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Your XR250 is an enduro/trail bike, not a motocross bike.
One reason that the engine is not ideal for long distance touring is that it has a small oil capacity, probably 2 litres max? This means that the oil has a hard life as it's circulated through the engine twice as often as an engine with double the oil capacity. This is one reason why offroad bikes in general require more maintenance than your average road bike.
Being a 250, you'll also be working the engine at higher revs to make decent progress, especially if loaded with luggage and/or pillion.
As others have said, there have been plenty of aircooled bikes that make great tourers, it's just that they tend to have bigger oil capacities and larger engines that don't need to be worked so hard.
There's nothing to stop you doing anything on your XR250, just remember its limitations and service it accordingly.
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Many hubbers have done rtw trips with smaller bikes like 125cc. Perhaps you just need to take it a bit easier and try average a bit less speed. Good luck.
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I have owned a Dominator 650, a XBR 500 and now a XR 400. All were air-cooled, and all have run well on longer cruising spped jaunts.
The only disadvantage with the XR is the smaller oil capacity and hence the very frequent oil changes the factory manual requires of it's XR owners.
If you are happy about that and about the "faster then normal" wear on your posterior courtesy of the XR Geneva-convention-infringing saddle, then you should be fine...
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