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Motorcycle Glossary Dictionary Term - DOHC

DOHC: DOHC stands for Double OverHead Camshaft. In a DOHC engine, each head of the engine has two overhead camshafts to operate the valves for that head. This is done so that multiple valves per cylinder can be opened and closed by the camshaft.

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