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burkbuilds · 05-06-2009, 05:55 PM

Suzuki even uses a single cylinder in the S40 which has about 650cc's if I remember correctly. I like the fact that I have less mechanical parts to maintain, wear out and so forth. It was one of the deciding factors in my purchase of the GZ over the Rebel or the Yamaha. I don't know Suzuki's reason for it, but I like it! Two cylinders would be two more sets of valves to adjust, more spark plugs to maintain, more gaskets to potentially fail and need replacing. It seems to work great and I don't think there's any significant horsepower difference in the 250cc's from the GZ vs the 250cc's in the other company's bikes that use twin cylinders. As somebody pointed out there may be a little top end speed difference but not much if any.

05-06-2009, 05:55 PM	#6
burkbuilds Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Shannon, Georgia Posts: 1,268	Re: Why only 1 cylinder? Suzuki even uses a single cylinder in the S40 which has about 650cc's if I remember correctly. I like the fact that I have less mechanical parts to maintain, wear out and so forth. It was one of the deciding factors in my purchase of the GZ over the Rebel or the Yamaha. I don't know Suzuki's reason for it, but I like it! Two cylinders would be two more sets of valves to adjust, more spark plugs to maintain, more gaskets to potentially fail and need replacing. It seems to work great and I don't think there's any significant horsepower difference in the 250cc's from the GZ vs the 250cc's in the other company's bikes that use twin cylinders. As somebody pointed out there may be a little top end speed difference but not much if any.
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