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First Ride on my 96 Pacific coast
Written by goldwingman40 on 3/12/2012 at 03:23 pm

Dave,
You better take another look at the dyno curves for the PC.

http://www.fortunecity.com/silverstone/pantera/936/dyno.html

At 1500 rpms you have almost no power and torque, not "gobs", 5 HP and 10
ft-lbs. "The power curve is nearly ruler flat wetween 2 grandto 6.5K" is not
correct. The power curve is horsepower not torque. The torque curve is nearly
flat between 2000 and 6000 rpms but the power curve is a steady climb from 2000
to 6000 rpms with it doubling from 2000 to 4000 rpms, 15 to 30 HP, and
increasing another 15 HP from 4000 to 6000 rpms. Torque helps but power moves
the bike and the power needed to move the bike is not a straight line function
increase vs speed but increases as the square of the speed which the bike power
does not so the acceleration drops off as the speed goes up.

Fred

--- In ipcrc@yahoogroups.com, "revconprince" <daveinet@...> wrote:
>
> I keep hearing this statement and trying to figure out where is comes from.
The power curve is nearly ruler flat from 2 grand to 6.5K. It increases by NO
MORE than 3 ft-lbs between those RPMs. Its got gobs of low end torque. While
there is some gain from staying in lower gears as a result of torque
multiplication, the bike has gobs of low end. Its not uncommon to roll the
throttle on from 1500 RPM in third or fourth gear.
>
> --- In ipcrc@yahoogroups.com, "goldwingman40" <goldwingman@> wrote:
>
> > The power band of the PC is 4 to 6.5 k rpms, here is a link to the dyno
curves. The power is low below 3k rpms and if you like good response it is 3.5 k
or above.
>