oooooh the noise

ok so me and cuz have been to bassetts pole bike meet tonight and i was dead set on a gixer 750k8 next year (a kind of goal), i must say i didnt hear a il4 that i liked the sound of? i dont want to start a debate on il4 v Vtwin here but there were lots of bikes there with all types of zorsts on as u may imagine, the V twin is just beef and music to my ears the il4 just didnt do it for me?

It's true that there isn't much to match the sound of a larger capacity v-twin with decent airflow in full steam.

I agree.

VFR800 with race pipes... nearest thing I've managed to find that sounds anywhere near as nice as a v-twin.

I think the high-frequency scream of a supersports bike is just as intoxicating myself. I love the rumble/thunder of a twin, but there's something deeply impressive about the smooth ferocity that greets your ears with 600cc+ IL4 sports bikes.

Indeed I agree with Kwak. I have to say ive never heard anything as nice as my mates race tuned '03 RSV-R with a blueflame exhaust. It was like WOW. Best sound from a IL4 is the igntion being turned off

No no ill take that back the M1 with its firing order more like a V4 sounds sweet. Change the crank and the Cams to make it big bang and an IL4 would sound sweet. Wonder if it would work... Cant see why it wouldnt.

[fizzwheel]

Originally Posted by ThEGr33k

Change the crank and the Cams to make it big bang and an IL4 would sound sweet. Wonder if it would work... Cant see why it wouldnt.

Performance Bike ran a series of articles where they did that with a GSXR engine, they got it running but it blew up big style... I dont know if they ever succeeded with it.

You're right about the M1 though, it sounds lovely, best of all the MotoGP bikes I think.

Yep big V-Twin's sound nice, but I love the sound of my GSXR to. from down low it has a gutteral bark / growl from the airbox and then as the rev's build this drops away and the growl changes to a wail from the Yoshi.

I think the Induction roar of my Kwak is far louder and nicer than the induction on the SV's ever was.

And wile i like the deep rumbling of the V-Twin i have to admit there is something addictive about making my engine scream as i thrash it to red line!!

and thts standard. In standard form the kwak sounds nicer than a standard SV!!

Originally Posted by Steve_God

VFR800 with race pipes... nearest thing I've managed to find that sounds anywhere near as nice as a v-twin.

+1

My '98 VFR800 with full Remus GP system sounded like a Nascar.

i do like the sound of a il4 screaming at high revs but it has to be screaming anything less just doesnt do it for me.

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Have to agree with Kwak i like Vtwin roar full stop ( apart from the tractor type harley chug a lug noise). The VRaptor sounds absolutely amazin with the M4s, in fact last year a Puma helicopter flew along side Im Indoors as he was hammering down Scammonden Moor......he could only just hear it over the top of his zorsts.....only thing is, it don't half make my windows shake when he parks up in my back garden