Originally Posted by TomB
why didn't team orion just design into the porting less top end, and they could have subsequently fixed the bottom end issues.
also, if the clutch spring is the major issue (which it seems to be) why didn't CRF include this with the motor?
look at the amount of money the ninja GRP motors spend on packaging the engines alone. the cost they spend in packaging.
you're just justifying to yourselves a purchase that has otherwise been made due to a products drawbacks.
Again there is no bottom end problem. Don't forget the engine has many special things about it, angled crankshaft, unique cylinder/piston design. So you can't just assume that what works for normal engines works the same for this one. Use the proper clutch and gearing and your engine will accelerate from the start line like no other engine can and yet you will outrun the competition down the straight, all this while burning less fuel, what more do you want???
The spring is not the issue, the issue is the extra power delivered by this motor and actual clutch systems having a hard time dealing with it.
The GRP packaging is beautifull, but we are selling a performance engine, not performance packaging...
More power, more speed, longer lifespan, longer runtimes, you call that drawbacks?