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Originally Posted by ck.mecha
As was already written, the 300 cannot RELIABLY be enlarged to a true 400cc without serious issues being overcame. FYI the R3 is actually 321cc, the KTM is 372cc, and the current Ninja is 296cc. There also is a BMW "310" coming out that is actually 313cc.
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Purely in the interests of keeping things accurate the KTM is 375cc.
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Originally Posted by adouglas
Whatever they do, please God don't make it a single. Thumpers sound like weed whackers.
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It's all relative. I used to have a 400cc in-line four (GSXR) that made parallel twins sound pretty ordinary in my opinion.
Personally I think V twin sounds best but the manufacturers don't seem to like making small displacement V twins.