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Originally Posted by aargee
Satyen, from what I've observed, it makes no difference when it comes to racing & touring; Ducati's super bikes & street bikes uses the same desmodromic valves in their Ltwin engines. Eg. Ducati 1098/1198/GT1000S/Monster 1100 have all the same LTwin engines but varying power deliveries. Its like MRF saying the tyres we race are the tyres you buy 
Anyway, lets hear the opinions from other experts on the points 2 & 3. |
I called Ducati, RSV and others as exceptions
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Originally Posted by Binoy
@SP i have one doubt on the 1st question... whether inlines are short geared or the V-Twins? i thought V-Twins are short geared...
For 2nd point +1 to that... even i don't like to own a 250R for 3 Lakh rupees... oh am so lucky i don't have 3 Lakh with me now...LOL...   |
You misread it
I meant vTwin (on HDs, cruisers etc) doesnt need to have a short geared setup as it generates a lot of torque on lower RPMs as compared to the Inlines which can go on and on (which is why its more popular on a race bred bike!
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Originally Posted by aargee
I assume the same too; VTwins have to be revved more than inlines; so may be this is one of the reasons why world moves towards inlines.
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vTwins has to be revved more to catch up with the Inlines...
hence the shorter gearing.
Its like you reach the sweet spot on an vTwin faster whereas the sweet spot on the Inline is on much higher RPM.
What we see on Ducatis and the RSVs and all is a vTwin trying to beat a Inline, hence the maddening short gears. vTwin in true charm is a torquey machine where as the Inline is more of a rush high RPM sweet spot machine!
Phew!
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