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To be exact, most Harley engines in a reasonable state of tune tend to have torque curves that jump up to the peak value fairly early, and then drop fairly slowly up to the redline. But I know what you mean. My Suzuki DL1000 has a similar torque curve, but more stretched over a longer range of rpms. To a certain extent, the best of both worlds, strong performance down low (relative to the 10,000 rpm redline) and high-revving capability, yielding nearly 100 clean, quiet, reliable HP.

I don't care for peaky engines, they may be good for racing, but they're not all that much fun the rest of the time unless you're revving the dangly bits off of 'em.

[jimt]

I know the Japanese have made great strides with their V-Twin copies. But the Harley is still unique.

Take a look at this torque (upper) curve.

I couldn't find one for your bike, but read a comment that "80% of the torque was available at 3500 rpm."

That's true of the Harley from virtually off-idle.

I used to think Harleys were junk and Harley owners crazy until a friend made me ride his SuperGlide. The attraction became immediately obvious.