Well i don't know jack about tourque or horse power, alls i know is this . my tourer handles, has good and better than any other bike i've ever owned , handles the twisties and turns better than my street bob , my wife says its ****s all over my last few cruisers , honda , a vulcan and the bob for comfort , i've just put over 2000 klm on it last weekend , and felt that good i could off turned round and done it again .
I got caught in torrential rain and road all day feeling wet but safe all on the great ocean road which for the american freinds is a road that takes you along coastal twisties into the clouds and fog twisties back on to the caost and more good roads .
But most important , is when sat on 80 klm per hour stretches and needed to overtake , a twist of the throttle and i was past them ,
When sat on one stretch of 110 klm per hr , 3 semis all tailgaiting , me getting impaitent and knowing there was only one stretch coming up for miles , i could overtake , i went for it and from 100 klm p h to overtaking the 3rd semi at 160 per hour it was only seconds it took me to get there with a tweist off the throttle and no changing gear , overtook , with plenty of room to spare and the knoledge the oncoming cars were never going to be a problem , .
Cannot think of any other cruiser or tourer i could of done it on safely , especialy my harley and thats had the tuner and all the crap done to it .
My tourer is standard and i believe when i get the tors pipes done next week it will give me more torque and horse power, but you know what i could'nt care less its got more than enough for normal riding , what you basicly have is near big sports bike power with touring comfort .
Who cares about the specifications its all double dutch to me alls i know is you twist the throttle and it goes and on the rare ocasion i've dropped it down a couple off gears to make it go harder it flys.
