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Old 08-15-2011, 09:13 AM   #28
Gas Man
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Originally Posted by No Worries View Post
The average sportbike's torque peak is around 10K. The average Harley's torque peak is just off idle. They don't need to go to redline.
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I think the question also is how well are they maintained? lotof these squids arent realy up on even basic maintenance, which even withthem being built very well usualy leads to soem sort of failure.
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There is no way you should consider any motor of modern day to end near 20k. With exception to race motors or something...
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