09-06-2019, 07:49 AM | #2 |
Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: Portsmouth, Virginia, USA
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The RX3 is a solid bike and when you factor in the price it's a fantastic one. Nothing is perfect so you can expect to make a couple improvements so the RX3 fits you better. I found the seat to be horrible, the CSC aftermarket seat was well worth the money. I also replaced the shock. These mods are the same ones I have made on many other motorcycles so I do not see them as a big deal. One caution, the brakes really need to bed in before they are what I would consider to be useful. I quickly learned that it is all too easy to lock up the rear but the front was about as useful as dragging my feet. Later I installed the CSC rotor and changed the brake pads on the front so now the brakes are fine. My point here is to caution you when you first try to stop from highway speed.
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09-06-2019, 07:59 AM | #3 |
Join Date: Nov 2017
Location: Marseille, France -> Conakry, Guinea
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Make sure you really clean the rotor off with contact cleaner (alcohol) before you use the brakes, they're usually coated with an anti rust oil, which will make the pads oil-soaked and ineffective until you burn the oil off.
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09-06-2019, 11:58 AM | #4 |
Join Date: Sep 2018
Location: Peoria, AZ
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Everyone has a different expectation and use for bikes, as well as the climate they ride in. I wanted a cheap, fun, around town bike and to do some "short" dirt rides. "Short" can mean a lot of things, in my case I'd be unlikely to go across the state or even camp overnight, although I'm considering the latter. My favorite Jeep trail would be great on this bike and while it's probably 50 miles long, it's a lot of easy riding with some challenges here and there. So it's not 50 miles of challenges.
This bike is also my grocery-getter for three months of the year (not in summer), and I use it as general transportation to business appointments and such. It's a fantastic in-town bike. There is zero chance you'd find me on the highway for more than an hour on it. It's an awful highway bike in so many ways. For us in AZ open highway usually means traffic is doing 80 and there are many hills. This thing would be awful to take to Prescott even, which I go to a lot, on the highway. But it would be fine to take it there on the dirt route.
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09-09-2019, 07:35 PM | #6 |
Join Date: Aug 2016
Posts: 365
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Yeah, pretty much. A more or less brand new bike for half off, you've got no reason to complain.
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Join Date: May 2019
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09-14-2019, 05:29 PM | #8 |
Join Date: Oct 2018
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I live in Prescott Valley, AZ ~ 5k ft. and it has been a pretty good all around bike. Keep all the screws tightened and put gas in it and it won't let you down.
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