Engine Size

Due to advances in technology the displacement capacity of car engines has shrunk drastically over the last twenty years.

A two liter engine today can produce more power and torque than a 5 liter V8 of twenty years ago.

Shrinking the engine provides savings in costs, weight, size, emissions and fuel efficiency.

Oddly, over the same period, motor bike engines have got bigger and heavier, on average.

Why?

Well, motor bike engines are on display to the world and the size of the engine is, roughly speaking, inversely proportional to the rider’s penis size.

Technology; the motor bike companies add a little bit of the new stuff but only where it makes their lives easier. With all that capacity they don’t need more power.