[tknj99]

That's a great assessment and observation of the bike and its limitations. Yes, any of these dual sport 250's are woefully inadequate at speed.. even with a brief stint of ownership of a CSC RX4 with the 450cc engine i found it to be inadequate on the highway.. up an incline on rt 64 where the speed limit is 70mph would have me full-throttled with barely any left to overtake. I think the best mix is one of these 250's (ideally 6-speed variant) for gravel roads, trails and around town or back-roads and then a street machine for touring. I'm in the market for that and it needs to be able to handle 2-up.. i had a look at the SG400 and kpm 200 but sadly despite the price being right would not be well suited for that.
Anyway, im loving the Templar X and these 250's have been great to me thus far after a few years of owning a Brozz and then a Titan with little to no issues other than things coming loose from all the vibrations, par for the course i guess