Up Hill Battle & Wheelies

[The A-man]

I'm riding the foothills east of Nashville NC. Rarely do I drop into 2nd gear. Usually it's 3rd, doing maybe 40mph and 3000 to 4000 rpm from what I can recall. Lots of twisty hilly back roads. It's a 6 speed, and I've been amazed by how much low end torque it has, even down to 2000 rpm. Most of my riding is 1200 to 2500 feet of elevation. I can't imagine needing to
Bush the revs up to 5000 rpm to get it to accelerate. Hope this data point helps.
Correction, it's Ashville.