Multis vs V-twins

[Winston001]

I took a 2006 Kawasaki Z750 for a squirt this afternoon. It has more horses than my Ducati but a slightly slower quarter mile. Very nice bike, smooth, light steering, handled well, responsive.....but....



I don't get it. I really don't. I understand how reliable and powerful the Japanese multis are. They pretty much do anything the average rider will want plus a lot more. But, for me, they just lack the "Wow" factor that a V-twin or indeed a V-four has. I guess its torque - or maybe just my fevered imagination.

Obviously I'm in the minority because there aren't many Jap V-twins, which suggests their buying public like multis much more.

[NighthawkNZ:Me]

Obviously I'm in the minority because there aren't many Jap V-twins, which suggests their buying public like multis much more.

yeah I have a Jap V-Twin... but I won't be going back to a inline... there is something about them... and I can't put my finger on it yet...

[Winston001]

yeah I have a Jap V-Twin... but I won't be going back to a inline... there is something about them... and I can't put my finger on it yet...

......and yours is rather special n'est pas??!! Not many bikes that can be spotted clear across a rally at midnight without even the key turned...

[Boob Johnson]

Having just moved back to an inline 4 from a jap V twin (TLS) there are a few things I miss. The torque being the obvious and the most missed, that deep gutteral growl from the Yoshi's is absolutely intoxicating & something that I just couldn't ever get sick of listening to. So yeah I hear ya on that one. I rode an 06 VTR thou today, coming off an afternoon on the ZX7R to that was bloody horrible, THAT v twin I would happily take a wide berth around. The riding position was horrible & two of us that tried it (we were bike swapping on the way home) both had the same complaint.....after a really short distance the weight threw the wrists & forearms was very noticeable, the riding position just didn't feel right.

[NighthawkNZ:Me]

I rode an 06 VTR thou today, coming off an afternoon on the ZX7R to that was bloody horrible, THAT v twin I would happily take a wide berth around. The riding position was horrible & two of us that tried it (we were bike swapping on the way home) both had the same complaint.....after a really short distance the weight threw the wrists & forearms was very noticeable, the riding position just didn't feel right.

Thats what I found when I took a tls for a test ride... thats why I went for the VTR i found it way more comfortable...

But the torque, the vtwin sound, does grow on yah...

[Bonez]

Obviously I'm in the minority because there aren't many Jap V-twins, which suggests their buying public like multis much more.

Basicly comes down to what floats your boat.

Most bikes on last fridays run were V-twins.

[DMNTD:Me]

I've had a number of inlines and loved them however it's the sound of a Twin being "utilised" in the higher revs is pure porn!
When I jumped from my last ZX10 to the Superduke(with Akro's) I found myself not only enjoying the hoonage of the beast but due it its divine melody I was also enjoying the slower speeds too which at that point was exactly what I was after...an all round bliss.

[fatzx10r]

i like twin's and four's, owned both. but i really liken the top end power of the four's not that ya can use most the time

[CookMySock]

I always liked the revv-out scream of the inline, but with the twin every little twist of the wrist pays immediate dividends.. Around town high rpm scream draws a lot of the wrong type of attention very quickly so its almost unusable, whereas the broad brrrrap of the twin is tolerated.

Steve

[James Deuce]

If you're going to compare apples with anchovies you're just going to end up with cleanish teeth and an oily residue on your chin.

[beyond]

It's all about low end torque I reckon for you twin ravers

Now, I keep saying it but you have to take a well set up GSX1400 for a run and your thoughts about inline 4's will be dramatically altered.

Oh, there's a summer fest special on them. Limited edition Suzuki colours and black uns for $12995 with Yoshi exhaust. Beat that deal!!!



You get your vtwin kick with the inline 4 sound and where most bikes are getting the snot revved out of them you can idle along nicely and never change gear if you don't want to. I personally like changing gears to stay on the torque wave and they sound rather noice with a single short can

[James Deuce]

It's all about low end torque I reckon for you twin ravers

Nah, they're snobs and they're just sneering at the lower classes and their cheap transport.

[Owl]

What about the triples? Sheesh!

[CookMySock]

It's all about low end torque I reckon for you twin ravers

sure the torque is one thing, but its more the fattt brrrappp, and crackle-crackle-pop sounds and the big vibration levels that I enjoy.

DB

[martybabe]

It's all about low end torque I reckon for you twin ravers

Now, I keep saying it but you have to take a well set up GSX1400 for a run and your thoughts about inline 4's will be dramatically altered.

Oh, there's a summer fest special on them. Limited edition Suzuki colours and black guns for $12995 with Yoshi exhaust. Beat that deal!!!



You get your v twin kick with the inline 4 sound and where most bikes are getting the snot revved out of them you can idle along nicely and never change gear if you don't want to. I personally like changing gears to stay on the torque wave and they sound rather nice with a single short can

Of course he's quite right you know, an inline four with monster torque and character, not similar too but equal to that of a V. Best of both worlds. Can't knock the twins though a very engaging ride, not as bland as your average inlf.

What about the triples? Sheesh!

XS 750 Yamaha you mean of course.