Motus MST sport tourer undergoing testing at Barber Motorsports Park in Birmingham, Ala.
The video shows two prototypes of the American-made and designed motorcycle. The saddle-bag equipped silver model is the Motus MST while the black model is the higher-spec MST-R. We’ve seen the MST-R before in Troy Siahaan’s Motus MST Preview, but only without its fairing. Now we can see (and hear!) the Öhlins-equipped MST-R and its sibling on the race track.
“I had no idea I was going to be on such a capable motorcycle,” says test rider Mike “Thermosman” Fitzgerald, Öhlins USA roadracing manager. “I couldn’t wait to get back on there and do it again.”
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