3 speed on top of the limited capacity hence narrow power band is definitely not a winner ...
From personnal experience, the power is not as big an issue as the gap between the gears.
(on my GN 250, a much bigger gear reduction resulted in reduced top speed wich I can only partialy overcome by trashing it in 4th - it is not streamlined to any extend thought but it does have 5 speed and a bigger capacity / torque)
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