Carbonfibre said:Matt Spencer said:The term is ' underdeveloped ' . Scared of seeing what broke before they produced it .
In the Pre Motorway Era , they considered pottering around country lanes to be ' normal ' rideing .
Except for Vincents . :wink:
But CONCEPTUALLY , the Square four was Adopted by Yamaha in the notorious TZ ,and the RG or whatever it was by whoever it was , Triples by Kwakersaki and Suzooki ,
And the V4 is alll the rage for 4 stroke raceing now.
With the straight fours obsolete for anything but docile old tourers .
Now , If somebody had a brain , Theyed be Developing a Double flat four dual crank H 8 ,
as the vibration could be got at near nill , the valve area large , and the power unit copact and durable,
AND you could get a few r.p.m.s out of it .Might pay to have hydraulic tappets though . 32 Valves to adjust ! :roll:
Try riding a modern Japanese bike................there is no problem with vibration, but this was something that is very difficult to deal with on twin cylinder motors designed in the 1940s, hence the Norton rubber mount system.
That may be true, well until you ride an Interpol/Commander, they make an IL4 feel like a Commando. Norton were very close to having what would have been a very influential bike in the F1, it may have even created a paradigm shift in the whole idea of what a sport bike should be