Yamaha explores the V4 advantages because MotoGP is the battle of engine architects...
Yamaha explores the V4 advantages because MotoGP is the battle of engine architects...
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Ohh boy! This is great! We just had a knock down, drag out discussion about V-4 vs I-4 vs V-max vs whatever... I hope this discussion settles this debate once and for all.
Yamaha needs to stick to making pianos
I love "playing" my XSR900 ...Yamaha needs to stick to making pianos
I currently ride a V4.
CAN YOU GUESS?
2016 Honda VFR1200X
It is the smoothest, widest power-band I have ever ridden. It has low end torque and high end HP. It is a phenomenal power plant.
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Cylinder grouping is why Yamaha sees the longer and heavier I4 crankshaft as a disadvantage and why they areand the wonderful powerband is due to a myriad of technical parameters, none of which include the way the cylinders are grouped together... There does not exist a second set of laws of physics for V4s, despite what some heretics would have you believe...
Fabio is happy with the 2023 engine updates and is ready for a new chassis as well but will the gains be enough to keep pace in the never ending HP wars??? this is what the engineers are talking candidly to the press about...They tested next years engine last week...and Fabio is happy. Didn't sound like Fabio or Franco were holding back any secret about engine design change.
Give it a rest before you snuff out another site/forum