Motorcycle history is littered with landmark V-configuration engines, plus some astounding alternatives packing from two to eight cylinders. Here are some of our favourites...

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I’VE MET THIS ONE A FAIR BIT BEFORE. In fact 20 years ago I seemed to be driving a Type R pretty much every week in yet another battle to establish the best hot hatch. Ah, hot hatches, remember them?

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Moto Guzzi weren’t the only ones to make a V8. Finnish genius Tauno Nurmi built his own eight-cylinder for the 350cc world championship in 1965 – and the amazing device has been brought back to life