I considered the same thing and asked him on another forum re the tuning..
His response was: "the demo bike was rejetted jakobi although i'm not sure what the details were. there was another gas gas dealer/mechanic there and he's experimented a lot with jetting and said the demo bike was running well. his opinion was the 2018 engines are great but just a bit 'fluffy' down low, but as you say it could all be sorted with a bit of work if you wanted more punch off idle."
I haven't thrown a leg over a new bike to know, and all of my bikes have been 250's with some work which still lack that bottomey punch that 300's (all brands) offer. My response was along the lines that engine/power delivery is an easy thing to tune to taste anyway. Throw a few more teeth at the rear sprocket, a quick pull throttle, or shave the head down and it's easy to get some more snap into em. Chassis, balance, and suspension package is where big time and dollars can be spent chasing something that you never quite get to.
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