The new 2017 Zongshen 450cc

We have all seen and read about the 250cc X3
nice design and well made bike now come with EFI.

On talking to 1 of the sales people on the Zongshan stand at the motoerbike show in chongqing this week.

He advise me there are testing the new 450cc let's say it will be called the X5????

And should on released next year.

Zongshen has entered the new bike in the 2017 Dakar rally.

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Here is the spec and power runs.

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Now with a 450 c.c and 32 KW on tap then it could be a good bike for China.

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The cult following of the RX3 in the US will get a collective smile if this bike makes its way here. I can imagine that the importer, California Scooter Company, is considering the bike assuming it gets made and can pass US/California emissions.

I have direct contact with one of the English speaking sale team staff by way of WeChat and he has promised me he will keep me up to speed with the progress of this new bike.
As I find out I will post all the new imformation on MCM.
Hope to visit the factory in chongqing on the way back from Thailand which should be early next year.
So keep watching this space.

Zongshen's five year plan.

Fantic released a concept the Fantic Caballero 500 looks like the 450 motor perhaps a bored up version' it'll be the second Zongshen engine they use after the NC250.
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I really like that bike, seems they also have a 125cc version.

http://put.edidomus.it/dueruote/news...allero_191.jpg

Minarelli Yamaha Diasil engine

here is another image of the 500, it may actually be 450cc.
http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/y...balerro500.jpg

Love the Look but sadly It'll have a nasty license plate rear guard as body work must extend past the rear wheel

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The version of the spanisch GAS GAS,called venturo

Stradale that Gas Gas is just a rebranded Shineray XY400 Enduro which has a copy of the Honda CB400SS engine

Stradale that is a Shineray , article points out that the bike does not currently meet EU4 standards.

The ZONGSHEN 450 CYCLONE dakar bike build in collaboration with a French team and tested by ex mx pilot Thierry Bethys.Attachment 19036Fot. facebook.com/ZONGSHENCYCLONERALLY

Hi Guys
With my present ride coming to near its end I been thinking about what is next?
I am very interested in the new RX4 450cc ADV bike from Zongshen

Just got off WeChat talking to 1 of the English speaking sales guys and he informed me he doesn't expect the bike to be released until the end of this year (2017).
Which is a bummer for me because I was hoping to buy one and put it out on a test ride.
After some conversation, he then informed me that the company hopes to have preproduction "TEST" ride (10.000 km) in June this year and would I like to join them ????
Took me about a sec to say yes? so lets us see how it pans out, hope to visit the factory in April on my way back to Shandong from Kunming.
Here are a few latest pictures on the new RX4.


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When I look at this graph i think they messed up torque and power. The peak for torque is normally in power RPM while power still rise to higer RPM.
Isnt it?

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Originally Posted by ShuBen

When I look at this graph i think they messed up torque and power. The peak for torque is normally in power RPM while power still rise to higer RPM.
Isnt it?

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I think you are spot on the dotted line is the KW.?

I think the dotted line should be KW, but the legend shows Nm... And Nm is torque.
According to my knowledge power follows torque and still rise when figures falling already.
I also wonder that this engine has the power peak at 9k rpm. That is very typical for multi cylinder parallel engine, but for a single???

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..... If the dotted line would mean KW.

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We live in China ShuBen for all we know there used their mate's car for the Dyno test?. TIC

That why I need to get my hands on one to TEST?

😁 u might be sooooo right.
Better take your toolbox with you and the pickup truck drivers number ....
Oh, pickup truck gets a real meaning now...

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I took Fantic to Zongshen for there first meeting and Fantic were interested in full cooperation from Zong. Zongshen said they were only interested in supplying engines and didn't want a partnership, i think they might start to regret that decision.

That would've been beneficial to both but what can you say about the Chinese Motorcycle industry but stubborn. I'm curious if Fantic will use the NC450 engine

Who makes Fantic's current 250?