sweller said:

>Simon Atkinson wrote:
>
>> The exhaust is opened earlier on Ducati and Harley engines to more
>> completely empty the old charge from the cylinder and to ensure it is
>> more completely filled with fresh charge.
>
>I thought that was pretty much standard to most engines and was known as
>scavenging. I remember it well from my MP12 (BR Driver Training)..

Very much so - all engines do it to an extent - HD and Ducati make more
of the expanding charge for the purpose than most other manufacturers.
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On Mon, 25 Aug 2003 22:12:06 +0100, Simon Atkinson wrote:

> sweller said:
>
>>Simon Atkinson wrote:
>>
>>> The exhaust is opened earlier on Ducati and Harley engines to more
>>> completely empty the old charge from the cylinder and to ensure it is
>>> more completely filled with fresh charge.
>>
>>I thought that was pretty much standard to most engines and was known as
>>scavenging. I remember it well from my MP12 (BR Driver Training)..
>
> Very much so - all engines do it to an extent - HD and Ducati make more of
> the expanding charge for the purpose than most other manufacturers.

Except CG125 engines. One cam lobe, 2 followers. ))

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In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, Macie says...

> Don't get me wrong, I wasn't taking the ****... the low down pick-up
> was great, and it *was* fun to ride, just that now having ridden one
> there are a few niggling doubts.
>
> Some, like the fact the front end feels so light, and there seems to

The front does feel a bit light, but I've got round it by hanging off
forward a bit as well as to the side. Works for me.

> The way it revs is completely different to the Kwak, in that at 10k
> rpm the SV has about had enough, whereas the ZZR still has 5k rpm of
> howling left. This I reckon I can get used to [like getting used to
> driving a BX Turbo Diesel] but the engine / exhaust sound is really
> the big question.

If you want a smoother ride you have to be a bit smoother with the
throttle, but yes, you do get used to it.

> Some people *love* the sound of a v-twin. Is that something that you
> come to appreciate over time, or is it one of those things that if you
> don't like it in the first place then you never will?

Pass. I've always liked the thrummm of a twin.

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