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Old 04-09-2015, 03:12 PM   #1 (permalink)
bandit86
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4 banger vs twins

If twins offer greater low end torque than their 4 banger cousin, being more street friendly would they get better mpg? I'm looking at the early 2000s suzuki gs 550 parallel twin vs bandit 650 4 banger vs the sv650 v twin. Ideally id like a 500 or 550 but seems to be a rare find to get a decent one some kid hasn't pimped out. Or, would a high horsepower 650-4 not need to work at low rpm and not matter anyways?

My last 2 bikes were a suzuki dr200 and dr650, the 200 one sipped fuel to the point of being ridiculous and the other got 5L/100km which is somewhere over 45 mpg

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