I have mainly had only single cylinder bikes and you cannot get anything below 3K rpm.
My last two bikes were an SRX6, again 3 thousand rpm and a DR750, I even put a sticker on the rev counter!
I used to use a 14 tooth front sprocket for off roading on the Ten' but am now comfortable with the standard gearing.
This is a revvy engine and being 'over square' will not thump along but you do have to use the gearbox. I can ride mine without the rev counter and keep within the power band quite comfortably. I think you will find this with most of the old guys like me who have been brought up on old machinery, I would even say that the rev counter is wasted on me, I could blank it off completely and still ride the bike comfortably!.....but then that's me!
