I'll give my take on it quickly...but I'm sure others will agree/disagree with this...
Inline-4's to make high peak power (bhp) have to get into high revs...however the higher reving the bike, the less Grunt (torque) it's got low down.
Sports inline4's used to have a good measure of both (GPz/GSXR750-1100 days)...but these days any grunt inline4 sportsbikes had low down has been thrown out the window to get high bhp and overall higher speeds on the track.
Which is great for the track, but on the road, you want the Grunt to fire you out of corners, provide grip on crappy road surfaces, look after the rear tyre, make low speed work easyier etc etc.
Of course there are some BIG-CC inline4's which still have both power and grunt like the busa/kwak1400 etc...but lets face it, those bikes are aimed at a small group of specific people.
So for everyone else, whats out there...
Well I love tripples, in terms of engine configuration they are well balenced so no vibes (not sure if any of them have a countercrank though?) have highish rpms compaired to inline4's...but have loads of Grunt all over the place but not too much so those used to riding inline4's will feel at home on one, but enjoy the extra Grunt on tap when on the road...and best of all they sound the muts nuts!
Twins...it's going that one stage further, piling on the Grunt even more and takes a completely different riding style, it's hard to get the revs high on a twin without lots of expensive development, hence only the likes on Ducati and Aprillia who still go down that road, but with research, modern technology and different materials they are still producing more and more performance out of a twin....To ride one, well lets just say no matter whar gear your in, open it up from any rpm and the power is always there, can't fault it after owning one for 3 years, and owning inline4's for 2 yrs before that...I'd never go back to an inline4.
Singles....it's that quantum leap again, the big ones with loads of torque like KTM's and such again require a completely different style of riding, bit vibby and a completely flat torque curve so you shoot like a bullet at any rpm...all single powered bikes suffer from low top end speed...but they get there quick and are awesome to ride (I fancy one as a 2nd bike in the garage)
Anyway thats my take...You obviously like the triumphs, so why not give a daytona tripple a go never know might fall in love with it
