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Canadian Daves JustKDX
What does more teeth on back sprocket do for me?
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[QUOTE="reepicheep, post: 1361844, member: 104942"] So which is better? 1) A twisting force that can move 100 pounds 1 inch in 100 years? 2) A twisting force that can move 100 pounds 100 feet in .2 second? Work is force over distance. The units of work are Horsepower. Torque is a unit of force, which is really important, but useless in and of itself. You have to know how far and fast that force can be sustained. And the units for measuring that are "Horsepower". People say "torque matters more then HP". I'm a Buell owner (motors designed for more torque but that sacrifice peak HP). I'm with you. You *are* right, but you are using the wrong terms, the physics is clear. What you mean, and should be saying, is: "The curve of horsepower versus RPM is more important then simply the "peak" horsepower value". Only looking at peak HP is simply measuring how good something has gotten at the moment you can't use it anymore (because you now have to shift gears, because you just hit redline, and you just ruined everything). So an engine that has not compromised torque to maximize peak RPM (read: a single or a twin instead of some annoying inline four) is often a "better" motor then a peak horsepower motor that has compromised low RPM performance for that one brief shining moment in the sun that only happens at the moment you have to shift. (Read: Japan Inc. inline four sportbikes). That is what you mean when you say "torque is real and HP is abstract". But the way you are saying it is wrong based on physics. What you really mean is "a motor that produces decent horsepower even at lower RPM's is more usable in more real world situations then a motor that is virtually useless at any rpm not on the edge of redline". I'm not trying to pick a fight here... I'm just trying to help people that are right correctly articulate the reasons they are right... And for the record, the first time I started arguing about it, even with an engineering degree, I had the terms wrong, but I was right also :) Long live singles! Long live twins! Two strokes *rock*! :) [/QUOTE]
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