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« Reply #15 on: October 21, 2020, 07:58:15 PM » |
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Doesn't mean I have to like it.
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« Reply #16 on: October 22, 2020, 02:10:59 AM » |
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« Reply #17 on: October 22, 2020, 03:16:45 AM » |
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Is any modern legitimately street legal bike full gear drive?
I think the noise would be problematic to get past the specs.
I thought the VFR 750's, 400's & earlier 800's were expensive, exquisite gear driven cams? You can hear the gear whine which goes well with the V4 growl like a blown V8. http://www.payneseal.com/images/vfr%20cam%20detail.jpg |
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« Reply #18 on: October 22, 2020, 05:49:28 AM » |
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You are correct about the VFRs, gear driven until...don' know. Maybe for homologation? Gear driven is both noisy and expensive.
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« Reply #19 on: October 22, 2020, 08:07:38 AM » |
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You are correct about the VFRs, gear driven until...don' know. Maybe for homologation? Gear driven is both noisy and expensive.
i ride a M900. Noise and cost were never an issue |
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« Reply #20 on: October 22, 2020, 01:13:14 PM » |
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You are correct about the VFRs, gear driven until...don' know. Maybe for homologation? Gear driven is both noisy and expensive.
They used backlash gears to quiet them down a bit. We removed them for racing. They stopped gear driven cams at the variable timing VFR800 which didnt work too well. I think it was a two valve/four valve thing, not sure but dont care from all reports as Honda got too fancy for their own good. The gear driven 800 was a derivative of the RC45 design and excellent. The last version of the VFR750 was a beauty. The desmosedici has gear driven cams and sounded great. I met a bloke who had one and it sounded wicked. He said his bike once got impounded and his licence was fragile. |
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« Reply #21 on: October 22, 2020, 02:33:38 PM » |
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The rc 51 was gear drive as well. The twins sound good with gear drive as well. The newest ones are 14 years old now, so not super modern.
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« Reply #22 on: October 22, 2020, 02:44:49 PM » |
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Where did the time go?
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« Reply #23 on: October 25, 2020, 02:11:16 PM » |
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Valve.
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Well FMD. I'm sure its a wonderful thing... but how is it in anyway... a Ducati engine?
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« Reply #24 on: October 25, 2020, 03:11:14 PM » |
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Valve.
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Well FMD. I'm sure its a wonderful thing... but how is it in anyway... a Ducati engine?
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« Reply #25 on: October 25, 2020, 06:57:40 PM » |
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Valve.
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Well FMD. I'm sure its a wonderful thing... but how is it in anyway... a Ducati engine?
It’s always been a marketing thing... |
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« Reply #26 on: October 27, 2020, 11:04:26 AM » |
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It's a Honda.
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« Reply #27 on: October 27, 2020, 01:08:46 PM » |
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Agreed.
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« Reply #28 on: November 18, 2020, 09:02:34 AM » |
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Sometimes you wonder if its cost driven, design driven, or marketing driven....
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« Reply #29 on: November 23, 2020, 08:46:08 AM » |
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The last version of the VFR750 was a beauty. Yes, it was. I beat feet down to the Honda dealer to try to buy one of the last ones... but missed it. I wound up with a CBR1000F instead. |
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