WOT: Motorcycle version of Scirocco...

[scirocco at vintagewatercooleds.com (Eric S)]

Larry,

I have owned a modern 4 cyl, a 97 Triumph Trophy 1200...it was a fine
bike...just too big for my tastes.  I can't see how you, an engineer,
would discount the philosphy of "the more complicated, the more it can
break".


-- 
Eric
www.vintagewatercooleds.com

1979 Dasher Coupe 2.0 8v
1981 Scirocco S (TDI swap project)
1990 Corrado TDI
1990 Fox Wagon (1.6 Heron head project)
1991 Cabriolet (2.0 crossflow 8v project)


Larry Fry said:
>
>> Boom...sorry, the more the cyls the more complication, maintainance and
>> reduced reliability in my eyes.  My first bike was a CB400F Super
>> Sport...from 1976.  400 cc, 4 cyls, revved to 11,000 RPM.  *4* carbs
>> that
>> I could never keep in sync, and if it would sit for more than a week the
>> damn carbs would clog.
>
>
> Don't let the maintenance issues of a 1970's bike scare you from a more
> modern 4-cylinder.
>  I've put over 100,000 miles on my '83 and it has been more reliable than
> any single- or two-cylinder bike I'd ever owned.  For decades, I stuck
> with
> singles and twins because I feared the maintenance issues from a
> 4-cylinder
> bike.  Big mistake.
>
>   You don't want a 250 or even a 500.  Get a tiddler and you'll be ready
> for
> a "real" bike all too soon.
>
> Larry
> sandiego16v
>
>