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What inline 4 riders know that twin or thumper riders would never know ....

asthmodeus said:
They know the real parameters of yut-uughhh
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:laughing

Who here knows what riding one of these is like?

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edit: Norton rotary.
 
What ever happens to rotary motors anyway? No redline, they just run out of air. How was this a bad motor?

Mazada was the last one I knew of. Guys were scrambling to get that motor into a sand rail.
 
shouldnthave said:
What ever happens to rotary motors anyway? No redline, they just run out of air. How was this a bad motor?

Mazada was the last one I knew of. Guys were scrambling to get that motor into a sand rail.
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Gas mileage is pretty poor on the RX8. Burns oil. Low end torque isn't great either. Engine revs up so smoothly though (9k I think); sounds like a sewing machine.
I heard that people were actually ruining engines by driving like a grandma.
 
Learned on an i4. Top end rush is overrated unless you are on a liter. And even then its not all that fantastic unless you are running out of straight road. You get desensitized to speeding, but you always are keen when the front end lifts from a heavy handed roll from near zero.
 
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I've always preferred 4il vs twins for hardcore sportbikes.
In less focused applications there are examples of twins I enjoyed, but you could not give me a tube frame Buell or an air colled Ducati for free.
That said, both my bikes are thumpers now and I'm perfectly happy.
 
shouldnthave said:
What ever happens to rotary motors anyway? No redline, they just run out of air. How was this a bad motor?

Mazada was the last one I knew of. Guys were scrambling to get that motor into a sand rail.
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You just couldn't seal them. You had to seal the sides of the rotor and the tips and the join between them at the corner. It's a LOT easier to seal a round chamber.
 
Ant said:
My first street bike after a 20 year hiatus from dirtbikes was an inline 4 (FZ6)

Then I went to a Tiger 1050 (inline triple)

And now opposing twin (BMW)

Don't know how else to say this but for me the triple and twin have more personality and excites me more to ride. Inline 4's just don't thrill me.
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Agree with everything you say :ride

I went from a Honda 919 (inline 4)

to a Tiger 955 (inline triple)

to a BMW r1200 (twin)

as much as I liked the 919, it had nowhere the personality of the Tiger or BMW
 
GPzPop said:
Imagine if you will that you are on your first bike and that is all you know of bike dynamics

Singles and twin riders would never know that sweet 8k wide power band, from 6 to 14 k, and the tearing up exhaust note

Discus?

--S
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And I4 owners will never know the joy of rolling on the throttle in damn near any gear and enjoying the sensation of riding that wave of big-bore v-twin torque. :ride
 
Twins were my first bikes, I put a combined 60K on them, and while they sound great, I just can't stand the way they feel like they're about to stall out at a light (especially if they're even the slightest bit out of tune). I switched to 4's and I'm happier now. My next bike will be a V4.
 
shouldnthave said:
What ever happens to rotary motors anyway? No redline, they just run out of air. How was this a bad motor?

Mazada was the last one I knew of. Guys were scrambling to get that motor into a sand rail.
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apex seals are a bitch.
 
At the risk of sounding like a Yamaha salesman, I have really been enjoying my R1 with the crossplane. Top end high revving engine with lots of power at 9k+, and a better firing order for more of a lower toque curve like a twin.

Don''t get me wrong, it still behaves WAY more like an I-4 than a twin, but it's just is a step closer to the middle that I enjoy. I really loved my V-Rod FYI, great engine characteristics on a terrible chassis =) Still fun.
 
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Ant said:
My first street bike after a 20 year hiatus from dirtbikes was an inline 4 (FZ6)

Then I went to a Tiger 1050 (inline triple)

And now opposing twin (BMW)

Don't know how else to say this but for me the triple and twin have more personality and excites me more to ride. Inline 4's just don't thrill me.
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I'll take the low maintenance, incredibly reliable, oh soooo powe4rful Yamaha I4 over sum weak sauce, goofy twin w/ " soul"(?) any day of the week. Besides, the "personality's" in the rider anywayz. :devil

Beauregard said:
Motorcycles are like girls.
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Verity iz the spice of life, the mor the merrier. :thumbup

larry kahn said:
Only better.
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Apparently you ain't never bean w/ mah wife/sister...

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flying_hun said:
Just to jump on top of this pig pile, all the bikes I've truly regretted selling were singles. :dunno
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Trouble w/ singles, if'n ya foul a plug, or sumpin, yer screwd. With an I4 ya gotz many plugs ta foul. :party
 
Ya, I'm with GPzPop

I keep hearing about twin torque, but I ride with a couple buddies who have R1200 BMWs and when we do roll ons just for fun, I keep seeing them in the mirror ??? Oh yeah, if we downshift, it just gets worse... :)

WWWobble
 
I prefer the booming sound of v-twins and singles over the whiny noise that most inline-fours put out. And they don't drone on the freeways like so many fours seem to do.

I like being in the good part of the powerband while I'm still at legal speeds, where it's useful, rather than having first gear hit at 40-50 and second and third gears hit the powerband beyond all legal speeds in this state.

I like narrow bikes, even if the most recent four cylinder bikes seem to still put the footpegs close together and move the fat part up in front.

And I think I remember the RZ-350 twin having a "tearing up exhaust note". But that one doesn't fit into either side, so forget that I mentioned it.


For general riding on the street, I've never felt the desire for an I-4.
 
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