I couldn't care less.
Многие скажут, что я дошёл. Опустился. И скоро пересяду на мопед. Я взял Каву Эстрелла. Всего 250 кубов. Хер его знает, какое поколение каферейсеров.
Но по мне так лучше у меня будет мотоцикл, который ездит, чем тот, который не ездит.
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And yesterday I rode it to 夫子庙 and back. Well, I can be using a liter sportbike at 1/3 its potential maximum. Or I can be using a 250cc cafe racer at nearly 100%. Guess what's more satisfying.
Short review now:
The first thing you feel is: the bike is light. And I mean light. Feels like a bicycle with an engine. And 20HP is way enough for that weight. Accelerates fast, deccelerates fast. Single piston disk brakes front and back seemed feeble at first, but actually they're doing the job better than well. can't say it stops on a dime, but is very close to it. I guess, wheelie is quite possible, but I haven't tried it yet. Good roll-on. No Kawi gearbox problems. Though, probably, not yet.
The bike is simple: air cooled single cylinder engine. One carbuettor. No problem to fix it yourself. Still hope there won't be anything to fix.
Awesome in traffic. Handles like a toy and is real slim, which means traffic jams are no longer jams at all. Ground clearance allows it to climb on the curbs without any effort. Corners well, and the frame feels rigid enough for aggressive riding. But, again, who'd ride a neoclassic - cafe racer bike aggressively?
The quality is good. Plastic is well-painted, and there is nothing useless in the design. Never a show stopper, but it'll turn some heads.
Enough room for two, pulls well with the passenger and is still easy to handle.
Now the downsides: the controls are antique, like those on the post-war bikes. They're quite comfortable, but take time to get used to. Nothing like Hondas or Suzukis, where you don't even mind the controls. The stock exhaust is kinda loud. And single cylinder engine coupled with the direct flow exhaust sounds, well, weird. But that can easily be cured as follows: high gear, low revs. It's not a sportbike, after all.
That kind of a riding style gives it a decent sound. But you'll still have to throttle the bike in the fast traffic.
Altogether: a nice-looking bike for daily commuting.
Но по мне так лучше у меня будет мотоцикл, который ездит, чем тот, который не ездит.
***
And yesterday I rode it to 夫子庙 and back. Well, I can be using a liter sportbike at 1/3 its potential maximum. Or I can be using a 250cc cafe racer at nearly 100%. Guess what's more satisfying.
Short review now:
The first thing you feel is: the bike is light. And I mean light. Feels like a bicycle with an engine. And 20HP is way enough for that weight. Accelerates fast, deccelerates fast. Single piston disk brakes front and back seemed feeble at first, but actually they're doing the job better than well. can't say it stops on a dime, but is very close to it. I guess, wheelie is quite possible, but I haven't tried it yet. Good roll-on. No Kawi gearbox problems. Though, probably, not yet.
The bike is simple: air cooled single cylinder engine. One carbuettor. No problem to fix it yourself. Still hope there won't be anything to fix.
Awesome in traffic. Handles like a toy and is real slim, which means traffic jams are no longer jams at all. Ground clearance allows it to climb on the curbs without any effort. Corners well, and the frame feels rigid enough for aggressive riding. But, again, who'd ride a neoclassic - cafe racer bike aggressively?
The quality is good. Plastic is well-painted, and there is nothing useless in the design. Never a show stopper, but it'll turn some heads.
Enough room for two, pulls well with the passenger and is still easy to handle.
Now the downsides: the controls are antique, like those on the post-war bikes. They're quite comfortable, but take time to get used to. Nothing like Hondas or Suzukis, where you don't even mind the controls. The stock exhaust is kinda loud. And single cylinder engine coupled with the direct flow exhaust sounds, well, weird. But that can easily be cured as follows: high gear, low revs. It's not a sportbike, after all.
That kind of a riding style gives it a decent sound. But you'll still have to throttle the bike in the fast traffic.
Altogether: a nice-looking bike for daily commuting.