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Originally Posted by Triple Jim
I'm not sure why you don't believe the point I'm making, which is once you're up to the HP peak and can stay near it, the final drive ratio has little to do with acceleration. I have a degree in mechanical engineering and have worked in the field for 40 years if that matters. I was trying to argue the point on its merits and not mine though.
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It's actually torque that accelerates. Comes from F=ma at contact-patch. Rear-wheel torque is divided out by radius of wheel+tyre to generate linear-thrust F for instantaneous acceleration. HP is result of torque over time and distance. It's cause & effect, but it starts with torque first.
Also confirmed by acceleration curves, which actually matches torque curve, not HP. Notice that peak-HP occurs near redline on Ducati Monster, but acceleration curve matches torque-curve with max-acceleration occuring at torque-peak in mid-range, not HP-peak.
2007 Ducati Monster S2R1000 - Rider Mag
We see that max-acceleration in each gear occurs in mid-range RPM, not at redline.
