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Message: [QUOTE="Colorado Mike, post: 879554, member: 54658"] I think the 220 is very easy to ride. Mine has the FMF torque pipe on it. It certainly doesn't explode when I hit high rpm like my old MX bikes did, it's just pretty torquey for a 2 stroke. I've never ridden a big 4 stroke, but some of the guys I ride with are on them. In tight woods I pretty much smoke them. On the 220 I found that shifting early keeps you in the torque band, it's very forgiving and tends to keep chugging if you end up in too high a gear on a hill for example. I like the handling at low speeds, to me it seems pretty agile and I can pick my way through boulder fields pretty easily. At high speed it's a little nervous though, and makes me think a steering damper would be nice. I'm not saying it's scary or anything, just a little twitchy. I'm 47 though, and maybe my reaction times are the problem. Mike. [/QUOTE]