- Aug 14, 2018
So i just wanted to start a general discussion about the usefulness of an inline 4 with 90+ horsepower for normal street use and hear your opinions.
There are a lot of people on this forum with way more experience than I do and a long list of bikes they owned.
So today I tried to push the bike on some country roads within the legal speed limit.
In Germany that's around 100kph (~60mph).
If you want to drive in the correct rpm range, you basically only need 2 gears. First and Second. Maybe third and for longer straights forth, if you dont want to stress the engine too much. That's it.
A lot of times I was driving in third gear and within seconds I was driving too fast. Close too 100kph is were the fun begins and I found it really hard too control myself. I felt like I was checking the speedo every two seconds just to make sure I wasn't speeding.
If we didn't have the Autobahn in Germany I would really ask myself why the f do I ride an i4 where the power is at the top, basically out of reach within the speed limit and not a twin were I can really use the power?
What do you guys think? We all love our bikes and I wouldn't change it for anything else right now, but does it really make sense?
There are a lot of people on this forum with way more experience than I do and a long list of bikes they owned.
So today I tried to push the bike on some country roads within the legal speed limit.
In Germany that's around 100kph (~60mph).
If you want to drive in the correct rpm range, you basically only need 2 gears. First and Second. Maybe third and for longer straights forth, if you dont want to stress the engine too much. That's it.
A lot of times I was driving in third gear and within seconds I was driving too fast. Close too 100kph is were the fun begins and I found it really hard too control myself. I felt like I was checking the speedo every two seconds just to make sure I wasn't speeding.
If we didn't have the Autobahn in Germany I would really ask myself why the f do I ride an i4 where the power is at the top, basically out of reach within the speed limit and not a twin were I can really use the power?
What do you guys think? We all love our bikes and I wouldn't change it for anything else right now, but does it really make sense?