Yamaha YZF R1 crossplane crankshaft technology explained

The crossplane or cross-plane is a crankshaft design for V8 engines with a 90° angle between the cylinder banks. The crossplane crankshaft is the configuration used in most V8 road model of a cross-plane crankshaft demonstrating the 90 degree angle between the crank throws and the large counter crossplane crankshaft has four crankpins, each offset at 90° from the adjacent crankpins. The first and last of the four crank pins are at 180° with respect to each other as are the second and thi