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Originally Posted by Jeff Higgins
The 90 degree V-Twin, on the other hand, has some pretty serious packaging problems in a motorcycle chassis. The motor itself is fantastic. It does, however, reduce the "sum of the parts" to a lesser "whole". It forces the motor to be too far back, it forces the wheelbase to be too long. Both affect handling and acceleration to a very negative degree. Motorcycles are not just motors, and the motor planform has a much greater impact on other design and performance elements than just its power output.
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As a Duc owner, I’m surprised to read this Jeff. Having also owned many Harley’s and Ducati’s, I’d have to respectfully disagree on almost every point above. Obviously, we’re comparing apples and oranges, but one place Ducati excels is handling as a result of the elegant trellis frame and integral 90 degree twin.
https://www.motorcyclenews.com/advice/inspiration/weekend-reads/history-of-ducati-desmodromic-v-twin/