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==Motorcycle use== {{See also|Motorcycle engine}} In motorcycling, the term "in-line" is sometimes used narrowly, for a straight engine mounted in line with the frame.<ref name="EncycloMotoGlossary">{{cite book|last=Wilson|first=Hugo|title=The Encyclopedia of the Motorcycle|url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofmo00wils_1/page/309 |url-access=registration|year=1995|publisher=Dorling Kindersley|location=London|isbn=0-7513-0206-6|pages= 309-310|chapter=Glossary|quote='''in-line''' Engine layout in which the cylinders are arranged in a row, and in-line with the wheels of the machine.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Henshaw |first=Peter |title=The BSA Bantam Bible |date=June 15, 2008 |publisher=Veloce Publishing |isbn=978-1-84584-159-1 |pages=42}}</ref> straight, and inline as equivalent, and use them interchangeably.<ref name=Duckworth2012>{{Citation |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=cQ6-B-tbcqMC&pg=PA126 |title= Motorcycle: The Definitive Visual History |editor-last=Duckworth |editor-first=Mick |first1= Phil |last1= Hunt |first2= Malcolm |last2= McKay |first3= Hugo |last3= Wilson |first4= James |last4= Robinson |publisher= [[DK Publishing]], [[Penguin Group]] |year= 2012 |isbn = 9781465400888 |pages=126, 210 }}</ref><ref name=Tuttle2005>{{citation |last= Tuttle |first= Mark Jr. |title= BMW F800S |magazine= Rider |date= December 2005 |page= 15}}</ref> {{clear right}}
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