Do V-twins have attitude and are inlines boring?

[slofox]

steam might not be such a bad option

Mmmmm - steam turbine mo'bike, huh?...could be fun.

[peasea]

Mmmmm - steam turbine mo'bike, huh?...could be fun.

You could tow a caravan!

[slofox]

You could tow a caravan!

You'd probably need a caravan to tow all the fuel you'd need...like a coal tender on the old steam locos...

[peasea]

You'd probably need a caravan to tow all the fuel you'd need...like a coal tender on the old steam locos...

Nah, you could have biker-way stations where you get lattes, coal, water and a packet of Wet Wipes to rid yourself of all the smuts.
(Ah smut, my fave...)

[DarkLord]

V-twins do have a lot of character. They are noisy as hell, vibrate the bolts out of everything and are cantankerous to try and get going in the morning. However they also set off car alarms (hee hee!), are great in terms of power delivery, and nothing compares to the sound of a de-baffled V-twin rumbling along at 100kmph.

Bliss.

[slofox]

noisy as hell, vibrate the bolts out of everything and are cantankerous to try and get going in the morning.

You talking about me again huh?

[scumdog]

Ha, I see more Harley riders in jeans, a light jacket, some 'riding' boots and open face helmets than sportsbike riders. Now that's real ammo for ACC lmao.

Sounds like my XN85 riding gear...

[Elysium]

However they also set off car alarms (hee hee!).

Gods..I love doing that when riding in town or parking at The Plaza car park.

[onearmedbandit]

Sounds like my XN85 riding gear...

I'm kinda scared to ask what your attire on the HD is...

[R-Soul]

Well having owned my first proper v-twin for about a month (I think) now I would have to say this...

IL4's are fun and have thier own little characters but they are like a featherweight, fast light and nimble but on the whole only get fun when they start screaming like DumTed's mum
V-twins (and I mean decent ones not the fartstorm/monster 600's out there) are like a heavyweight. not as much finess but they do sure as hell pack a decent wallop.

The firestorm was the fastest accelerating bike 0-100 when it came out - nothing not decent about that. There are youtube vidoes with exhaust tuned 'Storms doing 0-100 in 2.50 seconds - beating some Busas in fact. Its just that after 100kph, they run out of revs a bit and need to change gears at 10,000rpm, while IL4's can keep accelerating to 14,000 (although mine was still pulling like a freight train at 220kph at Puke...).