how well will a lf200gy5 handle #290

FreightTrain · 03-15-2007, 05:53 PM

hi all,

im looking into a lf200gy5 but am a bit concerned about my 6' frame and 290 pounds... about how well will these lil things handle the weight? just lookin to putt-putt around the boonies and trails here, nothing radical... not even highway travel.

thanks in advance

FreightTrain

PolygonFla · 03-15-2007, 06:13 PM

Well, I don't think you'll be riding 2 up, but as long as you take it easy should be fine. I weigh 230-240 and every thing is fine. I have bottomed out the suspension on speed bumps once or twice and I bottomed out the front forks in an emergency stop once.

I can keep up or even out accelerate most cars from a stop light. Unless they are trying to keep me from passing them.

The stock breaks aren't all that great, so that is my biggest worry with my weight.

I rode over 200 miles last week end and my knees got a little stiff but I just scooted my but further back on the seat and leaned forward a bit.

frostbite · 03-15-2007, 08:21 PM

I think my Lifan uses a car spring on the rear mono so in that regard you should do ok. I'm 6'3" ~200lbs.

chris5150 · 03-16-2007, 12:07 AM

i am a big guy about the same weight as you but i am 6'4. this is me on my friends viva 250cc bike. it hauls a$$ with me on it. wait why tell you when i can show you. here is a link to the video i shot this morning.

and here's another one

mdsuave13 · 03-16-2007, 12:20 AM

nice to see you in a helmet this time around ;-)

FreightTrain · 03-16-2007, 08:26 AM

i think ill get one and get on a diet 8O

thanks for everyones input... nice video btw

SamM · 03-16-2007, 01:51 PM

Sure it'll haul you around. Nice vid!

pumpkin · 03-16-2007, 05:30 PM

6' 250LBS +/- MOSTLY + BUT ANYWAY MY GY-5 IS FINE

tdavis8695 · 03-16-2007, 08:38 PM

I'm 5'11 315 and ride a 150gy and I goes rather well.

FreightTrain · 03-17-2007, 09:30 AM

thanks again for everyones input... if i can make it to the dealer today through the foot of fresh snow... one will be mine

madmaximum · 03-17-2007, 01:36 PM

Are you going to Punxsutawney to get it?

FreightTrain · 03-17-2007, 06:07 PM

Beers... "home of the affordable ATV n motorcycle" in Wysox

http://www.beersautoatvcycle.com/

mdsuave13 · 03-17-2007, 07:18 PM

how far away are you WV and PA guys from the bmore area.. it looks like there is 5 of us in a nearbyish area.. maybe once the warm weather rolls in, we can organize a ride or something.. i guess we should start looking into it.

FreightTrain · 03-18-2007, 08:31 AM

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Originally Posted by mdsuave13

how far away are you WV and PA guys from the bmore area.. it looks like there is 5 of us in a nearbyish area.. maybe once the warm weather rolls in, we can organize a ride or something.. i guess we should start looking into it.

im about 30 miles from the NY border... 180 north of Philly so im guessin 250-300?

03-15-2007, 05:53 PM	#1
FreightTrain Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Bradford Co Pa Posts: 25	how well will a lf200gy5 handle #290 hi all, im looking into a lf200gy5 but am a bit concerned about my 6' frame and 290 pounds... about how well will these lil things handle the weight? just lookin to putt-putt around the boonies and trails here, nothing radical... not even highway travel. thanks in advance FreightTrain
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frostbite Join Date: May 2006 Location: Fredericton, NB, Canada Posts: 1,744	I think my Lifan uses a car spring on the rear mono so in that regard you should do ok. I'm 6'3" ~200lbs. __________________ Frostbite "The beatings will continue until moral improves"
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mdsuave13 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: ellicott city, Maryland Posts: 857	nice to see you in a helmet this time around ;-) __________________ My name is Justin, my friends call me Stix. 2008 Kawasaki KLR650 Candy Lime Green ______________________________ I am the official China bike registration Guru For the State of Maryland..... HA.
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03-16-2007, 08:38 PM	#9
tdavis8695 Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 18	no prob I'm 5'11 315 and ride a 150gy and I goes rather well.
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FreightTrain Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Bradford Co Pa Posts: 25	Beers... "home of the affordable ATV n motorcycle" in Wysox http://www.beersautoatvcycle.com/ __________________ The Journey -IS- The Destination
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03-15-2007, 06:13 PM	#2
PolygonFla Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Florida USA Posts: 196	Well, I don't think you'll be riding 2 up, but as long as you take it easy should be fine. I weigh 230-240 and every thing is fine. I have bottomed out the suspension on speed bumps once or twice and I bottomed out the front forks in an emergency stop once. I can keep up or even out accelerate most cars from a stop light. Unless they are trying to keep me from passing them. The stock breaks aren't all that great, so that is my biggest worry with my weight. I rode over 200 miles last week end and my knees got a little stiff but I just scooted my but further back on the seat and leaned forward a bit.
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chris5150 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: lakewood, co Posts: 116	i am a big guy about the same weight as you but i am 6'4. this is me on my friends viva 250cc bike. it hauls a$$ with me on it. wait why tell you when i can show you. here is a link to the video i shot this morning. and here's another one
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03-16-2007, 08:26 AM	#6
FreightTrain Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Bradford Co Pa Posts: 25	i think ill get one and get on a diet 8O thanks for everyones input... nice video btw
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03-16-2007, 01:51 PM	#7
SamM Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: West Virginia Posts: 1,194	Sure it'll haul you around. Nice vid!
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03-16-2007, 05:30 PM	#8
pumpkin Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Westover wv Posts: 443	6' 250LBS +/- MOSTLY + BUT ANYWAY MY GY-5 IS FINE
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03-17-2007, 09:30 AM	#10
FreightTrain Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Bradford Co Pa Posts: 25	thanks again for everyones input... if i can make it to the dealer today through the foot of fresh snow... one will be mine
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03-17-2007, 01:36 PM	#11
madmaximum Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Central PA Posts: 284	Are you going to Punxsutawney to get it?
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03-17-2007, 07:18 PM	#13
mdsuave13 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: ellicott city, Maryland Posts: 857	how far away are you WV and PA guys from the bmore area.. it looks like there is 5 of us in a nearbyish area.. maybe once the warm weather rolls in, we can organize a ride or something.. i guess we should start looking into it. __________________ My name is Justin, my friends call me Stix. 2008 Kawasaki KLR650 Candy Lime Green ______________________________ I am the official China bike registration Guru For the State of Maryland..... HA.
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