Not "gelling" with my twin?

after a couple of months of twin riding and experiencing the instant grunt and throaty sound, I have to say that I am probably more of a 4 cylinder man at heart.

I was parking up yesterday by the canal when a zx10r went by, going through 2nd 3rd and 4th at speed, and the howl of a the 4 pot at full chat just gave me goose bumps!

So my 02 RSV 1000 is going to be up for grabs shortly. Its got 23k miles a fresh MOT, recent tires and no history. I had it on the dyno yesterday where it registered 109hp with a nice regular torque curve (dyno vid available)
I paid £1600 for it back in May and would like to recoup as much of that as possible.

The bike as far as I can tell is sound, the only advisories were a ding in the swingarm and tank fouling the accelarator cable (this has been cleared now) As such, I am not in a rush to sell.


I will consider swapps for any post 2000 litre sports bikes, or GSXR750, cash either way.

IF its still with me in september, it will be treated to a ring trip.

cowelly said:

You don't say where abouts you are

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Hello Mate, I am in in Warwick.


To be fair to the bike, I love the way it feel entering a corner, and the twin is very well suited to real world riding. You basically get to use more , if not all of the engine's potential, when a 4 takes a lot more winding and is harder to push to its limits.

The thing is though, I love the outright power of inline 4's, and that never ending howl.

I'd keep the Mille if I didnt need the cash though, and the one thing I really do love about the engine characteristic is that B road overtakes can normally just be done using the torque without changing down.