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Man, that's a lot of bike for that kind of money.. <rummaging through couch cushions>
In my opinion, 16.1 horsepower severely limits the usefulness of the bike. Compare that to the low 30s for a Ninja 250 (about 25 rear wheel HP), which is actually OK on the highway.
I bought one of the CSC RX3's last year and have 6200 trouble free miles on it now. I like it for what it is and it hauled my butt all over the Pacific North West last summer on camping trips. If someone stole it I would definitely miss it but wouldn't be broke financially and I would buy another , rj
If I read Peter's first post correctly he intends keeping the small block at least, which means the 250 is for "hacking around "on and having the bigger bike for trips. In that scenario 16 prancing ponies is probably more than ample. Hang, I did about 200,000 miles on a 12hp 350 Matchy. I suspect the power of the CSC is developed down lower than the Ninja, which is ideal for trail riding and around town use.As pointed out earlier, the no dealer network is what most of us have anyway. "Moto Guzzi, making mechanics out of riders since 1921".
If I read Peter's first post correctly he intends keeping the small block at least, which means the 250 is for "hacking around "on and having the bigger bike for trips. In that scenario 16 prancing ponies is probably more than ample. Hang, I did about 200,000 miles on a 12hp 350 Matchy. I suspect the power of the CSC is developed down lower than the Ninja, which is ideal for trail riding and around town use.
Leafman, the redline is 9,000 but ignition cutoff is at 11,000.
According to Zongshen data the NC250 engine that is used in the RX3 produces max torque of 23 N-M@ 7,000 and max horsepower 19 KW@9,000.
RE the two oil pumps, I just got confirmation from CSC that one pump is for the engine and the other is for the transmission. It seems that quite a few Asian bikes have dual pumps with this arrangement.Peter Y.
Another reason to have an oil pump in the transmission is to get away from roller bearings and to use plain bearings. Probably cheaper and offering more bearing surface. The V7II has a pump in the tranny.Peter Y.