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I'm in sanya to join in the test ride of the new zongshen rx3s 380cc and rx4. There are right riders, five of the former bike and three of the latter. I'm joining for nine days. First impressions of the rx3s I'm riding.. Smooth engine.. Little difficult to find neutral. It's well appointed with big sturdy cases on the sides and top... Unlike the U.S. Version of the rx3s 250
[QUOTE=Metalmonkey;86796]I'm in sanya to join in the test ride of the new zongshen rx3s 380cc and rx4. There are right riders, five of the former bike and three of the latter. I'm joining for nine days. First impressions of the rx3s I'm riding.. Smooth engine.. Little difficult to find neutral. It's well appointed with big sturdy cases on the sides and top... Unlike the U.S. Version of the rx3s 250[/QUOTE
I can see a nice RR being posted soon with pictures
huh, photo, and with correct orientation. making progress, Metalmonkey :D
Nice! How did you manage to land that gig? I'm envious. Look forward to impressions of both bikes.:thumbsup:
Cheers,
Dan K.
LOL indeedQuote:
Originally Posted by a_steel
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Getting and oil change and Changing the rear shock (don't know why)Attachment 19928
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Have done some off-road filming and, yesterday, went to a biker meet near taishan city in Guangdong to show the bikes.
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For the love of God
Right, so I need to test every image before I post on here to check it's orientation....
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There is no end....
I give up
Preventive maintainess sounds like there are thinking ahead lol.
Pictures are ok I getting used to standing on my head now.
No offense to you and Prince, but if you guys could take the extra 15 minutes to learn how to upload your pics to an external website and then link them to your posts, it would be great.Quote:
Originally Posted by Metalmonkey
Here's why....
#1 Every photo hosted on MCM costs the site money in bandwith charges.
#2 When you upload pics to MCM directly, they look like shit.
#3 Photo's hosted offsite load much faster.
#4 Offsite photos display much larger, so we get to see more detail.
Thanks for contributing, the RX's look cool.
When we talk about external pic storage . .. What is a good server fast and reliable for China and the rest of the world?
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No problem from my end ChinaVQuote:
Originally Posted by ChinaV
Just nice to see new post on MCM .
Can you recommend a site?Quote:
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We travelled 480km today.(still in Guangdong). The first section by express way. Then we were turned off it by police.. The rest of the afternoon was spent traveling through many small towns.
I got a chance to ride the rx4 today. The first impression was "oh no, it doesn't accelerate our decelerate as fast as the smaller bike, maybe sluggish, until I got used to it and found the extra power of this bike inspires great confidence in the rider... It just sort of takes you down the road. A comfortable and stable ride.
Did you exspect more then that.?Quote:
I got a chance to ride the rx4 today. The first impression was "oh no, it doesn't accelerate our decelerate as fast as the smaller bike, maybe sluggish, until I got used to it and found the extra power of this bike inspires great confidence in the rider... It just sort of takes you down the road. A comfortable and stable ride.
Tried the bike out 6 monhts ago at the factory.
The engines needs to be WOT to get this bike moving.
I was not impressed then.
When I say it just takes you down the road I meant this as a good thing. The extra power is nice. I had a really fun day riding it first down the highway(until we were chucked off) then through many small towns.. Liking the green and muddy hills of Guangdong as a backdrop too.Quote:
Originally Posted by prince666
To clarify..
Hmmm. I rode the rx4 for most of the day today.At first I was disappointed as it's not as nippy and flickable as the rx3s.
Plus acceleration and deceleration both seemed slower (the latter with engine But, after a while, I found it not to be sluggish on the road(it's heavier by 20kg) but it felt more planted .. The extra power became quite reassuring. Still, at first felt I had to anticipate stuff ahead of time, cos, unlike the smaller bike, it didn't quickly pull into empty spaces.. And unlike the smaller bike often had no more to give at the top of the rev range.
Actually, and maybe it's just the specific bike I was using, I found it maxed out at 6k in sixth gear with the throttle wide open. I managed a top speed of about 148Nice chugging power though.
. Less vibey at speed.. Another rider said that might be because the screen is bigger so less wind, dunno, I although inexpert would put it down to the fact it's a single not twin cylinder.
Cool day:thumbsup:
Ok question.Quote:
Originally Posted by Metalmonkey
WOULD YOU BUY ONE.?
In real terms, the 148Kmh is only about 130 Kmh if you're lucky.
What is the RX4 displacement?
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380cc with about 25 HPQuote:
Originally Posted by ShuBen
Should set the world a fire.
:lol8:Quote:
Originally Posted by prince666
How can this be only 25HP from that liquid cooled engine displacement?
Even a air cooled Shineray X5 has 30HP.
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My mistake.Quote:
Originally Posted by ShuBen
Ok maybe 25.5 HP then
Its a Zongshan mate.
This HP is incorrect for the RX4- I'll get the correct one and post this evening.Quote:
Originally Posted by prince666
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Originally Posted by prince666
I don't know if I'll buy one and in real terms 148km /ph is 148 km per hour.. A I wrote.
I think you tend write in a way that you would speak.. so you write in a figurative way... with more feeling than clarity mate, when you say this " is only about 130 Kmh if your lucky" , it SOUNDS as if you are disputing what I saw with my own eyes as to the top speed I acheived- what I THINK you're actually stating here is that one would comfortably squeeze 130km per hour from the engine... normal highway riding- not that you are disputing my top speed gained. Perhaps you could clarify.
That's a MAX speed/.. anyway, how fast do you want to go?
your/you're - personal bug bear with misspeeling these words...
I'm not a champion for a brand... but trust me I had an amazing time and Zongshen paid. :)
Keep the comments coming and, again sorry for the pictures. I found actually I could have taken my laptop along with plenty of downtime on some of the days and ample storage on the bike and back-up vehicles...
Granted , I need to take this stuff more seriously in future if I'm to make it a more full time passion and or make money in this field.Quote:
Originally Posted by ChinaV
seems you guys are more interested in the bigger single cylinder rx4... The marketing guy on the Trip, Mr Wang said this is aimed at more experienced riders... especially re. off road riding.
The comparison was made above with the X5.. I saw one of these at the biker meet in Jiangmen and it seemed rather sleek compared to the bikes we were riding (granted ours had aluminium top case and side cases) but the X5 is far more off road biased I guess. I rode one for six days alone in Yunnan last year and found the X5 a lot of fun.. correct me if I'm wrong, it's only 150kg in weight the rx4 is 200kg and 450cc.
Again, I'll get the HP for the RX4 and RX3s in a bit and post.