If torque determines a motorcycles accelaration, why does it pull harder at higher revs (bike with flat torque curve)

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i started riding a CB500F, it has a flat torque curve, pretty much the same torque at 3k and 9k rpm, then why does the bike (in the same gear) accelate much faster at higher than lower revs?

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So an analogy ..
torque is like how strong you can unscrew a lid and
Horsepower is how many lids you can unscrew in a minute …

The bike starts to pull at high rpm’s because it’s twisting ~3000 times more each minute..

So replace lids with back wheel and That many more turns a minute makes ur accelerate and you can feel it

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