Right, people are confusing torque for low-end power. Four-stroke dyno charts typically show torque peaks that are quite low in the RPM range, and therefore a high peak torque generally makes for a lot of power at that RPM, leading to the connection with torque and low-end power. Two-strokes tend to have a torque peak much later in the range, meaning that torque gets multiplied by the large number of revs to produce a phenomenal peak horsepower, but a less impressive low-end. But then you have to consider that a same-displacement two-stroke makes more peak torque to begin with, and then you add that to the fact that the torque is being multiplied by the revs and you get an engine that really lays down the law when you're in the powerband. This situation makes the two-stroke great for racing (as we all know), but I suspect they'd have to do some significant tweaking to make it work in, say, a minivan where you actually want an early torque peak.
