boboneleg Posted August 5 Share Posted August 5 Engine configuation ? Inline Four V-Twin Single Cylinder Triple Parallel Twin Flat twin Flat Four Flat Six I'm sure there are more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboneleg Posted August 5 Author Share Posted August 5 Personally my favourite is a single cylinder 600-650cc I've had quite a few bikes with this type of engine and for my type of riding I love them. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted August 5 Share Posted August 5 I haven't got much experience with owning lots of bikes, but just from having tried a few I prefer two cylinder engines for normal road bikes, in V and flat. I really like how a boxer is both smooth and torquey at low and medium rpms but also sounds great at full throttle in higher rpms. I used to like my Transalp 650, it was happy being revved but felt and sounded like it would last forever, if that is even possible to get from the sound at tickover , still love the distinct smooth sound an old Africa Twin or a Varadero makes. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six30 Posted August 5 Share Posted August 5 Single and triple .... at the moment 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clive Posted August 5 Share Posted August 5 I liked the engine in the VFR. But some jobs to do on it were a right pain. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YamaHead Posted August 5 Share Posted August 5 3 hours ago, boboneleg said: Personally my favourite is a single cylinder 600-650cc I've had quite a few bikes with this type of engine and for my type of riding I love them. I'm right there with ya Bob.... had more fun on those types of bikes! Had a V4, & (4) IL4's, a Vtwin & a handful of singles both 2T & 4T....never had a triple, but I love the exhaust note they put out.... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saul Posted August 5 Share Posted August 5 I have a 270 degree Parallel twin and a inline four. Love both but I do look back fondly on the 3 BMW boxer twins I had in the past. Had a triple several parallel twins, singles and fours. Never had an inline V twin but had a Parallel V Twin. At the moment I love the Twin in my Hornet lots of bang for what it is. So probably twins for me. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skippy Posted August 5 Share Posted August 5 It all depends on what you’re doing at the time, mind you I’ve done some daft things with what could be considered an inappropriate bike. For example, I did a track day at Donnington Park on my bog standard Hayabusa, went touring on my XR650L across to the old East Germany, down through the Czech Republic, Italy (including wazzing it up and down the Stelvio Pass), Austria, Switzerland and France and also rode a naked muscle bike from Prague to Weston Super Mare in one hit covering about 1000 miles in the process. ……I’ve heard it said that you can’t beat the hit of a big in-line four but for me it has to be a single for off road and a big fuck-off twin for everything else. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Fallsalot Posted August 5 Share Posted August 5 I like all engines and can't really pin it down to one i like the most but i can't get my head around a triple in an adventure bike, for some reason my head won't accept that and the old parallel twin engines were as boring as rice cakes are tasteless before the 270 deg crank was invented. The gear driven cam VFR 750 engine was a fantastic engine and well overengineered i really liked that, just shows how good you can build something when your making up for your previous fuck up LOL. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted August 5 Share Posted August 5 4 hours ago, Saul said: I have a 270 degree Parallel twin and a inline four. Love both but I do look back fondly on the 3 BMW boxer twins I had in the past. Had a triple several parallel twins, singles and fours. Never had an inline V twin but had a Parallel V Twin. At the moment I love the Twin in my Hornet lots of bang for what it is. So probably twins for me. What would you say is an inline or parallel v twin? If they’re V … 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saul Posted August 6 Share Posted August 6 10 hours ago, Pedro said: What would you say is an inline or parallel v twin? If they’re V … Inline like a Harley parallel like a Guzzi 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboneleg Posted August 6 Author Share Posted August 6 I call a Guzzi engine a Transverse Twin 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckster Posted August 6 Share Posted August 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saul Posted August 6 Share Posted August 6 2 hours ago, boboneleg said: I call a Guzzi engine a Transverse Twin ok 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Fallsalot Posted August 6 Share Posted August 6 6 hours ago, boboneleg said: I call a Guzzi engine a Transverse Twin And what would a Harley be a Transvestite Twin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catteeclan Posted August 6 Share Posted August 6 Mandis had 4 inline 4s and I've enjoyed giving them a hard time as she doesn't. Singles and twins for me, but then I got a triple. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckster Posted August 6 Share Posted August 6 On 05/08/2024 at 14:22, Six30 said: Single and triple .... at the moment Is the dildo a triple? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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