The new 2017 Zongshen 450cc

[prince666]

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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[culcune]

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.

[prince666]

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.

[MJH]

Zongshen's five year plan.

[Kennon]

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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[MJH]

I really like that bike, seems they also have a 125cc version.

[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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[prince666]

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?

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

[ShuBen]

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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[ShuBen]

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

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