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<blockquote data-quote="Old Guy Too Many Bikes" data-source="post: 200584" data-attributes="member: 15440"><p>Torque is more the answer than horsepower. It's not so much the top speed, as the pull in midrange. It's what you got left when you're cruising at 50-55 mph. Displacement, cam, valves, porting, it's all a matter of how much mixture you can stuff into and out of the engine. Displacement will give it to you at lower rpm without having to give it full throttle. The bad thing about high horsepower, small displacement engines is that the power band is all on the top end. And 4 gears aren't close enough to stay in that narrow band. The 5 speed Monkey is no rocket, but it'll cruise at a smooth 50 with a little left over and knows how to squeeze over 125 miles out of a gallon of gas.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Old Guy Too Many Bikes, post: 200584, member: 15440"] Torque is more the answer than horsepower. It's not so much the top speed, as the pull in midrange. It's what you got left when you're cruising at 50-55 mph. Displacement, cam, valves, porting, it's all a matter of how much mixture you can stuff into and out of the engine. Displacement will give it to you at lower rpm without having to give it full throttle. The bad thing about high horsepower, small displacement engines is that the power band is all on the top end. And 4 gears aren't close enough to stay in that narrow band. The 5 speed Monkey is no rocket, but it'll cruise at a smooth 50 with a little left over and knows how to squeeze over 125 miles out of a gallon of gas. [/QUOTE]
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