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Traction war - twin vs inline4 vs bigbang

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Hey Guys

Really curious after reading a test on the new BIGBANG Yamaha R1 :thumbup

One journo has compared the feel to that of a VTWIN engine, Kawasaki are looking at the new ZX10R having a better layout (540% cycle) BIGBANG engine next year.

Can I assume that our RSV's (along with other twins) have near the best configuration for traction, and hence corning exit traction compared to standard IL4's :dunno

I am not talking about low down power, as the litre IL4 bikes can now pump out awesome low end power. I am talking how the engine gets the power to the ground, for instance on a wet road, are we at an advantage as far as getting power to the ground better than the standard IL4. :dunno:dunno

If anyone could shed some light on this that would be great.

Cheers Pete
 
Twins have generally been kinder to tyres in a race format. The tyre having more time to recover between power pulses than a 4 and the power being more linear than a 4.

In theory the big bang is the compromise between the 2. A firing order that gives more torque and is kinder to tyres but the rev ceiling of a 4.
How it works in a road format only time will tell.

Honda etc will probably go the v4 route i suspect similar to Aprilia
 
NICE! Rotary Aprilia! heck yeah! I could literally establish my very own local Aprilia ROTARY Club! ROFLMAO Do you guys have the tech specs on that Rotary motor! I wanna see it! :)
 

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