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[QUOTE="wake_rider, post: 1259225, member: 75633"]
The smaller smokers (125's and lower) are very much that way, but you will have no issues with a 250 not having enough low end unless:

1) you need to rebuild the topend (about every 50 hours of riding.  It takes about 2.5 hours and $200 for the new piston, rings, gasket kit, wrist pin, and wrist pin bearing)

2)  or you are in wayyy too low of a gear, to the point of the bike stalling.

So if you are in 3rd gear when you should be in 1st, then yeah, you'll have issues.  You'd have issues with a 4 stroke in that same situation.   After riding once you should have no issues with knowing what's the right gear to be in, and the 250 smoker is much more forgiving because it does have a good amount of low end with quite a bit of top end :laugh:....

Lets put it this way, my bike has enough pull to be going 45 mph or so down a dirt track in 4th gear and with no clutch, and just a small amount of preloading the front end, I can pull my pull wheelies without any problems.
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