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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