[SaharaStorms]

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.