MT-07 Coming to Canada?

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Congrats !!!

When is the delivery ? And why not the MT-09 ?

rrbarna said:
Just put a deposit on one for the equivalent of $8371 CAD out the door! :D

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Ugur Dinch said:
Congrats !!!

When is the delivery ? And why not the MT-09 ?
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Expected delivery time is in 4-5 weeks. I just like the look of the 07 much better, and it has plenty of power to keep me entertained. Also, the 09 is exactly 50% more in price, so no thanks. I've already owned 2 first gen SV650's and loved them, so I'm pretty sure I can't go wrong here! :)
 
AF4iK said:
Yea I guess pretty much all V twins would be "crossplane" according to this philosophy lol. And doesn't 270 degrees just mean 90 degrees or do manufacturers generally advertise the outside angle?
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It's not a v-twin.. and the 270 degrees doesn't refer to the angle, it refers to the amount of crank rotation between the 1st and 2nd cylinders firing.
 
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From the point of view of "counteracting inertial forces" in the sense that Yamaha claims, a 90-degree V-twin has the same effect as a parallel-twin with a 270-degree crankshaft. Same firing pattern, too.

The parallel-twin needs a balance shaft for proper primary balance. The 90-degree V-twin doesn't, but the V-twin needs twice as many camshafts and cam drives (assuming OHC), twice as many head gaskets, etc.
 
^ in other words, they replicate some of the benefits (and coolness factor) of a v-twin with none of the associated manufacturing costs..

The 270 degree rotation also means the pistons are never stationary simultaneously like they would be in a 360 degree rotation, one being TDC and the other BDC, causing undesired effects.
 
By all accounts I've read, Yamaha XS650 converted to 277 or 270 deg. is a much sweeter motor. 270 deg. Hinckley Twin is the sweetest of that family of twins. Have never understood the rational of two pistons rising and falling in concert, dead stop. But how to argue with history? 180 deg is easier to understand. Good job on Yamaha going with 270 on this one.
 
mmmnaked said:
^ in other words, they replicate some of the benefits (and coolness factor) of a v-twin with none of the associated manufacturing costs..

The 270 degree rotation also means the pistons are never stationary simultaneously like they would be in a 360 degree rotation, one being TDC and the other BDC, causing undesired effects.
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It's my understanding that a 360 parallel twin has both pistons at exactly the same position in the cylinders, just at different points in the cycle. The BMW F800 twin comes to mind. A 180 twin would have a tdc and a bdc position.
 
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Youre right, I mis-spoke. In 360 order they're moving together, firing 360 degrees apart Regardless of configuration, both pistons stop and start moving together (360 or 180) as opposed to the 270.
 
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