02-10-2014, 02:08 PM
I'm a little more thorough than your average dealership tech. If you do a good job, it ain't gonna be finished in 3 hours, like they charge you for.
I've drunken with a few techs who don't even bother with a torque wrench. Even if you pay the dealership $90 an hour and tip him well, that guy with the facial piercings still ain't gonna put the love & Q-tips into your baby that you would.
Hydraulic valves have more working parts, and are therefore more prone to breakage & wear over the long haul. Yeah it's a lot of work, but there's something hugely satisfying about shaking hands with the magic genie inside your engine that magically thrusts you hundreds of feet per second through our thick, gooey atmosphere. (I'm also a cyclist, so I have an appreciation for this magic.) Do you trust a system over the long haul, or do you trust yourself?
I said NO SMILE ON YOUR FACE/sunny day sentimentality, yo!
Pretty hard to do understressed without going big & heavy. That's an acceptable trade compared to lightweight and no power, IMO.
I'm surprised it has any vibration. I-4's are supposed to be basically balanced. My 9R doesn't have any balance shafts or counterbalancers, and that thing (to borrow a Ducatisti-ism) has all the character of an electric motor. (A 130hp electric motor.) I chuckle at all these Yamaha I4's that have unbalanced engines, so they sound better, like Rossi's GP bike. But there's no motorcycle engine in the world as efficient as a pre-Rossi/V5, balanced inline-4.
If I'm wrong, tell me which layout is more efficient and why.
Vibration? Really? What did you ride before you got your CB?
I've drunken with a few techs who don't even bother with a torque wrench. Even if you pay the dealership $90 an hour and tip him well, that guy with the facial piercings still ain't gonna put the love & Q-tips into your baby that you would.
Hydraulic valves have more working parts, and are therefore more prone to breakage & wear over the long haul. Yeah it's a lot of work, but there's something hugely satisfying about shaking hands with the magic genie inside your engine that magically thrusts you hundreds of feet per second through our thick, gooey atmosphere. (I'm also a cyclist, so I have an appreciation for this magic.) Do you trust a system over the long haul, or do you trust yourself?
(02-10-2014, 01:13 PM)The ferret_imp Wrote: Well a disadvantage would have to be the width and weight of the engine. It a big mill. It doesn't produce a lot of horsepower or torque relatively speaking, although it has plenty of both for it's intended purpose.
It's frame is basic and heavy.
It doesn't have perfect primary or secondary balance so it does produce some vibration, particularly at higher rpms, but compared to singles, most twins, or triples it's very smooth.
It is so under stressed that it should run virtually forever.
But from a purely personal observation, it is a beautiful power plant, and motorcycle, and it's whole is greater than the sum of it's parts. It is a very satisfying motorcycle to ride and to look at.
I said NO SMILE ON YOUR FACE/sunny day sentimentality, yo!
Pretty hard to do understressed without going big & heavy. That's an acceptable trade compared to lightweight and no power, IMO.
I'm surprised it has any vibration. I-4's are supposed to be basically balanced. My 9R doesn't have any balance shafts or counterbalancers, and that thing (to borrow a Ducatisti-ism) has all the character of an electric motor. (A 130hp electric motor.) I chuckle at all these Yamaha I4's that have unbalanced engines, so they sound better, like Rossi's GP bike. But there's no motorcycle engine in the world as efficient as a pre-Rossi/V5, balanced inline-4.
If I'm wrong, tell me which layout is more efficient and why.
Vibration? Really? What did you ride before you got your CB?