V twins

If there's not much else in it, then a "little" money (read: up to 8k)
can make all the difference.

 

Ah well I was thinking about new prices. The 998 holds it's price
incredibly well. A pre-disastered Aprilia would be much mre affordable,
if that's an issue.

 

the only reason I chose 2002, is that you can't *buy* a new 998, YTC.

 

Well there is stock around still I believe but you have a point!

 

Have you tried one? seriously

 

That would require rather a lot of work. If someone was prepared to line
up all four at Donnington for our personal review, well I'm up for it

 

Honda manages to do this with just about every engine configuration.[/QUOTE]

Except their sixes.
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Except their sixes.[/QUOTE]

Granted. My neighbour has a Valkyrie, and I really lust after it.

 

They're good bikes in their own right.

Though Ducatis may be pretty reliable these days, I've never bought
one because there's always that nagging doubt.

Sportier large Ducatis are expensive to buy, even secondhand.

Ducati spares are pricey. To be fair, you should see the price of
Aprilia spares and my early impression that their availability is piss
poor may well be confirmed soon.

 

I might, all else being equal.

 

**** off wi your technical analysis you ****

 

Or an under-slung damper Buell style and a 72 v angle.

A Voxan is still about 50mm longer wheelbase than an RSV though.

Never mind that though see this:
http://www.voxan.com/voxan/actualites.asp#

Wahooo!

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Honda managed the same solution, very elegantly, and without the use of
a balance shaft, by using offset crankpins. Think VT500, Revere, etc.

 

My 748 ate it's clutch, fucked up something in the rear wheel (dunno
what it was, warranty sorted it), spat it's alternator off the crank
causing a grands worth of damage and suffered numerous other small
problems.

I'll stick to unreliable Jap bikes tvm.

It was always serviced at either Baines Racing or an official Ducati
dealer and Ducati never tried to blame the full race system, the
modified airbox or the different chip for any of the snags.

 

Was there a centre journal in VTs et al? If not then IWHT that there
might be crank flex issues that would probably be OK on a low-powered
bike but wouldn't stand up to a litre supersports power. Remember
those British parallel twins with the centre flywheel?

I personally think the Honda approach defeats the elegant simplicity
of a V-twin layout.

 

I still don't know why they persisted with the rotary damper on the TL
when the likes of Maxton & Ohlins can make linear ones that fit the
available space.

To be fair to the TL rotary it's never been such a problem that I felt
compelled to replace it, though I suspect that I could get away with a
lot less steering damping on bumpy B-roads if I did.

 

In communiqué <>, Pip Luscher

The ones with a centre main bearing (AMC) may not have flexed but they
vibrated in a way that even a Harley owner would find amazing.

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Rocking couple. Vibration in an additional plane. Almost as bad as the BMW
boxer with forked conrods on a single crankpin that TOG thought up.

 

White man speaks with forked conrod ..

HTH

Paul.

 

I can imagine. I'd guess that that was a 360 deg. crank, though?