A horizontal engine configuration with the two pistons opposing each other, commonly found on BMW twin-cylinder motorcycles. The term comes from the resemblance of fists coming towards each other.


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  1. Horizontally Opposed : Motorcycle-Glossary.com on May 12, 2007 6:29 pm

    [...] at 180° to one another. It is also described as a flat twin or flat four, etc. Also known as a boxer [...]

  2. Flat Twin : Motorcycle-Glossary.com on May 12, 2007 6:29 pm

    [...] is the ‘traditional’ (since 1923) BMW motorcycle engine, where it is known as the Boxer.  Also known as Horizontally [...]

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