RX3 Visits With the X-300

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Originally Posted by jbfla

BB......they come in silver and gray, too...

I really like riding the RX3......or I wouldn't have ridden 11,000+ miles in a little over a year....more than my other 3 bikes combined.

OTOH, my maintenance issues with the RX3 have not been much fun. Hopefully my experience is not typical.

No one else seems to be posting with the same issues as I have.

And, Jay, it may not be fashionable on ChinaRiders, but it isn't always about the $$$.


Back to the bikes:

The X-300 has a really high revving engine....like a sport bike...and I thought the RX3 was high revving.

I was up to 6th gear at about 45-50 mph.

At 60 mph at 7,000 rpm, I was reaching for a non existent 7th gear, and going faster made the engine feel buzzy, and like it was really "screamin'.

It wasn't a feeling I was used to, and don't know if I like.

For me, the RX3 is happiest from 5,000 to 8,000 rpm. I generally find myself cruising from 5,500 to 6,500 rpm.

If I maintain 7,000 to 8,000 rpm on the RX3, my gas mileage drops by ~10 mpg (US gal).

It may be that I am more used to the vibrations of the RX3's thumper, but they seem more pleasant (in tune with my "chi"), than the higher frequency vibrations of the X-300's twin.



jb

Apologies for the earlier hijack, jb.

Wow, I'm glad it's you that's testing this new bike, with all the experience and miles you've caulked up on the RX3. You can feel and experience the differences between the two bikes. It's really difficult for me to fathom that Kawalski would make even a higher revving "adv bike" than our RX3's. The lack of mid-range torque is my biggest complaint, and the green bike has even less?
What is your opinion on how the two bikes handle and corner in comparison?