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Old March 13th, 2018, 12:00 PM   #46
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Originally Posted by greg737 View Post
But I absolutely love me some good straight-cut gear noise.

The 5th Generation VFR 800 (1998 to 2001) is the (everyday motorcycle) king of gear-whine with its gear-driven camshafts. All of those wonderful straight-cut cogs mated to each other from the crankshaft up to the four individual camshafts of the V-4.
Me too.

My son has a '98 VFR, and he loves the gear sound. It's pretty loud (in a good way).
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