03-13-2007, 04:03 PM
asteele2 Wrote:Meanwhile my F4 hasn't ever given me a problem. RJ's F3 didn't, either. None of the RR's putting around us have. I mean, it can't seriously be vibration and heat - Honda's too smart for that. Or are they? Are V4's just being ignored - sales resting on legacy and the faithful few? Harley doesn't seem to be burning up electrical components left and right, nor do any other big twin makers. What gives?Well the V4 is a particularly challenging engine configuration for motorcycles which is why there are very, very few that made it to production. I wanna say in the last 20 years Honda is the only one who has made one, other than Ducati with the Desmosedici RR.
Back in the 80's the V4 Magnas had a bunch of valvetrain problems but since then there hasn't been something catastrophic wrong with any of them but I'm not really surprised at the cooked stator thing.
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Past: 2018 Honda Civic Type-R, 2015 Yamaha R1, 2009 BMW M3, 2013 Aprilia RSV4R, 2006 Honda Ridgeline, 2006 Porsche Cayman S, 2012 Ducati 1199, 2009 Subaru WRX, 2008 CBR1000RR, 2009 Kawasaki ZX-6R, 2000 Toyota Tundra, 2005 Honda CBR600RR, 1996 Acura Integra GS-R, 1996 Acura Integra GS-R, 1997 Honda Civic EX
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