Editing V-twin engine (section)

==Origins==
[[File:VTwin patented by Gottlieb Daimler in 1889.PNG|thumb|1889 Daimler V-twin engine]]

One of the first V-twin engines was built by [[Gottlieb Daimler]] in 1889. It was used as a stationary engine, for boats and in the [[Daimler Stahlradwagen]] ("steel-wheeled car"), Daimler's second car.<ref name="VVC13">{{cite book| last = Posthumus| first = Cyril| author-link = Cyril Posthumus| others = John Wood, illustrator| title = The story of Veteran & Vintage Cars| url = https://archive.org/details/storyofveteranvi0000unse| url-access = registration| edition = Phoebus 1977| orig-year = 1977| year = 1977| publisher = Hamlyn / Phoebus| location = London| isbn = 0-600-39155-8|pages=[https://archive.org/details/storyofveteranvi0000unse/page/12 12]&ndash;13 |chapter=Fathers of Invention|quote=But the engine, now fitted lower, in front of the rear axle, had progressed to become a narrow vee-twin with cylinders at 20°, and giving an estimated 1.6hp at 700 rpm.}}</ref> The engine was also manufactured under licence in France by [[Panhard|Panhard et Levassor]].<ref name="Ling97">{{cite book |last=Ling |first=Peter J. |title=America and the Automobile: Technology, Reform and Social Change, 1893–1923 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LQDoAAAAIAAJ |access-date=2013-01-18 |year=1990 |publisher=Manchester University Press |location=Manchester, UK |isbn=0-7190-3808-1 |page=97 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131231000246/http://books.google.com.jm/books?id=LQDoAAAAIAAJ&source=gbs_navlinks_s |archive-date=2013-12-31 }}</ref>

An early V-twin engined motorcycle was produced in November 1902 by the Princeps AutoCar Company in the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oldbike.eu/museum/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/1902_Motorcycling_30-copy1.jpg|title=Motor Cycling, November 12th, 1902|website=oldbike.eu|access-date=9 May 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160405193810/http://www.oldbike.eu/museum/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/1902_Motorcycling_30-copy1.jpg|archive-date=5 April 2016}}</ref> The following year, V-twin motorcycles were produced by Eclipse Motor & Cycle Co in the United Kingdom (the ''XL-ALL'' model),<ref>"The Evolution of the Motor Cycle", Motor Cycle magazine, June 1st, 1922, pp700-706</ref> [[Glenn Curtiss]] in the United States, and [[NSU Motorenwerke]] in Germany.<ref name="deCetCurtissNSU">{{cite book |editor1-first=Mirco |editor1-last=de Cet|title=The Illustrated Directory of Motorcycles|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wNzyIcw2vxoC |access-date=2013-01-18 |year=2002 |publisher=Salamander Books |location=St. Paul, MN US|isbn=0-7603-1417-9 |pages=117, 340|ref=deCet}}</ref>

[[Peugeot]], which had used Panhard-built Daimler V-twins in its first cars,<ref name="Ling97" /><ref name="WalkerEurope92" /> began producing its own V-twin engines in the early 20th century. This Peugeot engine powered a [[Norton Motorcycle Company|Norton]] motorcycle that won the first [[Isle of Man TT]] race in 1907.<ref name="WalkerEurope92">{{cite book |last=Walker |first=Mick |author-link=Mick Walker (motorcycling) |title=Mick Walker's European Racing Motorcycles |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7bGuud7_uy0C |access-date=2013-01-18 |year=2000 |publisher=Redline Books |location=Tyne & Wear, UK |isbn=0-9531311-3-0 |page=92 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131230235845/http://books.google.com.jm/books?id=7bGuud7_uy0C&source=gbs_navlinks_s |archive-date=2013-12-30 }}</ref>{{clear right}}