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[QUOTE="DualSportr, post: 156077, member: 19592"] The KX has smoothly delivered low end horsepower. It does not have torque. This type of power allows you to moderate the horsepower better than something like the CR250, which builds power more explosively. Here's the difference. Lets take an XR400 and your KX250 (i'm trying to find a good raw-torque engine against something you know). Okay, mud hole in front of ya - lots of slimey gooey stuff, really sticky. About 2' deep. Okay, ride through it on the KX. What's your plan of attack? Feet up, second gear with your fingers on the clutch, hit it hard and fast and hope for the best. Okay, I come up to this mud hole on the XR400 - I'm behind you because I'm a slow and completely dorky rider. I see the mud hole, but I'm scared to hit it fast. I accidently shift to third gear (because I'm a dork, and I'm scared). The XR bogs down, and rolls slowly into the muck. It descends to the bottom - but the rear tire keeps moving. The bike hunkers down and drags itself through. I emerge on the other side - unscathed. I'm still a dork, I looked like a dweeb going through the mudhole, but I made it - because the four stroke had the torque to do it. If I'd tried the same dummy maneuver on the KX, you'd be helping remove me and your bike from the muck, cussing me thouroughly! That's the difference. It doesn't make a fast rider faster (in most cases), but it does allow a tired rider to ride sloppy and survive - and a goofy rider to make it through rough stuff more often. Now, in talking about torque and the MODERN four stroke, we have a little anomoly - because the YZF, the CRF and the KTM have torque, but it's explosive stuff. Not for the faint of heart or the novice. In the right hands though, it's a VERY potent weapon. [/QUOTE]
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