Do V-twins have attitude and are inlines boring?

[98tls]

I am thinking is I would love to buy a newer GSXR1000 or 750, but like my old inline 4 I use to own, I'm worried I will get bored without all the V twins idiosyncrasies, then not ride it much.
I dont ride my old GSXR much, but still like the occasional blat on it.
Its not speed I'm after: its the joy of riding, the bike, the attitude, the cruising sound, the engine braking, exhaust popping, in all the narly characters of the beast.
Unless you have owned both bikes you wont know what I'm on about.

Jesus,after 38 years of owning plenty of both i still have no idea what your on about though sealing the end of your cans properly does away with the popping.

[Mooch]

speaking of emotiicons , looking for a bus one ... Yet to see a busa or bus enter the Clifhanger Hill climb , you could be the first to enter give us regular vtwin riders the show .....

[v8s&2wheels]

Agreed, but with a wikid loud zorst on them and they get really violent. The thunder from them goes right through ya. Give it a hard BLAP indoors and it nearly blows the walls off the shed. Nice.

The best thing about twins is you don't have to cane them to have fun. IL4 do sound great at top whack, but you just cant do that everywhere coz you are gunna go to jail.

Steve

Agreed.

My IL4 has a 4into1 racing yoshi shorty exhaust, standard is a 4-1-2 system with a cat and 2 big mufflers (and ugly). I cant get enough of the sound of my bike at say around 9000rpm or higher.. but in any gear that is illegal speeds and its a love hate, love to hear, hate to worry about cops..

I would say v twins sound better in legal conditions.. take it to the track and the IL4 will always sound better going down a straight.

[Urano]

when you meet a V-twin rider who's convinced his harley has a inline motor

some people are dangerous on a bike: for themselves and for the others...

I am genuinely surprised that none of the big 4 Japanese bike builders have not recently built a big bore triple - they all have the past triple heritage to fall back on.

I have often wondered why they leave triples to Triumph and Benelli

have to agree with you both.
but don't confuse triumph with benelli: the first spent a planet of money in r&d for their triple, and the results are awesome; the latter tried to make something fancy, but there's nothing to compare... benelli was conducted as the too often seen italian industrial plan: "yea, let's do something strange. somebody will buy that"... it's a shame...

[NighthawkNZ:Me]

I find this thread has no attitude and boring....

Simply put, each to there own...

[LBD]

[QUOTE=NighthawkNZ;1129742283] I find this thread has no attitude and boring....QUOTE]

Boring post!...If you want to liven it up....insult someones choice of bike....kick sand in the face of a busa rider type thing....

Jap IL4 bikes may be technologically advanced...QA may fall within 6 sigma limits....but that is just souless refinement. The Japanese approach to QA and business efficiency is stifling the artistic flair that creates the attitude, passion and feeling found in many european (read Italien) bikes

[Maki]

There are boring V twins and boring IL4s and then there are interesting ones. If you think all IL4s are boring try this on an R6. Pootle around a bit to warm it up. The find a nice long open section and give it full gas in 2nd keep the throttle fully open until you change up to 3rd at 16000 rpm or so. Then rev it up to 16000 in 3rd with the throttle wide open. If you are still bored must be stone cold dead. Just the scream that thing makes at high revs is incredible and the violence of the acceleration is amazing.

What happens if you ride at less than 6000 rpm? Absolutely nothing. If you ride like that get a V twin, you will find it a lot more interesting...

Have a look, the speedo on that thing is in mph:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIksI...eature=related

[Urano]

i think that "boring" was not referred to the reachable top speed, or the overall performance.
i understood "boring" for the lack of "character", probably due to the smoothness and the pretty plain behavior an il4 has and a v twin has not.

[mrchips]

This does it for me everytime...... Sweet jebus

[imdying]

There are boring V twins and boring IL4s and then there are interesting ones.

That's a really good point. The MV 312R, IL4, I've never ridden one, but I'm guessing boring isn't a word I'd use when I got off.

[Buddha#81:Me]

Just to throw some else in the mix, Big bore singles have plenty of attitude. Nothing like setting off car alarms at idle!

[R-Soul]

There are boring V twins and boring IL4s and then there are interesting ones. If you think all IL4s are boring try this on an R6. Pootle around a bit to warm it up. The find a nice long open section and give it full gas in 2nd keep the throttle fully open until you change up to 3rd at 16000 rpm or so. Then rev it up to 16000 in 3rd with the throttle wide open. If you are still bored must be stone cold dead. Just the scream that thing makes at high revs is incredible and the violence of the acceleration is amazing.

What happens if you ride at less than 6000 rpm? Absolutely nothing. If you ride like that get a V twin, you will find it a lot more interesting...

Have a look, the speedo on that thing is in mph:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIksI...eature=related

Yep with the V-twin- you get that same "violence of acceleration" from 2500rpm to 9500rpm, instead of starting at 6000 and carrying on to 16000. I find the Vtwins more usable and thrilling in everyday situations 9i.e. below the speed limit), but having said that I do love the sounds of a shrieking IL4 too. I used to ride a CBR250RR with aftermarket pipes. And while it was nowhere as fast (esp. at accelerating) as my current Vtwin, the sound that it made was enough to make me want to ride it around in first gear all day...

[dipshit]

Yep with the V-twin- you get that same "violence of acceleration" from 2500rpm to 9500rpm, instead of starting at 6000 and carrying on to 16000.

I actually found the torque of my SV1000 boring after a while. There was no challenge in riding it. Just twist the throttle and go.

Now my GSX-R600 is much more fun and challenging to ride! Made my old SV feel like a tractor in comparison.

[SPP]

The sound from an IL4 being given some. Attitude, yes. Everyday attitude, no. Can't ride to the shops like this (even in my dreams)... well you could but the locals would torch you and your bike when you got there

[onearmedbandit]

My 1000cc IL4 accelerates with intensity from 2500rpm right through to its 12200rpm limit. Not all IL4's need to be thrashed.