Originally Posted by skr00zloose

by that I think you mean REAL long strokes with small bores? Yeah, that would (generally) be torquey. Oversquare (long stroke, small bore) motors tend to have higher torque at lower RPM, undersquare (short stroke with a big bore) make less torque but can rev alot higher. Kinda like comparing an r6 to a harley. most of the stock-ish harley big twins make in the 80hp range, but more torque than HP, where an r6 might make say 115hp, but with less than half of that torque. Now, if harley would get off thier ass and realize that pushrods suck, and limit rpm, they COULD make good motors, but they're stuck on the "character" of the motors.

I work on american bikes all day, I hate it. I appreciate the dedication, but c'mon, it's been over 100 years time to move on!

btw, I didn't stop riding sportbikes b/c of any 4 cyl vs. 2 cyl thing, I stopped because I have little to no self control on a 150+hp motorcycle. If it could wheelie, I would wheelie it, , on top of the waaay too fast corner exits, and I got myself arrested one too many times, lol. Nowadays I'm happier building bikes than riding them. Guess I'm getting old, lol.