Paladin. wrote on 06/04/08 at 16:39:39:"WE" do not say that multis are always quicker. Given the cited times for 0-60 and 1/4 mile it is obvious that the Savage is quicker off the line than a HD838.
Based on the facts we have, the only thing obvious is that the Savage is slightly slower to 60 than the 883 and way slower over a quarter.
The Savage may get off the line quicker, but we don’t know just yet.
I will resolve this – I’ll get hold of torque/gearing/weight data for both bikes and plot them through the first couple of gears, fact vs fact. Give me a few hours between distractions at work!!
Paladin. wrote on 06/04/08 at 16:39:39: AFAICT, all else being equal, the single is quicker, the multi is faster.
I’ll remind you of this post on the 650 single vs twin thread recently (both modern bikes producing similar levels of torque but at different revs):
KwakNut wrote on 05/30/08 at 02:41:31: