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Regarding the Bergmeister engine, it becomes obvious that this motor was a child of the genious designer Richard Küchen.
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No other motorcycle engines had a so plain surface design, the only "attached" parts are in deed the both cylinders and -heads. Without superfluous external parts or tubes and pipes peole say his aim for esthetics was so strong that he should have designed the engine block first and should then have "added" the necessary parts like crankshaft etc. into the housing.
Following the principle of "function follows form" Küchen even took only one single carburetor for the V-twin engine.
To support the plain design, he even decided not to lead the fuel-air-mixture directly to the cylinder heads, but to make use of a crotched tunnel through the engine housing, making its way though the cylinders to end in an 150 degree curve to finally reach the combustion chamber.
The guys of the Victoria competition department coped with the lack of power, using twin carburetor cylinder heads, but they were unable to merge another failure of that plain design: The Bergmeister engines have not (an never had) the best reputation of being thermical balanced engines, being ridden "sporty" or with a sidecar, the "temple of power output" tends to overheat.
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The cooling fins are milled deeper that those of the standard oil sump, increasing the temperature effective area. Nobody will mention that looking at the mounted extension ring, it perfectly hides away behind the lower frame tubes. However, hiding away its qualities is not necessary, it comes along ready-to-mount with two gaskets and longer M7 screws, available from the Victoria IG (Owners club).
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