probably better to go to China and buy and ride it there! luggage consisting of quality tools, silicone glue, zip ties and duct tape.

to get the bike road approved in australia would be a painful process AFAIK

I'm sure you are correct. ;)

An interseting read. Do Zong do a 200 version of this engine?

No, this fuel injected, water cooled engine is only available in a 250cc engine displacement. ;)

2080 Chinese Yuan equals 14597.50 Philippine Peso

Seems in the Philippines, they are looking for 50 buyers of Zongshen RX3, who are willing to fill out a Reservation Form and pay PHP15,000 Deposit

https://www.facebook.com/groups/zonshen.motard




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http://www.motorcyclephilippines.com...&highlight=RX3

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we had the opportunity to test the very 1st RX3 here in the Philippines.. its being sold for 130k for the 1st 50 unit that will be reserved.. but the bike will only be imported here if 50 people will fill up a reservation form, and pay the 15k reservation/downpayment fee. ( as per the motorstar/ zhonshen Philippine plant manager ) an installment plan is being drafted by motorstar

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This is good news. :tup: Are you going to order one? ;)

ZongShen RX3
 

Hi all. I've been searching across the net for info and forums on the RX3. Couldn't find much but did a lot of research for months on every bike I could find in the adventure tour field and after a lot of consideration finally bought the RX3. I've had it for about 4 weeks now. Anyway, I'm glad I found this forum with other interested people. I'd be glad to answer any questions you might have (to the best of my ability. I've a lot to learn) This is an absolutely, beyond shadow of a doubt fantastic bike! I haven't ridden other adventure tours but based on comparing many different reviews of other riders, I believe this to be the king of adventure touring. Instead of waiting for any questions I'll tell what I've experienced so far and see if I can add some of my personal pics. By the way. I'm a U.S. citizen teaching English in China right now. So here are some things I appreciate.
1. Shocks - Even in quite bumpy situations, the shocks on this thing make it feel like a Mercedes on a smooth road.
2. Engine - It has power that is quite surprising for a 250cc. I've let a friend ride it who's easily over 200lbs and he said the bike drives likes it doesn't even recognize his weight. We both rode around for a bit and with all that weight it still treated us like feather weights.
3. Seat height - I'm 5 foot 6 inches and am able to just rest on the balls of my feet. Any higher and I wouldn't be able to sit the thing, so it does sit up there.
4. Luggage - If anyone is interested, you can drop the cash and get a special set of 3 very large stainless steel carriers that are padlocked and everything. They have their own special frame and in the future, if my carriers (which are already a good size) don't provide enough room I'll move to the others. If you want pictures of those from TaoBao I can post them.
5. Power - it has it and lets you control it. You drive nice and carefully the bill will be nice. You gun it and drive it like a mad man, it will give you the power without thinking twice - and send you the bill later. In other words, its very fuel efficient, unless you enjoy its power often, and then you'll pay a bit more.
6. Long freeway drives - I was just on the freeway at 120kph to 130kph for an extended amount of time just last Thursday. It has no problem in the least. I kept my eye on the cooling and it didn't ever get above 2 blocks once I was full out.
7. Cooling - in reply to someones comment, it does indeed have two fans over the two separate radiators. You can hear them running even at 90kph. It's pretty cool to listen to.
In addition to the cooling, it's a good thing it has it and the fans do their jobs. Along the right leg I often feel the heat being jetted past the inside of my leg. If it weren't for the computer monitor letting me watch the cooling I would have been nervous because the engine runs quite hot, but the cooling does it's job and keeps everything safe.
8. Gears. Slipping into neutral is sticky. Often I have to sit there and fiddle with it as it constantly will bypasses right past into first or second. That's my only complaint about the bike. I'm still a noob to be honest so that might be entirely normal. Clue me in please if it is.
9. Stock tires - It comes with on road off road tires. Took them through some bad road on not to deep mud but the really slick stuff and it was very stable.
I treat it like my baby but I took it near the coast into a bit of the wet and semi deep sand (I know the tires aren't meant for deep coastal sands.) It crawled all over the place. Got it semi stuck a few times but turned the wheel, rocked it a bit and gave it the throttle and thankfully, I've ridden enough that I kept it under control. It turned into a big angry beast and clawed itself right out. It may be heavy, but it's engine more than easily makes up for it. On the way back I hit the freeway again at 120kph for an hour through down pouring tropical rain. It remained stable and smooth. Any more questions and I'd be glad to answer. I love this thing! Sometime if I get a gopro I'll videos on youtube. This baby really needs more public face time in the west.

As much as I'd like to see it in the U.S. (If/When) I returned there is maybe even a bigger problem to deal with in selling this bike. No matter how fantastic the bike may be and even if it beat all the statistics and competition, it's biggest barrier is the average biker mentality. Who the heck wants a 250 when they could have a 600? Sure the 250s perks as in fuel efficiency, repairs etc vs a 600 and above make it a great bike. Sure you could do the same thing, pack your luggage and go on the same trips - but sadly most other forums I've been to have motor power at the top of the list. The "bigger is better" mentality would make most bike enthusiasts laugh at the RX3 and call it a beginner bike.

Thanks for joining us, and posting your excellent review of the Zongshen RX3. :tup: Is your bike burgundy, or red in color? In either event, it is a sweet looking motorcycle. :)

Please do post a link to the luggage for sale on Taobao. In answer to your question, it's natural for many bikes to have some difficulty shifting into neutral while stopped. I have the same problem with my Honda CRF250X. ;)

Yes, please post the stainless pannier link.

RX3 Stainless Steel Carriers/Pannier
 

Thank you for the info on the gear shifting. I was a bit nervous about it wondering if mine had some sort of glitch. Nice to know that's not an issue. I'll post the pics for the carriers for anyone that has issues seeing TaoBao. The link is here also. Don't know what is up these days but I have to constantly jump back and forth from VPN and non VPN to view pages. Either there are general issues on Hainan with internet or China is cracking down even harder. So here's the link below.

http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=...k1445c7#detail

There are a couple other places that sell them on TaoBao also but I lost the links.

It's a blood red color. I like it since bright hot rod red or sports car red draws to much attention. The bike certainly gets enough attention though and its road presence is VERY nice.

Thanks for posting the Taobao link for the side cases. :)

I will look at the measurements on mine to see. As a side question, what is the difference of the (Rear) 130/70-17 vs the (Rear) 130/90-15 and as for duel sport, what is the reason for the difference? Is one wider than the other?