fordboy357 wrote:
Less and more usable, my mistake. 59 lb-ft in the VFR @ 8,700 rpm, 77 lb-ft in the 954 at 9,500 rpm. The V4 is going to be more torquey throughout the rev range. That's just in its design.
While they do sound cool, I just don't see how this is the case. The VFR is at a displacement disadvantage, plus the modern liter bikes are not nearly as peaky as their predecessors.
At no useable rpm does the VFR800 have more torque than the i4s.
Someone had taken this plot and sketched in the VFR1200 - with its newer design and +200cc it does have a nice large flat torque band over the lower rpm range compared to the inlines. I added in the 800 from a similar published plot: it is not in the same class.
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