MTH racing engines are
two-stroke
A two-stroke (or two-stroke cycle) engine is a type of internal combustion engine that completes a Thermodynamic power cycle, power cycle with two strokes (up and down movements) of the piston during one power cycle, this power cycle being comple ...
lightweight engines, built by an Austrian company, MTH. They are used in
motocross
Motocross is a form of off-road motorcycle racing held on enclosed off-road circuits. The sport evolved from motorcycle trials competitions held in the United Kingdom.
History
Motocross first evolved in Britain from motorcycle trials competi ...
sidecars
A sidecar is a one-wheeled device attached to the side of a motorcycle, scooter, or bicycle, making the whole a three-wheeled vehicle. A motorcycle with a sidecar is sometimes called a ''combination'', an ''outfit'', a ''rig'' or a ''hack''.
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and ultra lightweight
aeroplane
An airplane or aeroplane (informally plane) is a fixed-wing aircraft that is propelled forward by thrust from a jet engine, propeller, or rocket engine. Airplanes come in a variety of sizes, shapes, and wing configurations. The broad spectr ...
s.
From 2000 to 2002, the
Latvian sidecarcross rider
Kristers Serģis
Kristers Serģis (born January 14, 1974) is a retired Latvian sidecarcross rider and five times World Champion.
Kristers Serģis came to the sidecarcross sport through his father, himself a rider in the days of the Soviet Union. He made it possib ...
won three
world championships
A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game, ...
with an MTH motor.
Sidecarcross world championships
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Kristers Serģis
Kristers Serģis (born January 14, 1974) is a retired Latvian sidecarcross rider and five times World Champion.
Kristers Serģis came to the sidecarcross sport through his father, himself a rider in the days of the Soviet Union. He made it possib ...
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Artis Rasmanis - MTH-BSU - 2000-02
Aircraft engines
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MTH R 422-CG
The MTH R 422-CG is an Austrian aircraft engine, designed and produced by MTH Engines of Mattsee for use in ultralight aircraft.Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: ''World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16'', pages 260-261. Flying Pages Europ ...
References
The world championship on sidecarcross.comThe official ''FIM'' website
External links
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Two-stroke gasoline engines
Sidecarcross
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