To my understanding 1Nm is a force of a 100g pushing down on the 1m long rod. But new Ducati Panigale produces torque of 140Nm. Does it mean that 14kg pushing on 1m rod can stop the engine? It seems way to low.
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Well, one thing to keep in mind here is that if Torque is Weight * Distance…you’ll get A LOT of weight if you shorten the distance. Imagine instead that you have those 140Nm about 1cm from the centre of the rotating axis?
14kg * 1m = 140Nm = 0.01m * 1400kg.
Should, if you boil it down, be able to set a 165kg motorcycle in motion, don’t you think?
There is a lot more to the equation than that, but…uh…my perfectly typical hatchback has a torque number at 350Nm or something like that. 140 on a motorcycle sounds like more than enough, even with that simple comparison.
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