I'm with you Bob on this,Torque can carry you alot of places, plant the car get the gear right on go, Times I want to throw the tack in the trash. LOL

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The four valve over square motorcycle engine is not known for torque down low. It all happens up stairs. When your rev limit is 13,500 rpm's they just don't run too good at 7,500 rpm's. Now the under square 833 cc Honda does pretty good at 7,500 rpm's, but it is a little under powered compared to a 600 cc yamaha or Kawasaki, that make their torque at 10,000 rpm's and carry it up past 13,000+ rpm's. If you look at a dyno chart on these motors they make power until they hit the rev limiter.

Honest Dad himself