Sym Wolf Classic 150  By  prodigit (Read 6,487 times)

The bike on itself is a perfect city bike; but it would only be able to help you out on highways in emergencies; or a few exits. Not really meant to be going on the interstate with, or do longer rides.

I found that 300cc in my environment (flat Florida) would not be very useful, unless if it's a racing engine ( Ptwin ), with 10+k rev limiter (like the Ninja 300); to build up enough HP to be able to go at Interstate speeds.
Though most interstate speeds here are posted 60MPH, most people don't go below 75MPH, 80MPH most of the time, and occasionally 100MPH.

A 300cc engine of this caliber would barely be able to get to 85MPH tops; and in some way is just like my Honda Rebel 250. If you are looking for this bike at 300cc, you might check out the Rebel 250 or Yamaha Vstar250 ; which is about 5MPH faster than the Suzuki Tu250; and has more HP/Torque. The Rebel because it has a high rev engine (9.5k RPM Ptwin engine), and the Yamaha, because it has a 249cc V-Twin (a bit more than the 234cc Ptwin of the Rebel).


If you want to do some interstate riding, at 80MPH and beyond, with some 15-20MPH headwind, you really want your bike to be able to do +MPH tops, so you can still ride it at 80MPH even with wind, and a 400cc (35lb ft torque, 35HP is really recommended).

Another note,
A 250cc is somewhat the threshold of air cooling. 300cc and more should preferably be watercooled.

For that reason, I would recommend a 400-500cc bike; watercooled, which should be able to get you anywhere in the USA, tops out at -100MPH, and will handle longer highway speeds (80MPH) just fine, without running out of breath.

This morning I went for a scoot to see Tank Land, 70 miles on the freeways mostly 60-65 mph. The Wolf claims 14.8 bhp vs. the 11.7 bhp of my Vespa. Vespa rates the 150 to 59 mph, I hit 65 mph per a GPS app. The SYM rates the Wolf to 65.5 mph, but the HP should hit 73 mph. You may feel the last 10 mph too much, but I know that my 150 is just happy doing 120 miles in under 2 hours.

Whatever. While the 149.4 cc Wolf has more hp and speed than my 150.5cc Vespa, my Vespa is California Freeway Legal while the Wolf is not. If you want a small bike, you should check out the Suzuki S40 and the Yamaha SR400.