Model(s) covered: 2010 Gas Gas EC 250 Six Days Edition
Intended to take on the International Six Days Enduro, the 2010 Gas Gas EC 250 Six Days Edition is as serious as the race itself. Although four-stroke motorcycles are the configuration of choice these days in America, two-strokes are enjoying a European renaissance. Powering the Six Days is a brutal two-stroke motor that is untouched by compromise.
Gas Gas touts the kickstart EC 250 Six Days as a take-no-prisoners motorcycle, and the motor best embodies the Spanish company's focus. Despite its power valve and undersquare design (66.4mm bore and 72mm stroke), the EC 250 is anything but a torquer. With a powerband that reminds one of a 125cc two-stroke motocrosser, the EC 250 eschews low-end torque for blistering acceleration once in the powerband.
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