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Here we go again.....
For a start they’ve got an engine based on a car’s. The starting point for the parallel-twin design was half a Honda Jazz engine.
That article is more of a DCT review than a bike review.
At the end of the day though Mike, the engine does have some car influence in the design of the NC.
there’s a useful handbrake on the left bar.
Am I missing something in the photos? I don't see anything to do with the brakes on the left.
As I've said before, since it has reciprocating pistons we could just as well say it was influenced by a Baldwin steam locomotive.
All reciprocating internal combustion engines bear some degree of resemblance to each other.
And here I thought that at least on this forum the "Jazz engine sawed in half" nonsense had been put to rest.
Well from much more engineering educated members on the British forum it seems they only share piston rings on the 700 and nothing else except for the automotive world mentality that suggests a combination of stroke/valve diameters/breathing design to achieve high volume efficiency specifically at low and mid rpms along low rpm torque.
With my thoughts in the mix, since the engine is designed for excellent fuel efficiency which comes along low-mid rpm performance, it seems the engine has weak valve springs and light connecting rods circulating on relatively narrow crank bearings to minimize friction losses as any higher rpm is of no use since the volumetric efficiency is diminishing any higher and friction losses sky rocket.
Did anybody else get the feeling the reviewer had never heard of the NC700 series until he was asked to review the NC750?
I never said it was half a Jazz. All I'm saying is that there was some design influence from the automotive world. The Honda article even mentions collaboration between automotive and Motorcycle R&D. The lead designer for the NC also stated he paid regular visits to car side for discussions during the design process.