Which naked bike would you choose?  By  prodigit (Read 1,650 times)

The orange one seems from a brand called Yingang. It's a brand that seems to work together with Italy on designing engine parts and transmissions.
Their engine and transmissions are home made, and they exceed standard Chinese engine curves.
The stock Yingang engine has 25HP@8k RPM. The stock Roketa engine has 18,5HP @ 8k RPM.
The stock Chinese engine has 16,7HP @ 7,5k RPM.

The Yingang engine is a copy of an older Honda model, that's restricted for pollution reasons.
When removing the secondary air injector (that burns off exhaust fuels), and disabling the rev-limiter to go from 8.5k RPM to 11.5k RPM, HP increases from 25 to 32HP, and when opening the air intake another few HP's can be gained, and top speed increases to ~+110MPH.

The roketa is limited to sub 85MPH speeds.

Yingang seems to be the way to go.
Now only deciding which Yingang.
The orange naked bike:

The blue naked bike:

or the black racing bike:


Colors aside, because one can get them in all 3 colors (blue, orange, black or white/silver).

I like the orange naked bike

The problem with the orange bike, is that it's also the smallest bike, much similar to the Ninja 300 in measurments and riding position. It has a smaller wheel base than the others, but what I'm worried about most is that on the orange I'll be bent forward.
The black one is a bit larger but I'll also sit forward.
On the roketa I can sit upwards, as the bike is made for tall people....

Why is there always one reason to spoil my fun? ;X


I think the black one will be targeted too much in my environment for theft. So I'll go with a naked design instead of a sports design.
I don't know much about the blue bike, but like the orange bike a lot better, if it wasn't for it's awkward riding position, and small size.

I honestly have to say I don't prefer the seat on the Yingang, and I don't prefer the engine to be so open. I like the naked bike design, but what I like less is having wires visible. Always a chance of someone messing with the cables, either destroying your bike, or jumpstart it somehow.
On my MC-05-127 I can jumpstart the bike (get the starter working)with a simple metal rod or screw driver, without even needing a key. To keep it running I just need to backtrace a wire and short circuit it. So I prefer closed body panels.

I ended up going with the Roketa, because it's $250 cheaper, and because the Yingang's speedo was off by a lot! On youtube there's a guy reaching 160kmh with a Yingang, but the real speed was only ~82-84MPH, not 100MPH, which is about the same as the Roketa, which probably makes that it's HP ratings are bloated too (26HP could be 20-21HP instead; a bit better than the Roketa, but not by much).

Third is parts. MX Motorsports is located in Miami. The dealer told me he has problems with getting parts, and recommended the Roketa instead.

I went with the roketa also because it's made for larger people. From the pictures I can see that the Yingang is small even for an average person of 5'6" to 5'8", imagine a 6'3" person!

The Roketa has been recommended for people of ~5'7" to 6'5". I'm 6'3".

I went with a white one, better insulation against the heat of the Miami sun.

I think I'll love the bike ;D

DX

Yup!

Leo