Motorcycle Engine Configurations - The Art Of Sound

[Travman]

The only were only two that I didn't really like.  The inline 3 and the inline 4. 

[junior varsity]

The triple does nothing for me. Not the tone, nor the whirring.

The D16 in this recording does not sound like the D16s in our shop.

Likewise, the 1*98 sounded a lil' too mellow, not what i'm accustomed to hearing from these bikes. Should have used an air-cooled one I 'spose.

Should have thrown an RC51 sound byte in there as well. The CBR1000RR 4cyl sounded like a track/race bike, so I didn't mind its sound, just not what I like hearing coming from the bike I'm on.

[mitt]

I liked the 1198 the best.

I also liked how you could hear people laughing in the background - like holy sh!t that sounds good.


mitt

[ducatiz]

 
 

[ducatiz]

The only were only two that I didn't really like.  The inline 3 and the inline 4. 

yeah, the triple sounds like an electric lawnmower.

i love the idea of the engine but ... meh.. maybe it's the intake and exhaust sound tuning.. i know those airboxes have resonators on them...

[hackers2r]

Could the similar sounds between the crossplane I4 and the D16 be due to the similar big bang firing order?  Just my guess after some googling.