"So you pull away from a stop and then stay in the same gear and stay there right up to 75 mph?"
In fact, I can. My Harley delivers over 100 pound feet of torque from 2400 to 6000 rpm. It's a little hard on the clutch, but no problem.
My Concours had pretty good torque, but it's no contest. The motors are like night and day, buzzy horsepower vs. raw torque. Each has its purpose.
If you want to have some fun, test ride the Triumph Rocket III. It delivers 147 pound feet of torque at 2400 RPM and over 120 at idle. Of course, you could always try a Boss Hoss with a 502 crate motor, but that's just ridiculous.
The Boss hoss doesn't have much real world torque as the Rocket III. The raw power is there in the boss hoss, but it's squandered by the bike's weight. Sort of like a Abrahams tank. 1500hp and 2200 pounds of torque, but it's used up just moving tonnage.
Hey, I had a Concours, too. Good value, but a dog in the engine department compared to my ZRX1100 (the 1200 is even better in every way) and my DL1000. Both are smoother and more flexible than the Concours was.
I'd love to test ride a Rocket III. Maybe I'll get out on one this year.
"My Harley delivers over 100 pound feet of torque from 2400 to 6000 rpm"
Nice numbers, by the way. What's the displacement?
That Triumph Rocket is a freakin monster. man it is smooth though.
You'd be suprised at how nice and nimble those Boss Hoss's really are. I am a service center for them and ride them often. I recently rode with with a donovan racing motor in it, 740hp with a 200shot of nitro. It was also probably the best handling Boss I have ridden.