Regal Raptor DD250G-2N (2011)

[Lucky Luke]

Hi all,

I am new here, and happy to have found this forum as this thread appeared very educative!

After some 16,000 clicks on my Haojiang HJ 125-5, absolutely trouble free although sometimes pushing it hard, or idling for hours in Saigon's traffic jams, riding under heavy rain, I was feeling like buying a Regal Raptor DD150G-2. This bikes looked good, with its big OHC twin, big tyres, and the double exhausts under the seat. Bigger would have been even more attractive, but we are limited at 170cc in Vietnam. There are some bigger bikes around, but they are mostly illegal. Also, you are very lucky, in China, to buy bikes at such low price: the DD 150G-2, air cooled, single front disc, carburator, is almost 3,000 US Dollars here!!!

Anyway: aside from these concerns, I must confess that I now feel a bit cooled down!!!

Al in all, DS, you have had to suffer the following (IIRC):
- difficult or impossible to select gears, specially neutral, at the beginning,
- engine over-heating (fan not functioning)
- multiple leaks of cooling fluid
- inefficient rear brake (?)
- engine sputtering
- extremely difficult to start under certain conditions (10 minutes....)
- battery died after a few weeks
- Electrics dead after your FIRST heavy rain (!!!)
- Ignition (or EFI?) let you completely down in the middle of nowhere (charming!)
- Top speed seriously disappointing in duo (being overtaken by a 125 EBR ....Wow)!
- etc.....etc..!

That this bike may be a pleasure to ride, I am happy for you, but I am now seriously re-considering changing my soooo reliable Hoajiang (in comparison: all I did in 2 1/2 years and >16,000 km. was to change the fork's bearings!) for a bike of this brand!!!

Nevertheless, you appear still enthusiastic about this bike. What can you say that would make me share this enthusiasm?

Thank you for the honest report.

Luke