V-Twin vs Inline 4

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intotherain · Sat Mar 08, 2008 10:37 am

SV650 vs FZ6

I'm impressed. With almost 30 HP less than my FZ6, the SV650 managed to be ahead of my bike until I hit 9,000 RPM, at which I pulled ahead.

That's all.

SBK15 · #2 Unread post by **SBK15** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 10:44 am

But with a V-TWIN bike, when you open it up, you wont have to wait for the RPMs to come up. the minute you slam the throttle, it'll be immidiate power. I've noticed with Gixxers you have to wait till the RPMs come up.

#3 Unread post by **Skier** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 11:26 am

Thankfully most motorcycles have this "shifter" doohickey that allows you to keep the engine in the powerband.

intotherain · Sat Mar 08, 2008 12:06 pm

Skier wrote:Thankfully most motorcycles have this "shifter" doohickey that allows you to keep the engine in the powerband.

Yeah but the bad thing about is that I can only stay in the powerband in 1st gear before I go over the speed limit for any road in CA, unless of course I'm at the track, which I can usually get to 4th or 5th gear!.

#5 Unread post by **Sev** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 12:36 pm

About 60km/h is where hp takes over from torque. And V-twins will always be better at producing torque then inline fours.

The 600 inline fours have this really neat HIT at about 10,000rpm. Makes things a lot of fun. Keep the engine boiling and you'll get somewhere fast.

SBK15 · #6 Unread post by **SBK15** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 1:27 pm

Skier wrote:Thankfully most motorcycles have this "shifter" doohickey that allows you to keep the engine in the powerband.

Maybe so, but say an SV pulls up next to ya. when he pins the throttle down, he's gonna imediately take off, but you have to either shift down a couple gears, or wait for the RPMs to come up. Now a 4 cyl sounds 10 times better, and thats the only reason i'd want inline 4 over a V Twin

#7 Unread post by **Sev** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 2:21 pm

SBK15 wrote:
Skier wrote:Thankfully most motorcycles have this "shifter" doohickey that allows you to keep the engine in the powerband.
Maybe so, but say an SV pulls up next to ya. when he pins the throttle down, he's gonna imediately take off, but you have to either shift down a couple gears, or wait for the RPMs to come up. Now a 4 cyl sounds 10 times better, and thats the only reason i'd want inline 4 over a V Twin

Really depends on what speed and rpm range both are riding at. Generalizations like that will get you in trouble.

#8 Unread post by **Skier** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 5:37 pm

SBK15 wrote:
Skier wrote:Thankfully most motorcycles have this "shifter" doohickey that allows you to keep the engine in the powerband.
Maybe so, but say an SV pulls up next to ya. when he pins the throttle down, he's gonna imediately take off, but you have to either shift down a couple gears, or wait for the RPMs to come up. Now a 4 cyl sounds 10 times better, and thats the only reason i'd want inline 4 over a V Twin

If he's in a high gear with low engine RPMs and I'm sandbaggin' with very little throttle, just at the bottom end of my power band, he's going to be seeing taillights. Generalizations are easy to shoot down.

Brackstone · Sun Mar 09, 2008 4:38 am

All I care about is beating other cars at the line. I'm pretty sure my Ducati 696 can do that to most automobiles.

As for other bikers? I prefer to think of them as allies

KingRobb · #10 Unread post by **KingRobb** » Sun Mar 09, 2008 5:55 am

I am always amazed at the number of different length vs girth arguments riders can get into. Do any of you just like to ride?