How good (or bad) for two-up riding?
 

Hey all,
My wife and I live in Peru (mountains beyond mountains)
I'm considering buying an RX3.

I was wondering how the RX3 would do here?
Would it struggle with all the hills?
I tried searching for two up riding but couldnt find anything
Thanks for your input!

Any 250cc motorcycle is going to be challenged going up the mountains of Peru. The RX3 is as good as any of the competition.

Sounds like a book I've seen... Moto Columbia, about the RX3 transversing Columbia... I'm sure the mountains of Columbia are very similar to those in Peru.

https://store.cscmotorcycles.com/Mot...p/csc-1999.htm

If you search the backlog of the CSC blog Joe Berk talked much about his South America adventure on an RX3 and how it managed loaded with gear but I don't think they did two at any point though.

I think it would probably be capable doing two-up, it's just a question of how slow you're willing to go. I do it on a Honda 125 in France, but I can only do around 80 km/h for my top speed with my wife on back, and sometimes only 30-40 going up a step road. You might have to just downshift to make it up hills. It depends on what speed you're wanting to cruise at, but I don't see any reason you couldn't do 100/110 cruising speed on level ground.

Orlando and Velma have no problem riding an RX3 two up in Texas. He may chime in here eventually, rj

I am close to 300lbs add the gear well over. The mighty Zong gets the job done, as long as you accept the fact that it is only a 250cc

Thanks for your info everyone.
Glad to hear the Zong works well, even for heavier riders.
I figure that since everything else here is so slow here in Peru, I suppose we'll be just fine with only 12.5 HP between us (probably more like 10 since we're at 9k ft)

There’s a UK guy who was in Peru and has an RX3
Can’t recall his handle but I have his wattapp
He bought a bunch of parts from me n shipped to Peru which posted some issues with customs etc
He went to the UK for awhile last year and I sent him a rear stock
His handle was something to do with “over loaded” maybe search for thru threads

The altitude really changes the RX3's power. I'm at 1700-ish feet, and I bought the bike at sea level. It noticeably changed power (slight but noticed). You will DEFINITELY want to gear it down.

I'm 200 pounds, my wife is 110, and on level ground the bike is just fine two up. We haven't ridden together in mountains, just city and highway with gentle hills.

I had 1 of mine from 800m to 5200m and a big power drain - but every bike will loose power the higher you go etc,

My avatar is way up in Sichuan someplace and as I leave the city n go up I lost power (250 version, 300 I do not know how much I regained as I never took that anywhere)