Do you prefer TWINS or in-line FOURS?

[mark83]

Ok, time to put your cards on the table.

I know that (traditionally) twins are better for low-end grunt, and fours are peaky screamers, but which one do you PERSONALLY prefer?

p.s. If there are any Triumph people who think that 3 cylinders are best or a good compromise, this is not the aim of this thread.

If you HAD to choose one......
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[ram_doom]

Inline four, as who the hell wants a bike that runs out of guts just as it gets exciting... sort of like a premature ejaculator
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[gavin]

i'd get an IL4......












and a chainsaw. hack off the extra cylinder
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[BigChris]

MV F4 senna for me

Although why dont you mention flat twins? They rock!
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IL4 ftw
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[instigator]

I don't like the scream or high revs of an IL4. So vtwin for me. But I am one of the few that have actually tried both engine configurations in a few different sizes for some time to base my opinion on.

There is a time and a place for an IL4 for me and 99% of the time, I don't ride like that.

The sv650 engine is perfect for me.

[bazza]

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[Barry_M2]

And how many people who have answered (or voted) have actually ridden both?


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[feef]

I have both twins and fours, and I like them all for different reasons.. the FJR is smooth as silk, but has a very flat torque curve, so you get low-down power just as you do on a twin.. the Firestorm, on the otherhand, has it's peak power near it's redline, so you can still thrash the proverbials off it..

just depends how I feel really..

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[Finglonga]

Riden..or should i say owned a I/L 4 and a V twin gut prefer the Boxer twins personally.


What about a triple? Best of both worlds.
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[FifiTRXibelle]

Ridden all engine configurations....still come back to the good ol V twin tho

[Project9928]

I prefer inline 4's.

I've ridden a firestorm, TL-S and an SV605, I really don't get along with any of them. I had a Comet 125 but that doesn't really count.

Seeing as I've mainly had inline 4's, I guess I'm just used to them and the way you ride them.

[bazza]

[craigs23]

V4s - bit (best) of both

[froggeh]

Never ridden a twin, so haven't voted. And I'm leaning toward a single for my next bike

[angryjonny]

I learned on an IL4 and own a parallel 2. I preferred the former. Will probably swap back to an IL4 for my next bike.

[Finglonga]

One thing I have never ever heard anything better than is a square 4 2stroke now thats what all bikes should sound like.
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[Misc]

Twins have no rhythm, they sound like cars. IL4 all the way. At least when you get a race can on a IL4 you can hear the diffrence.

[Ariel Badger]

Big singles any day although four cylinders on contra rotating crankshafts are good!
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[trevoriv]

Only ridden il4's and can't say im complaining, i shagged twins once, that was also good

[CoronaBoner]

Twin for the win!

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[Mark312]

I've only ever had twins, but i think it is inevitable that at some point I will have an il4 or a v4, so ask again later...

No doubt someone will
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