I’m used to my RZR, is all, so everything local except an NSR pretty much seems slow to me.
Not to drag off-topic, but I just got out top-ended by a 250 scooter on my RZ… 
Oh the shame… 
Really? How fast were you going? I haven’t raced anyone since the 250s started coming out. My bike’s getting old, and I’m trying to make it last a bit longer by treating it better.
I know…Was shocked too. Flat out straight line on highway one between Yangmei and Hukou. Were neck and neck until about 130kph and he (very slowly) pulled away from me.
I’m sure I made his day… :s
I know…Was shocked too. Flat out straight line on highway one between Yangmei and Hukou. Were neck and neck until about 130kph and he (very slowly) pulled away from me.
I’m sure I made his day… :s[/quote]
Did you have to stop and pick up your nuts?
Or did you call him a “whippersnapper?” 
Was it a a 250 Majesty or Dink? One of the guys in my bike club has a Majesty 250. He’s does 150km/hr no problem. Just takes him some time to get up there.
Maybe he just wanted to get out of the smoke. Mine pulls pretty strongly up from 130, though (and gets shaky), so I’m a bit surprised he had that much acceleration up there.
Don’t want to remain off-topic for so long, so I’ll just add that I’d go for a used Hornet, but I’ve never really tried the Venox, which looks a lot more comfortable. I’d like to, but Kymco doesn’t allow test rides for some reason.
Paogao,
Like you, I’m pretty much used to being able to meander around on the RZ pretty much unmolested in the acceleration department with the exception of the odd-NSR and of course the big bikes.
The scooter in question was a 250Majesty, and I’d never seen one before today. If what motorcyle rider says is true (was your bike club buddies stock?) then it will simply outgun the RZ on topend. The RZ stock (like mine) will do about 140.
The end result over about 8/10th of a km was that he got me by about 2 bike lengths, but would have continued the spanking had we kept going.
Finally Paogao, Ironman can get me by 2 lengths in every gear, so all RZ’s are not created equal. His topend is 160 minimum, and had he been along for the fun, he’d have made the Majesty owner cry.
Was this 250majesty stock? Will they do 150kph right out of the crate? or are there mods involved?
My buddies 250 Majesty only has an aftermarket pipe and Malossi rollers and variator. Makes a bit of a difference for torque, but not much for top-end. I’ve heard he has topped out at 165-170km/hr. But that was on a very long stretch of road. Plus, most speedometers give a higher reading than actual speed. It’s probably more like 160 and that’s all she wrote.
[quote=“Poagao”]I’m used to my RZR, is all, so everything local except an NSR pretty much seems slow to me.[/quote]I ride a nsr. How about getting smoked by an older 125cc Jockey. 
The nsr I’m riding is oversized to 175cc. It’s perfectly tuned and very fast IMO.
The 125 jockey was a modified one. When it slowed down ahead of me, I could see flames coming out of the exhaust. 
He smoked me twice all the way up to 100km/hr and at that speed I was finally able to pass him. I couldn’t believe how fast that freeking lawnmower accelerated. :s
bobepine
Man, listening/reading to you guys talk/write makes me homesick and reminds me when I was chasing those damn 80cc Vespa’s on my Kreidler Florett RS (50cc).
Was a lot of fun first seeing their laughter at the traffic light, and then their long faces in the rear view mirror. 
Reminds me of a song I once heard: here’s the Taiwan motorcycle version for this thread:
cho: Beep beep (beep beep),
Beep beep (beep beep),
His horn went beep beep beep (beep beep).
While riding on my RZR, what to my surprise,
A little Kymco scooter was following me, about one-third my size.
The guy must have wanted to pass me up
As he kept on tooting his horn (beep beep).
I’ll show him that an RZR is not a bike to scorn.
cho:
I turned my throttle all the way down to give the guy the shake,
But the little scooter stayed right behind, he still had on his brake.
He must have thought his bike had more guts,
As he kept on tooting his horn (beep beep).
I’ll show him that an RZR is not a bike to scorn.
cho:
My bike dropped down a gear or two and we took off with gust,
And soon we were doing ninety, must have left him in the dust.
When I peeked in the mirror of my bike, I couldn’t believe my eyes.
The little scooter was right behind, you’d think that guy could fly.
cho:
Now we’re doing a hundred and thirty, it certainly was a race,
For a scooter to pass an RZ would be a big disgrace.
The guy must have wanted to pass me out as he kept on tooting his horn.
I’ll show him that an RZR is not a bike to scorn.
cho:
Now we’re doing a hundred and fifty, as fast as I can go.
The scooter pulled alongside of me as if we were going slow.
The fellow got up right next to me and yelled for me to hear:
“Hey, buddy, how can I get this thing out of second gear?”
:bravo: :bravo: Good one !! :bravo: :bravo:
I thought the end was going to be: “Hey buddy, would you stop so I can unhook my braces (that’s suspenders for you wrong-siders) from your back fender?”
That’s a pretty good ending, at that.
:bravo: That was frickin great Poagao. 
Awesome lyrics Paogao :bravo: :bravo:, is there a KTV shop around with it in the database?
I doubt it. The original concerned a race between a little Nash Rambler and a Cadillac, and it sounds like it was from the 50’s or early 60’s.
I like this one. Think rockabilly.
[quote]My pappy said, ‘Son, you’re gonna drive me t’ drinkin’ …
If you don’t quit drivin’ that - Hot … Rod … Lincoln!’
Well, you’ve heard the story of the hot rod race,
When the Ford and the Mercury were settin’ the pace.
That story’s true I’m here to say,
Cause I was a’drivin’ that Model A.
It’s got a Lincoln motor and it’s really souped up;
That Model A body makes it look like a pup.
It’s got 12 cylinders and uses them all;
And an overdrive that just won’t stall.
It’s got a 4-barrel carb and dual exhausts,
4:11 gears that really get lost -
Safety tubes and I’m not scared,
The brakes are good and the tires are fair.
We left San Pedro late one night;
The moon and the stars were shinin’ bright.
We were drivin’ up Grapevine Hill,
Passin’ cars like they were standin’ still.
Then, all of a sudden, in the wink of an eye,
a Cadillac sedan passed us by.
The remark was made, “That’s the car for me.”
But, by then, the taillights wuz all you could see.
Well, the fellers ribbed me for bein’ behind,
So I started to make that Lincoln unwind.
Took my foot off the gas and, man alive,
I shoved it down into overdrive.
Well, I wound it up to 110;
Twisted the speedometer cable right off the end.
Had my foot glued right to the floor;
I said, “That’s all there is - there ain’t no more.”
Now the fellas thought I’d lost all sense;
The telephone poles looked like a picket fence.
They said, “Slow down, I see spots.”
The lines on the road just looked like dots.
Went around a corner and passed a truck;
I crossed my fingers just for luck -
The fenders clickin’ the guard rail post;
The guy beside me was white as a ghost.
Smoke was rollin’ outta the back
When I started to gain on that Cadillac
I knew I could catch him and hoped I could pass
But when I did I’d be short on gas.
There were flames comin’ from out of the side;
You could feel the tension; man, what a ride.
I said, “Look out, boys, I’ve got a license to fly”
And the Cadillac pulled over and let me by.
All of a sudden a rod started knockin’;
Down in the depths she started a rockin’.
I looked in the mirror and a red light was blinkin’;
The cops was after my Hot Rod Lincoln.
Well they arrested me and put me in jail.
I called my pop to make my bail.
He said, “Son, you’re gonna drive me t’ drinkin’,
If you don’t quit drivin’ that - Hot … Rod … Lincoln!”[/quote]