01-25-2013, 10:47 AM | #1 |
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Hello from Germany
I live in Germany and I am 42. I ride a Skyteam V-Raptor 250. I have been riding it since september 2012. I also have a Vulcan 800 which I have been riding for 16 years. Before that I had a GPZ 500 and a XS 400. In between I also had a Honda Zoomer 50 (honda ruckus 50) and Suzuki Bandit 650.
I bought my Skyteam at a dealer here in Gemany. I have put more than 2000 Km on it now. Even though it has almost no power vs. the other bikes I have or had, it's the one that brings the most fun riding.. Maybe other people in this Forum have a V-Raptor 125/250? Greets, Eric |
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01-25-2013, 10:51 AM | #2 |
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Welcome. I know we have at least one other V-Raptor owner here. Someplace in Eastern Europe.
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01-25-2013, 11:12 AM | #3 |
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Welcome!
Krasi_BG from Sofia, Bulgaria owns one. I like those bikes, and I wish we had them here. http://www.chinariders.net/modules.p...=14333&start=0
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01-25-2013, 12:31 PM | #4 |
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Welcome to the forum! We can't wait to see some pics of you and the bike in Germany. I bet you have some beautiful places to ride!
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01-26-2013, 03:54 AM | #5 |
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Welcome; we are glad you joined us! Please do post photographs of your bike. We love viewing photos from different parts of our world.
Spud
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01-26-2013, 03:21 PM | #6 |
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There is a Skyteam dealer a short walk from me..
Skyteam make some real diffrent bikes... the V-Raptor looks like a take off of Yamaha's TW200 fat wheel thing.. http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Sear...ch_suggested=7
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01-26-2013, 08:32 PM | #7 |
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The V-Raptor is based on the Suzuki Van Van, but with a 230cc Honda clone. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzuki_RV_125_VanVan
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01-26-2013, 10:38 PM | #8 | |
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V-Raptor looks like a TW200 Yamaha... But Suzuki did make a RV200 in the later years , which is like the TW200 Yamaha & V-Raptor..Only ever seen pics of them..never imported out here.. http://media.motorbox.com/data/conte...1a4ea5b337.jpg http://img.alibaba.com/photo/2189697...10_5_5_10_.jpg .................................................. .... http://pictures.topspeed.com/IMG/cro...0-2_600x0w.jpg http://motomarkt.ru/published/public...URO302_enl.jpg
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01-27-2013, 01:26 AM | #9 |
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As a TW200 owner, I can tell you that the V-Raptor is similar, but not a clone. The V-Raptor bears a striking resemblance to the Van Van 125.
V-Raptor: Van Van:
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01-27-2013, 02:55 AM | #10 | |
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these ===> http://media.motorbox.com/data/conte...1a4ea5b337.jpg But yes it dose look like Suzuki's johnny come lately remakes.. Which were not imported here...
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01-27-2013, 05:29 AM | #11 |
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Hello, Trailbikeryder and welcome. As Weld pointed I too have a Skyteam V-Raptor 250. And I'm also quite happy with it so far, though the mileage is not much (yet).
There is also a French owner around here, but he hasn't posted in a while I think. |
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01-29-2013, 05:00 PM | #12 |
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Well thank you for the warm welcome. Originally I was looking for a TW200 which I saw in one of the "Bourne" films. Then I came over the Skyteam, which I am very happy with. The snow here started to melt. Hope it gets warmer soon here, so I can ride again.
I will try to post some pictures in the Pictures/video section. I also made several review and info videos on the Raptor. Some Forums don't want Links to be posted. Is it ok to post youtube links? Greets, Trailbikeryder |
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01-29-2013, 05:22 PM | #13 | |
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We would also love for you to post a review of your bike in our Dual Sport Forum, complete with photographs. You can post links to videos of your bike in that same thread, or you can post new threads in our Videos and Pics Forum. Spud
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