What do you think are some of the best motorcycle engines of all time? Taking into account reliability, sound, and aftermarket support.
>>28927449Genesis 5 valve.Or if you really want to get retarded, the 7 valve prototype.>2 sparkplugs to balance the burn pattern because, well that should be obvious.
GY6 scooter engines. They are a simple design originally from Honda, reliability is great when Lee Chang doesn't build it, aftermarket is huge, sound is what you would expect a single cylinder to sound like. Yes scooter are motorcycles.
The CB750 is an iconic motor which started the whole horsepower arms race which eventually brought us literbikes but my vote for the best motorcycle engine is the cg125. Now I never rode a cg125 but I used to have a cb125 that was great. Honda took the cb125 and asked themselves "how do we make the cb125 MORE reliable?"
They're all pretty good.
It’s gonna make some people upset but probably the Harley evolution. It brought an entire company back from the dead.
>>28927464>started the whole horsepower arms racethe H1 was faster and came out the same year.
>>28927470It was a dangerously peaky 2smoke built on a noodle thin chassis and shit suspension and brakes giving it the widowmaker title. The cb750 was a piece of mechanical art by comparison
>>28927464Based. How does the 750 compare to others with sound and aftermarket support?>>28927469Also based. What are your thoughts on Ironheads?
>>28927477I agree. but I've realized that the CB750 wasn't the fastest, cheapest, most reliable or the most advanced offering at any point in its history. but it was a runner up in all categories at once. and that's why they sold millions of them.
>>28927480When the 750 first released i4s were still considered exotic race tech, even then the rpm limit of the 750 isn't that high to make cool screamer noises, it sounds cool the same way vintage i4s do but it's a basic flat plane i4 that isn't a screamer so it's just alright
>>28927449>aftermarket support.hayabusa engine
>>28927449Hands down, bar none.The 999cc liquid cooled engine honda made from 2000-2006 is without a doubt one of the greatest examples of engineering. The cams? Driven by straight cut gears. The sound? Divine. Having low bass notes from the L-twin paired to a screech from the forever rotating gear driven cams.These engines easily go 100k, 200k, 300k miles if not more (the highest milage RC from the forums was a 00' SP1 that reached 350,000 miles before it unfortunately got in an accident from a dude who ran a red light) Aftermarket is there, but not as much as back in the day. There used to be a company that super charged them because the gear driven cams made it so easy to put one one.Simple in construction.No gimmick technology (like genesis 5 valves)Proven to last.Racing pedigree and high praise by legendary riders such as Joey Dunlop, Collin Edward's, and Nickey Hayden. Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk
How reliable is the shovel really?
