Why are RPMs shown rather than torque?

[imdying]

That's cool... useless but cool

Ironically, the only people a gauge like this would be good for (tourers I expect), already have bikes with torque everywhere, so it's a bit moot. But if people wanted it, that's how I'd go about it.

[bogan]

Really? You'd study it that hard? Surely all it would be good for is an indicator that you're in the meat of the torque curve? Hell all I'd want is a light that comes on when I've dropped out of the 70% of max torque zone.

yup, I mean it's pretty easy to tell when it's in high torque zone cos you gotta hold on harder! So for the guage to be any use to me, it'd have to tell me how much torques I'm getting, and how much my mods have added and where, so it'd basically be a dyno as you ride.

[imdying]

Would be nice, except for the nasty burn on your arse where your wallet used to be

[jonbuoy]

I can see why a Truck or a Aircraft might need one, those engines are going to be slugging away in climbs or pulls for longer periods of time. A bike is going to spin pass through those peaks pretty quickly until you get up to the speed you want. Even on the motorway your not going to sit in fourth for long periods of time just because it puts the engine in the "sweet spot".