I was talking to an engineering friend of mine of the old school; he looks after the 1916 Dennis fire engine at Imperial College and has an old E type that needs rebuilding, plus a Wankel Norton bike and a big flat BMW-engined bike. He tends to take a negative and opposite view of anything thrown at him, and originally hails from Scotland (these two are not related!).
So it was no surprise that he was very dismissive of big V Twins, telling me that they are inherently out of balance and lumpy, rough running and poor at either end of the rev scale. Maybe he's right! Lucky it's great between 2500rpm and 5000rpm which is plenty for me with that sweet little 'box to stir round.
If an electric version of the 3W is ever launched the thing's going to feel a bit different. Perhaps they'll give it threepenny-bit wheels to replace the vibration?
