Ok. That all makes sense.
Now, on a flat road - (Florida is all flat roads it seems) I can accelerate faster short shifting than if I run to redline in every gear. Why is that?
Well personally, I don't believe that you can. Or there's something wrong with your bike.
If so you may want to tell that secret to the test riders that do the timed runs for the spec sheets. They're on flat ground, and I'm pretty darn sure they don't short shift to get the best 0-60 times!
But, my point about the charts is that if the motorcycle had gobs of torque in a very low RPM range, that would be DIRECTLY reflected in the horsepower curve. You would easily see that the bike had above average power in the lower RPMs by looking at the power curve. There's no need to clutter the chart and confuse some people by showing the torque curve.
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