V2's tend to have more midrange and less top end than inline 4's, they are quite commonly lumpy in the lower revs with sometimes snatchy throttle (Depends on the model) A V4 is like a cross between a v2 and an inline 4, as it tends to have similar bottom end, a little less midrange Than a v2, more midrange than an inline 4 and again depends on the model will have either more or less top end Hope that helps.
The v2 is still a brilliant bike but you either love v twins or hate them. I have had several. Aprilia falco I liked, 650 v strom I liked, 1000 v strom I hated, sv 650 was ok, both tuonos I like for different reasons - gen 1 for brutal midrange, gen 2 for smoother power delivery and less aggressive throttle.
I had an SV650, but it's not in the same league as the kind of litre V twins I'm thinking about. I wish I could stretch to the V4 Tuono though. When I was still living down in Oxfordshire, several times I stood and drooled over one at Blade's in Swindon. Maybe I would find the grunt of the V2 a bit too brutal nowadays.
Took the DRZ for a long awaited trip through the green lanes, got dusty and muddy and injured :\ Thank god for body armour, wouldn't ride without it, got to stop falling off the foccer though.
09-07-16, 07:29 PM (This post was last modified: 09-07-16, 07:35 PM by dazza.)
Thanks, Was going through a badly rutted muddy section at speed and got cross rutted, front wheel slipped out on the wall of a rut and down she went.
Trees either side of me so was quite relieved when I stopped sliding. right side of my body armour took the brunt of it but just slightly scuffed my wrist as it rode up my arm. No real harm done. Them bikes seem bombproof.
Leaving work today, got a phone call, took off my new 2 day old €140 anti glare driving glasses and helmet to answer the call, put glasses on the tank bag and helmet over them. Foccing wrong number :rolleyes .
Started the bike, put on the helmet took the bike of the centre stand, put down the side stand, and stood right on top of my foccing glasses FOC, FOC FOC. Never heard them falling, foccing mangled.
Had to ride home with the €5 pair that I have for a foccing year
:'( :'( :'(
Feel your pain Unfazed. I wear reactolite varifocals, and two years ago for various reasons swagged out about £700 in replacement glasses.Would they be covered by your house insurance.Trouble is it could affect your premium making it not worth the claim.
Whizz kid sitting pretty on his two wheeled stallion.
(19-07-16, 09:17 PM)unfazed link Wrote: Leaving work today, got a phone call, took off my new 2 day old €140 anti glare driving glasses and helmet to answer the call, put glasses on the tank bag and helmet over them. Foccing wrong number :rolleyes .
Started the bike, put on the helmet took the bike of the centre stand, put down the side stand, and stood right on top of my foccing glasses FOC, FOC FOC. Never heard them falling, foccing mangled.
Had to ride home with the €5 pair that I have for a foccing year
:'( :'( :'(
140 yo yo :eek blimey that shop must have had REALLY big windows :lol
Got a clean rear shock from a breaker for the Vfr and dropped it down to mtc in stow market to get it fitted with a heavier spring for two up/ luggage and overhauled
Took the Eunos down my favorite road and had a bit of fun with a Hyundai Coupe, he came helling up behind me and almost caught me napping, only almost though, last I saw of him he was dealing with some serious body trying to stay with me through a set of s bends lol
Four new tires on the Eunos, fronts were nigh on bald, one with a slow puncture must have been about ready to let go, so much vibration under braking I though I had a warped disk, don't think I'll leave them that long again, feels like a new car.
Hope that helps.
