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Post by kz1000st on Aug 19, 2012 18:08:00 GMT -6
Poor quality "V" engine?
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Look familiar?
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Sorry Jack but to those of us who know what a Victory engine actually looks like it's easy to see the photo of the Victory was doctored. You see the Victory isn't a quaking replica of an Brough Superior or even a 1936 Harley JL. It's a unit construction (that's where the engine and transmission are cast as one) not an antique separate crank and transmission like Milwaukee sells every year. Lord PT Barnum was right. I don't know what kind of punishment you think you've done but my bike has been used on interstates into and through New York City to my house when I bought it. This week I took it into Binghamton on I-86, no problem. As you know Rich uses his in Alabama heat on interstates all the time and his is thriving. So that's two bikes from a "Dying" manufacturer doing just fine. I don't have to justify what engines the V-5 and Fashion use anymore than you and the copy of a Linhai in yours. Also since you just admitted that the engine in an E-Charm is totally different than the GY6 in my Eagle how is it a copy? As an aside Harleys have a 45 degree V, the Victory has 50 degrees. Vastly superior in terms of cooling, which as you know is the Achilles Heel of every Harley. No comment on how an international journalist liked the CF Moto 650. When did you last drag a set of pegs or do 105 mph? Oh, and while you've dwelled on Dave Harrington noting how the Jetmax isn't a copy don't forget that he also raved at how well it worked on an interstate. I forget, how did your bike perform on the interstates between home and Texas? Hopefully as well as mine.
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Post by kz1000st on Aug 19, 2012 13:38:54 GMT -6
Fashion, body and engine a copy, E-charm engine copy, V3 and V5 engine copy and by the article on the Jetmax review a total admission that the Jetmax is Moto's first venture of unknown waters, their own design.Yes, the Fashion is a copy of the Helix. I'm sorry, what engine is the E-Charm a copy of. It can't be a GY6. Which, according to all informed sources is a fully Chinese motor. The bottom line is there are too many Chinese copies out there now coming into the USA that are cheap Chinese scooters for 1/2 the price doesn't take a brain surgeon to see that and they have never been able to measure up to the big boy scooters even if they are a touch less than they are.Yes, quite true. While I'm riding a Helix copy. At least it has a good reputation. Pity the poor guys riding Reflex copies with copies of Linhai Yamaha motors. I have a copy of a Japanese built engine. Poor Linhai clone owners are riding with copies of Chinese built engines. Yes, Victory is a great engine. Over head cams, four valves per cylinder and a solid unit construction motor. So much better than another poor quality V-Twin sold to far too many people. Besides? What would you do as a company? Keep selling scooters in a market that only sells one-tenth as many units as bikes or go after the real money and sell motorcycles, along with a few scooters, like the big boys. If you want to see companies that will soon perish look no further than SYM and Kymco. What? One bike in each of their lineups. Now that's a quick way to go under. Oh, and if they're going to fail they'll be doing it with a better bike than anything you can buy online. cyclenews.coverleaf.com/cyclenews/20120522#pg83
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Post by kz1000st on Aug 19, 2012 5:25:27 GMT -6
I see even you're laughing at a ridiculous old Harley being worth anything.
Jetmax we'lll see if Moto can make a go of their own design after all all they have ever built is a copy of others.
Sorry I must have missed it. What were the V-3, V-5 and E-charm copies of. Until the SH-150i nobody else made a 16" wheeled, water cooled, fuel injected scooter.
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Post by kz1000st on Aug 18, 2012 12:49:38 GMT -6
The guys at MRP write an article claiming that CF Moto is moving away from scooters and it's all over for CF. Not hardly. It's no secret CF isn't selling 150s at the moment-here. I don't think that holds true for Europe, Asia and about 80% of the rest of the world.
I notice the Jetmax and V-5 (a scooter that looks like a bike) are still for sale. Is Honda, Kawasaki, Yamaha and Suzuki going away because they don't sell anything smaller than a 250 also? How about Harley Davidson?? Their smallest bike is 883cc.
No I'll happily ride my Fashion for another twenty years and then trade it on whatever CF Moto is selling then.
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1 vs 2 cyl?
by: kz1000st - Aug 10, 2012 19:18:11 GMT -6
Post by kz1000st on Aug 10, 2012 19:18:11 GMT -6
Years ago Road and Track explained why a V-8 wouldn't make as many ponies as an equal sized V-12. It has to do with piston surface area being larger on more cylinders even of equal size. Of course more power means less mileage so while a 250 Ninja might ultimately outrun a CBR 250, the Ninja suffers in comparison in terms of fuel mileage.
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Post by kz1000st on Aug 3, 2012 20:52:33 GMT -6
Intake manifold issues aren't uncommon on CN-250 motors either. A slight crack in just the right spot would have you pulling your hair out.
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gas prices
by: kz1000st - Jul 30, 2012 5:16:45 GMT -6
Post by kz1000st on Jul 30, 2012 5:16:45 GMT -6
My wife called my two wheeled fleet "Toys". Since the year began I've made about 44 runs to work with them. I've only filled the minivan up once in the last month. That's a weekly occurrence during the winter.
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Post by kz1000st on Jul 17, 2012 5:21:17 GMT -6
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Post by kz1000st on Jul 10, 2012 6:38:09 GMT -6
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Post by kz1000st on Jul 3, 2012 19:30:05 GMT -6
Listen MC, after the winter of 2010-2011 lasting into April bring on the heat. I just wear a lighter jacket when I ride.
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Post by kz1000st on Jun 12, 2012 6:59:54 GMT -6
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Post by kz1000st on May 28, 2012 16:39:30 GMT -6
Despite what Motoman says I've always been a fan of soft break in. Most manuals will tell you what the manufacturer recommends, even the Chinese. I live by one motto, "Speed Kills". In this case, engine speed. An engine revved to death won't outlive a moderately spun motor.
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Post by kz1000st on Apr 30, 2012 5:32:28 GMT -6
I had the same bike for twenty years and put 125,000 miles on it before I sold it. Solid, dependable and can easily do 600 mile days without beating you up.
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Post by kz1000st on Apr 23, 2012 9:16:43 GMT -6
I understand the theoretical advantages of EFI but until someone builds an economical scooter with the system installed count me out. The Honda Reflex, Big Ruckus and Helix all came with carburetors and seemed to last for hundreds of thousands of miles without needing their carbs fiddled with. I have close to two hundred thousand miles of two wheeling with carbs and I can count on one finger the number of times I opened up and cleaned a carb. That one was left with stale gas in it for somewhere over 5 years without running and the carb had petrified deposits in it. Despite being abused and thirty one years old that diaphragm carb works just fine now. Of course it's a Mikuni and just a tad better than your common Chinese carb.
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Safety..
by: kz1000st - Apr 14, 2012 12:43:31 GMT -6
Post by kz1000st on Apr 14, 2012 12:43:31 GMT -6
2- Do you consider high visibility equipment worth the money.?
Hella yeah! Worth every last cent. It doesn't even have to be expensive, I got a snell rated scorpion exo 1000 helmet (decent ventilation, integrated droppable sun visor) for $200 because it was last years model. Often you can pick up last years jackets etc for 30-50% off. When you have seen friends come off a bike at over 70, stand up and walk away without more than a bit of bruising you will have a new found appreciation of the virtues of cow ass. I would rather pay more to have the cows skin on the road then have to have gravel picked out of my hip bone.
I'm thinking high visibility equipment means a reflective vest, headlight flasher or a highway green jacket. I'm not a fan but there are others who could benefit from it.
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