New one from France, with vraptor 250

[Philamiens]

Hi every body

hope you'll understand me with my poor english

I'm vraptor new owner and very happy to be - Already 2500 kms within 2 months -

I'm around 50 years old ( not yet 50 ... ) and also drive a Suzuki 1250 bandit and Suzuki 500 gse. Sometimes a car too...a Suzuki alto

I was looking for a .... Suzuki... Van Van but only 125 cc so I decided to try this copy.

Here is the machine


By philamiens at 2011-12-07

I had a look to discussions in the forum and it seems to be very documented
I'm very interested in this because it's quite hard to obtain technic documentation on those chinese bikes

Have a nice day

[katoranger]

Welcome. Your english is fine. Great pic.

[FastDoc]

Welcome to the forum.

You English is great. I am often impressed how good a foreigner's English can be when a native born American can't write worth a darn.

Thanks for the picture with your first post! Extra credit!

How are the opportunities in your area for off-road riding?

By the way I LOVE the big Bandits. My first bike was a 1980 GS1100E, the predecesor of the B12.

[Weldangrind]

Bienvenue!

I really like the V-Raptor looks, and I think you made the right choice instead of a 125 VanVan.

[SpudRider]

Welcome; we are very glad you joined us! Your English is excellent. Thank you for posting the nice photograph; we love photos. You made a wise choice in motorcycles; we are receiving good reports on the VRaptor 250.

Spud

[Philamiens]

Many thanks for your welcome (and special thanks to google translator ) -

@fastdoc : it's quite easy to run off road here, it's countryside as you can see. Many fields or trail ways can be used.

Even if there's more and more interdiction each year because of destruction and noise pollution (quad)

And except hunting period of course...

have a nice day

[Krasi_BG]

Welcome, Philamiens.

I think you're the third new European V-Raptor owner in the last 2 months around here

The other two is me and Pete from Germany. Between the three of us, I think we've covered the whole Skyteam colour scheme

Did you check our introducing threads:

http://chinariders.net/modules.php?n...wtopic&t=13540

http://chinariders.net/modules.php?n...wtopic&t=13276

Damn, I wish I've made 2500km on mine, but we've had snow since early December here. I'm so sick and tired of it!

[Philamiens]

Originally Posted by Krasi_BG

Damn, I wish I've made 2500km on mine, but we've had snow since early December here. I'm so sick and tired of it!

I put a 12v plug on it and I use warmed gloves and vest

[culcune]

Welcome, Philamiens! Yes, as Krasi_BG has pointed out, you are the third owner of this Skyteam to join Chinariders. Skyteam has recently opened up a distribution warehouse in the US, Skyteam USA, but have only brought us the 4 mini bikes they offer with 125cc engines--the DAX replica, the Monkey replica, the ZB50 replica, and the Suzuki RV90 replica, and soon will offer the ACE 125 with a vertical 125cc engine. I have been trying to get them to offer the V-Raptor 250 (and their ST250 enduro/motard), but they have politely responded that they have no plans to offer them in the US

[Philamiens]

Originally Posted by culcune

I have been trying to get them to offer the V-Raptor 250 (and their ST250 enduro/motard), but they have politely responded that they have no plans to offer them in the US

Very strange ... Mostly european market is for 125 cc. In france ( and it's quite the same in the whole europe) no licence for a 124,99 cc (or an easy one) and a quite difficult exam from 125 cc and for all others bikes. So many people with the licence prefer to drive a 600 cc or more.
There's a very short market for 250 cc. It just begins to change with petrol price.

As far as I can read the market in US is just the opposite. Mostly for 250 cc, not for 125 cc.

[katoranger]

For most states in the US the test for a motorcycle license is not size dependent. 600cc sportbikes are considering starter bikes.

I took my riding test on a 750 shadow after riding it through the Minnesota snow to the testing station.

Only one other person showed up. The riding test lasted about 10 minutes and the written test took me about 20 minutes.

When I got to GA I asked them to transfer my endorsement. The handed me a license with the M stamped on it.

[Philamiens]

Originally Posted by katoranger

For most states in the US the test for a motorcycle license is not size dependent. 600cc sportbikes are considering starter bikes.

I took my riding test on a 750 shadow after riding it through the Minnesota snow to the testing station.

Only one other person showed up. The riding test lasted about 10 minutes and the written test took me about 20 minutes.

When I got to GA I asked them to transfer my endorsement. The handed me a license with the M stamped on it.

Very interesting how lucky you are. I open a topic for the whole thing, I'm very interested in this